In light of whats going on, I think this is news everyone should hear.
>>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
> > 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!
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