posted on September 12, 2001 03:32:06 PM
Please read and feel proud!
>
>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!
posted on September 12, 2001 03:45:27 PM
WOW! Almost brings tears to your eyes... This is one I would like to see quoted worldwide!
Thanks for posting!!
posted on September 12, 2001 06:13:32 PM
Last night C-Span 2 carried a couple of hours of "The National". It is a news show on the CBC network in Canada. You would almost think Ottawa was bombed. It was very clear from the reporters & real people, this is a North American problem, not a USA problem. The USA has lots of allies. Canada is a friend or family. Their airports are so overloaded that I read this afternoon that some people in Newfoundland were still in the planes. They are still willing to do more! God bless Canada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted on September 12, 2001 07:14:49 PM
This radio editorial by the late Godon Sinclair was originally broadcast in 1973. However these words ring as true today as they did then.
I am a proud Canadian but all I can say right now is God Bless America. Our prayers are with you.
edited to correct the date. Thanks Readmond
[ edited by docadoodle on Sep 12, 2001 07:24 PM ]
posted on September 12, 2001 07:18:06 PM
It wasn't the hostage crisis in Iran because the article was published in 1973. The subject of the article was actually the steep decline of the dollar in 1973.
[ edited by REAMOND on Sep 12, 2001 07:21 PM ]
