>  
> > > This, from a Canadian newspaper, no less, 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  
>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.  
> > >  
> > >  
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