Here here! that was very poignant indeed and I for one
shall keep this email for ever. Top marks for Mr.
Sinclair.
thanks for sharing that...
--- Allen May wrote:
> I like the Canadian viewpoint better than the one of
> arrogance. Top marks for Mr. Sinclair.
>
>
> > > 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!!
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