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> > >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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >Stephanie Friedman Schneider
> >NJDC Development Director
> >Phone: (202) 216-9060 Fax: (202) 216-9061
>
>
>
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United We Stand, Divided We Fall
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