Mike Gioffre
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Subject: FW: Tribute to Americans
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:52:32 -0400






 > > Subject:  Tribute to the United States
 > > >
 > > >
 > > > May this encourage Americans on a day like today.
 > > >
 > > > 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! Wear it proudly!!
 > > >
 > > > 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, TRIBUTE TO
 > > > THE UNITED STATES
 >
 >
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