Fw: FW: A Tribute to the United States.....

[Joe & Penny Goss]

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FW: FW: A Tribute to the United States.....Hi,
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Joe Goss
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> > >>> 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
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