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---------------------- Forwarded by David J Mollenkopf/OR4/AEPIN on 05/17/2000
10:17 AM --------------------------- "Timothy J Hamilton" <thamilto@enron.com< on 05/15/2000 05:57:12 PM To: djmollenkopf@aep.com cc: Subject: Tribute to the United States ---------------------- Forwarded by Timothy J Hamilton/HOU/EES on 05/15/2000 04:57 PM --------------------------- Olenger Pannell 05/15/2000 02:24 PM To: cc: (bcc: Timothy J Hamilton/HOU/EES) Subject: Tribute to the United States < Subject: Tribute to the United States < < 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, war-mongering 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, I < < SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON.
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