[lil gem]

My boss sent me this editorial. I thought it was well worth sharing. I'm pasting it in, so please forgive the ugly line separators and format.

GEM
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America The Beautiful
> > >>
> > >> In the wake of the recent catastrophe fiasco, this is worth reading.
> > We still live in the greatest country in the world and sometimes we forget what we have worked so hard for.
> > >>
> > >> 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 am just a
> > >> single American that has read this.
> > >> I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON
> >

[NettaV]

I had just read that in the other forum, it's awesome. Thank you for taking the time to share it with us.

Love
Lonetta

[brneyes]

That is great I never realized we were that generous. I have more pride for my country now than I ever did before (Guess I should have payed a little more attention to my history class in school).