claude waver wrote:

> --
> >
> > 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 SURE HOPE THAT A
> > LOT MORE READ IT, SO SEND IT ON
> >

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