This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment FW: FW: A Tribute to the United States.....Hi, Please read this> Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com -----Original Message----- >=20 > > >>> A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> America: The Good Neighbor.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> Widespread but only partial news coverage was given=20 > > >>> recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from=20 > > >>> Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television=20 > > >>> commentator. What follows is the full text of his=20 > > >>> trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the=20 > > >>> Americans as the most generous and possibly the least=20 > > >>> appreciated people on all the earth.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and=20 > > >>> Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the=20 > > >>> Americans who poured in billions of dollars and=20 > > >>> forgave other billions in debts. None of these=20 > > >>> countries is today paying even the interest on its=20 > > >>> remaining debts to the United States.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956,=20 > > >>> it was the Americans who propped it up, and their=20 > > >>> reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets=20 > > >>> of Paris. I was there. I saw it.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the=20 > > >>> United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59=20 > > >>> American communities were flattened by tornadoes.=20 > > >>> Nobody helped.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped=20 > > >>> billions of dollars! into discouraged countries. Now=20 > > >>> newspapers in those countries are writing about the=20 > > >>> decadent, warmongering Americans.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> I'd like to see just one of those countries that=20 > > >>> is gloating over the erosion of the United States=20 > > >>> dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country=20 > > >>> in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo=20 > > >>> Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10?=20 > > >>> If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the=20 > > >>> International lines except Russia fly American Planes?=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> Why does no other land on earth even consider putting=20 > > >>> a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese=20 > > >>> technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German=20 > > >>> technocracy, and you get automobiles.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> You talk about American technocracy, and you find=20 > > >>> men on the moon -! not once, but several times -=20 > > >>> and safely home again.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs=20 > > >>> right in the store window for everybody to look at.=20 > > >>> Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded.=20 > > >>> They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless=20 > > >>> they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American=20 > > >>> dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> When the railways of France, Germany and India=20 > > >>> were breaking down through age, it was the Americans=20 > > >>> who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and=20 > > >>> the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an=20 > > >>> old caboose. Both are still broke.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced=20 > > >>> to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name=20 > > >>> me even one time when someone else raced to the=20 > > >>> Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside=20 > > >>> help even during the San Francisco earthquake.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one=20 > > >>> Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get=20 > > >>> kicked around. They will come out of this thing with=20 > > >>> their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled=20 > > >>> to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating=20 > > >>> over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of=20 > > >>> those."=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> Stand proud, America!=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> This is one of the best editorials that I have ever=20 > > >>> read regarding the United States. It is nice that=20 > > >>> one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the=20 > > >>> world would realize it. We are always blamed for=20 > > >>> everything and never even get a thank you for the=20 > > >>> things we do.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> I would hope that each of you would send this to=20 > > >>> as many people as you can and emphasize that they=20 > > >>> should send it to as many of their friends until this=20 > > >>> letter is sent to every person on the web. I am just a=20 > > >>> single American that has read this.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>> I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON.=20 > > >>>=20 > > >>=20 >=20 >=20 _________________________________________________________________=20 Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at = http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/36/d3/25/9e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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