<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>FW: FW: A Tribute to the United States.....</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Dear Joe and Penny.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Many Canadians, our silent majority, echo = Gordon Sinclair's remarks . . </DIV> <DIV>Though he has been dead for many years, and the = events which prompted his observations are long past, hi remarks are as timely and = relevant now more than ever.</DIV> <DIV>I am damn proud to have American friends = !!</DIV> <DIV>Jim Kinnear</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black">From: <A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com" title=imatunr@srvinet.com>Joe = & Penny Goss</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A = href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" title=caut@ptg.org>caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Thursday, September 13, = 2001 1:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: Fw: FW: A Tribute to = the United States.....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV>Please read this></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss <A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A> <A = href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-----Original Message----- </DIV> > > > = >>> A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES > > = >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> This, = from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing. > = > >>> > > >>> = > > >>> 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 5000 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 always blamed for > = > >>> everything and never even 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. > > >>> > >  >> = > > = </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>