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This was sent to me from a cousin. Thought you might like the read. An interesting side-bar: Gordon Sinclair is the same guy that does the "Earl Pitts" radio spots. > 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, a
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