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FYI .. the author of the essay- Gordon Sinclair .. died in 1984
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert" <rrrowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega Digest" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: Canadian Editorial
> 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!"
>
> 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 would realize it. We are always blamed for everything,
> and
> never even get a thank you for the things we do.
>
> 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. I am just a single American
that
> has read this.
>
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