-----Original Message-----
From: Emmert, Caroline 
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:43 PM
To: DL-Portland World Trade Center
Subject: FW: Tribute to the United States



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.
>


_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp




  _____  

Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <http://explorer.msn.com>