Subject: FW: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES - editorial from a Canadian news paper > >> 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! > >> > >> > >> 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 share his insight. We are always blamed for > >> everything, and never even get a thank you for the > >> things we do. > >> > >> I hope each of you 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. Mona A. Fitzgerald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
