Tribute: an OT reprint.

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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    Aw Shucks, maam........ I just did it 'cause it was the right thing =
to do..

    Thought some of you might like to read this, it's not inflammatory, =
or anything.


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From: Debbie Beach=20
To: Jody Parker ; evaanddon@olp.net ; Gray,Gary and Sandra ; =
monkeys2many@hotmail.com ; Marianne C Vega ; Kevin E. Ramsey=20
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:41 PM
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: Les Fitzpatrick=20
To: Genevieve Fitzpatrick=20
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:16 PM


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> TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
>
> This, from a Canadian newspaper, it's worth
sharing.  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:
> America: The Good Neighbor.

> "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, war mongering 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 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! Wear it proudly!!
>
> ***************************************************
> 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.
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