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-----Original Message----- From: RMT6030@aol.com <RMT6030@aol.com< To: Soultocher@netscape.net <Soultocher@netscape.net<; Bonnie1088@aol.com <= Bonnie1088@aol.com<; usa3@wt.net <usa3@wt.net<; mizdaisy71@hotmail.com <miz= daisy71@hotmail.com<; cathy-guy@reliantenergy.com <cathy-guy@reliantenergy.= com<; cmcphaul@mccoyinc.com <cmcphaul@mccoyinc.com<; Killercrick@aol.com <K= illercrick@aol.com<; davison@wt.net <davison@wt.net<; DBrown@altra.com <DBr= own@altra.com<; ikemom@yahoo.com <ikemom@yahoo.com<; Divijabe@earthlink.net= <Divijabe@earthlink.net<; COLEDrCool@aol.com <COLEDrCool@aol.com<; Jemm347= 7@aol.com <Jemm3477@aol.com<; edentech@earthlink.com <edentech@earthlink.co= m<; AlwaysaJarHead@aol.com <AlwaysaJarHead@aol.com<; dadcubed@email.msn.com= <dadcubed@email.msn.com<; Swingcon@flash.net <Swingcon@flash.net<; nivread= inmom@yahoo.com <nivreadinmom@yahoo.com<; JGlanzer@aol.com <JGlanzer@aol.co= m<; skymomjune@hotmail.com <skymomjune@hotmail.com<; kelli@aroncompanies.co= m <kelli@aroncompanies.com<; SthernBelle25252@aol.com <SthernBelle25252@aol= .com<; kittie.fails@mygait.com <kittie.fails@mygait.com<; rabbit3@flash.net= <rabbit3@flash.net<; Kmo29118@aol.com <Kmo29118@aol.com<; brown@neopolis.n= et <brown@neopolis.net<; mfhawkins@houston.rr.com <mfhawkins@houston.rr.com= <; FMile416136339@aol.com <FMile416136339@aol.com<; monav@marksfirm.com <mo= nav@marksfirm.com<; PattiJ@ashfordpeo.com <PattiJ@ashfordpeo.com<; jpsvc@co= mpuex.com <jpsvc@compuex.com<; ROGUESPEARLIFE@yahoo.com <ROGUESPEARLIFE@yah= oo.com<; rchfrank@email.msn.com <rchfrank@email.msn.com<; rhamilton@altra.c= om <rhamilton@altra.com<; seankelley@yahoo.com <seankelley@yahoo.com<; swr_= 13@yahoo.com <swr_13@yahoo.com<; steven.nickerson@compaq.com <steven.nicker= son@compaq.com< Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 5:32 PM Subject: Tribute to the United States=20 A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES=20 This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.=20 America: The Good Neighbor.=20 Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkabl= e=20 editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television= =20 commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as=20 printed in the Congressional Record:=20 < <<< "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the=20 < <<< Americans as the most generous and possibly the least=20 < <<< appreciated people on all the earth.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and=20 < <<< Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the=20 < <<< Americans who poured in billions of dollars and=20 < <<< forgave other billions in debts. None of these=20 < <<< countries is today paying even the interest on its=20 < <<< remaining debts to the United States.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956,=20 < <<< it was the Americans who propped it up, and their=20 < <<< reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets=20 < <<< of Paris. I was there. I saw it.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the=20 < <<< United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59=20 < <<< American communities were flattened by tornadoes.=20 < <<< Nobody helped.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped=20 < <<< billions of dollars! into discouraged countries. Now=20 < <<< newspapers in those countries are writing about the=20 < <<< decadent, warmongering Americans.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< I'd like to see just one of those countries that=20 < <<< is gloating over the erosion of the United States=20 < <<< dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country=20 < <<< in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo=20 < <<< Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10?=20 < <<< If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the=20 < <<< International lines except Russia fly American Planes?=20 < <<<=20 < <<< Why does no other land on earth even consider putting=20 < <<< a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese=20 < <<< technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German=20 < <<< technocracy, and you get automobiles.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< You talk about American technocracy, and you find=20 < <<< men on the moon -! not once, but several times -=20 < <<< and safely home again.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs=20 < <<< right in the store window for everybody to look at.=20 < <<< Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded.=20 < <<< They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless=20 < <<< they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American=20 < <<< dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< When the railways of France, Germany and India=20 < <<< were breaking down through age, it was the Americans=20 < <<< who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and=20 < <<< the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an=20 < <<< old caboose. Both are still broke.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced=20 < <<< to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name=20 < <<< me even one time when someone else raced to the=20 < <<< Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside=20 < <<< help even during the San Francisco earthquake.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one=20 < <<< Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get=20 < <<< kicked around. They will come out of this thing with=20 < <<< their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled=20 < <<< to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating=20 < <<< over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of=20 < <<< those."=20 < <<<=20 < <<< Stand proud, America!=20 < <<<=20 < <<<=20 < <<<=20 < <<< This is one of the best editorials that I have ever=20 < <<< read regarding the United States. It is nice that=20 < <<< one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the=20 < <<< world would realize it. We are always blamed for=20 < <<< everything and never even get a thank you for the=20 < <<< things we do.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< I would hope that each of you would send this to=20 < <<< as many people as you can and emphasize that they=20 < <<< should send it to as many of their friends until this=20 < <<< letter is sent to every person on the web. I am just a=20 < <<< single American that has read this.=20 < <<<=20 < <<< I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON=20 God bless us all -Brian=20 _________________________________________________=20 IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here=20
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