>> > > > > 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 and Germany 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!!
>> > > > >
>> > > > > 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 and Germany 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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