This is so uplifting and appropriate for today, even though it was originally broadcast by Gordon Sinclair (a Canadian radio broadcaster) nearly 30 years ago (1973)!
 
See also this website:  <http://sinclair.quarterman.org/sinclair/who/gordon.html>
 
 >TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
>
>
>The Americans 
>
>"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.
>
>
>
>Maybe each of you can send this to at least one person
>
>and they might send it to one 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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