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signoff parkinsn ----- Original Message ----- From: Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:24 AM Subject: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES > -----Original Message----- > Subject: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES > > > We should appreciate this one. This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth > sharing. > > > TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES > > > America: The Good Neighbor. > > Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a > > remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian > > television commentator. what follows is the full text of his trenchant > > remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:"This Canadian thinks it is > > time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the > > least appreciated people on all the earth. > > Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out > > of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars > > and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today > > paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When > > France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who > > propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the > > streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.When earthquakes hit distant > > cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 > > American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The > > Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into > > discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about > > the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those > > countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar > > build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane > > to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? > > If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except > > Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider > > putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, > > and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get > > automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the > > moon- not once, but several times-and safely home again. You talk about > > scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for > > everybody to look at.Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. > > They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking > > Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to > > spend here. When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking > > down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the > > Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned > > them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5,000 times when > > the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name > > me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I > > don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco > > earthquake. Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is > > damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this > > thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb > > their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I > > hope Canada is not one of those." Stand proud, America! > > > This is one of the best editorials that I have ever read regarding the > United States. > It is nice that one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the world > would realize it. We are seem to be blamed for everything, and don't get a > thank you for the things we do. I would hope that each of you would send > this to as many people as you can and emphasize that they should send it > to as many of their friends until this letter is sent to every person on > the web. I am just a single American that has read this, I SURE HOPE THAT > A LOT MORE READ IT SOON. Makes you proud to live here doesn't it?? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn