TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES

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: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES : > This, from a Canadian newspaper, no less, 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! : : Source: : This was sent in to WeLoveRecipes@yahoogroups.com : By Sandy U

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