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-----Original Message----- From: "Matt Miller" <mjmiller23@hotmail.com<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22Matt+20Miller+22+20+3Cmjmiller23+40hotmail+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:17 PM To: akomar7@hotmail.com; Jeffrey.A.Przybyla@uth.tmc.edu; apoutous@hotmail.com; arrigotti@apple.com; ajwall77@hotmail.com; eric_heuring@fmc.com; cjones@cybercorp.com; delizondo@monsterislandstudiodc.com; ehillegeist@hotmail.com; gmpcmiller@earthlink.net; sonderfan@hotmail.com; jwicke@apple.com; kelli@schoolpeople.net; bodezoffa@hotmail.com; kaseywalker@mindspring.com; ajlorino@hotmail.com; meredithmiller25@hotmail.com; mkingcaid@ikey.com; bobnlolly@houston.rr.com; natalielacy@mail.utexas.edu; meredithmaddox@hotmail.com; mike@roeder.com; Scott, Susan M.; tom_miller@gspsf.com Subject: 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 <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. < < < < < < Maybe each of you can send this to at least one person < < < and they might send it to one of their friends until this <letter is sent < < < to every person on the web. I am just a single American that <has read < < < this. < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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