Fw: worth reading
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From: "Bowser Kurt-rnt440" <Kurt.Bowser@motorola.com>
To: "Bowser, Jennifer (E-mail)" <Pyrojen2b@aol.com>; "Bowser, Jessica
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Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:08 AM
Subject: FW: worth reading
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From: dawnt
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 10:54 AM
To: dwyns; mthomas; jpn; jtk; annieh; jrd
Subject: worth readling
> 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
> wishthat 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 SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT, SO SEND IT ON
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