This message is from: "Dudley and Karen Haines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello all, I received the following e-mail that I want to forward to you all. Ordinary everyday activities seem so unimportant in the wake of this disaster. The red cross is calling for donations of blood and money. This is from an e-mail I received: "To make a blood donation, please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or contact your local blood service organization. To help the victims of this and other disasters through a financial contribution, call 1-800- HELP-NOW to make a credit card donation or Internet users can make a secure online credit card contribution at http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html You can also mail a donation to the American Red Cross, designating "Disaster Relief Fund" on the memo line of the check, at the American Red Cross, PO Box 37243 Washington DC 20013." I've had trouble accessing the Red Cross site - could be because of a lot of activity. I'm glad to hear that the fjord folks in New York are ok. Karen > > Subject: FW: TRIBUTE TO AMERICA > > > > 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! > > > > 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.
