Re: Canadian article about the USA...

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Thank-you for sharing!!!!  During this time every American should be hurting
for the people in New York.  I feel deep pain for each of them and for the
families. Words can not express my feelings at this time. I know that I have
always been a proud American but as we are tested, I must say I have never
felt prouder nor more grateful to have been born in the Wonderful U.S.A. May
the good Lord bless all of my iris friends and keep you safe,  Bonnie Brice
aka.  Brice Rose
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From: R.J. Baynum <cyberphoenix@qwestonline.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 5:45 PM
Subject: [iris-photos] Canadian article about the USA...


>
> This was interesting..
>
> R.J.
>
>
> Subject:
>            [Camping] Canadian Editorial - America: The Good Neighbor
>      Date:
>            Fri, 14 Sep 2001 18:19:14 -0500
>      From:
>            "M & J" <ruzich@mindspring.com>
>  Reply-To:
>            Camping@yahoogroups.com
>        To:
>            <ashara@hotmail.com>
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
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