<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>FW: FW: A Tribute to the United States.....</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Jim,</DIV> <DIV>Thank you. And I must say we are also = indebted to </DIV> <DIV>the many Canadians who exhibited their = resolve for freedom in fighting along side us in the world wars.</DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss <A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A> <A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black">From: <A title=admin@pianoguy.com href="mailto:admin@pianoguy.com">Jim = Kinnear</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Thursday, September 13, = 2001 1:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: Re: FW: A Tribute to = the United States.....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <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="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black">From: <A title=imatunr@srvinet.com = href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">Joe & Penny Goss</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto: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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>