I found out that this was written in the 70's  during the Vietnam War.  Could certainly apply today.  
A question.  I have tried sending you emails  but they always come back.  The address that I have for you is the same so  what's up?  :o)
Blessings on your day!  Karyn <><  karyn@dewittec.net 
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From:  White, Stacey W.  
To: Reeves, Leslie  ; Stevens,  Martha  ; Brad McDonald (E-mail)  ; Bridget  Hennessey (E-mail)  ; Charla & Bobby Jones (E-mail)  ; Chris C Albrecht (E-mail)  ; Chelsea N  Walker (E-mail)  ; Christopher J.  Herbold (E-mail)  ; Deanna Harris (E-mail)  ; Jane E Champion (E-mail)  ;  Jeff C  Harris (E-mail)  ; Jeffrey J. Schroeder  (E-mail)  ; Jennie & Jake Aubert (E-mail)  ; Jennifer Melton  (E-mail)  ; Jennifer Staton (E-mail)  ;  Jill Vogelfang  (E-mail)  ; Jon Butler (E-mail)  ; Julie Storey  (E-mail)  ; Karyn Elder (E-mail)  ; Karyn White  (E-mail)  ; Kathy Stegall (E-mail)  ; Kelly & Kevin Kampe  (E-mail)  ; Kimberly Elder Roberts (E-mail)  ; Kim  Duren Sachtleben (Business Fax)  ; Kristi & Jeff Stegall (E-mail)  ; Kristi L. Bishop (E-mail)   ; Mandy McCourt Hurt (E-mail)  ; Marty Angermiller (E-mail)   ; Michelle Procell  (E-mail)  ; Russell T White (E-mail)  ;  Stayton & Mildred Weldon  (E-mail)  ; Susanne Stiles Wheat (E-mail)  ; Travis C Droupy (E-mail)  ; Tuija Walsh  (E-mail)  ; Chang, Fran  ; Dunton,  Heather  ; Law, Samantha  ; Postlethwaite, John  ; Warner, Nicholas  
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:24  AM
Subject: FW: Combined Infol - please pass  on
I  typically do not send chain e-mails, but the editorial below from a Canadian  gave me goose bumps numerous times and made me extremely proud to be an  American.
 
Stacey
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From: Vinson, Donald Wayne  
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:53 AM
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Subject: FW: Combined Infol - please pass on
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Schlesinger, Judith  
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:19 AM
To: Vinson,  Donald Wayne
Subject: FW: Combined Infol - please pass  on
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Marshall  [mailto:jennifer@ceimail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001  10:10 AM
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Subject: Combined  Infol - please pass on
AT  6P.M. FRIDAY, THERE WILL BE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.  IT IS  ASKED THAT YOU PLEASE STOP WHAT YOUR DOING AND LIGHT A CANDLE IN MEMORY OF ALL  THAT HAVE PASSED.
 
Please pass  on!
 
TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
> >
> >  This, from a Canadian newspaper, it's worth sharing.
> > Widespread  but only partial news coverage was given
> > recently to a  remarkablee ditorial 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:
> > America: The Good Neighbor.
> >
>  > "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
> >A mericans who poured in billions of dollars and
> >  forgave otherb illions 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 wast here. 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, war mongering 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
> > spendh ere.
>  >
> > 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 theA mericans  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! Wear it  proudly!!
> >
> > This is one of the best editorials that I  have ever
> > readr egarding the United States. It is nice  that
> > one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of
>  > the world would realize it. We area lways blamed for
> >  everything, and never even get a thank you for the
> > things we  do.
> To show the terrorists that  we Americans  stick together, FRIDAY
> SEPTEMBER  14, is "Flags Across  America."
> > All Americans  are asked to display the American  flag  either in
> their homes or cars.
> > Let's keep the  meaning  of UNITED in "United States".
> > Pass it  on.
 
 
LET'S STAND BEHIND OUR COUNTRY AND DRESS IN OUR COLORS  TOMORROW.
in memory of all those who perished this morning; thep  assengers and the 
pilots on the United Air and AA flights, the workers in  the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders.  Our prayers go
out to the friends and families of the deceased. Send this  to at least 10
people to show your support. DON'T BREAK IT!!!!!!   God's speed to all those who
have lost their lives...GOD BLESS  AMERICA and the freedom it represents
tomorrow is US pride day, everyone  wear US colors (jeans areb lue,
everyone owns a white t-shirt, etc).   try to be wearing as much red white and
blue as you can.  send  this message to as many otherp eople you know.  Lets get
the whole  country into it.  At least send it to 10 other people. 
Please forward this  message on to whomever I may have inadvertently missed. 
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