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Please share this and pass it on:
> 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
> wishthat 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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hello

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1991 banditt2 #130 of 600
Project 350 TPI Banditt II
http://www.street-dawg-racing.cityslide.com
www.gcfba.com (Greater Cincinnati F-Body Association)
http://www.cincyspeed.com/

That's a beautiful (and true) story of the way it really is. I myself, being raised in such a way, have felt the same ignorance myself. I am always the one that my friends call when they need an ear to listen, a hand to hold theirs, our help with a chore. I do it proudly. But let me ask them for a little help and they're so sorry that they are "too busy." I guess I never realized it, until now, that AMERICA is the reason I am like that.

I work for a transit equipment retail company. We sell coach buses, school buses, limo buses, etc. Most of our detailers are Mexicans who barely speak (if any) English. We all gathered in the shop area (about 45 employees) for the "moment of silence" and of course there were quite a few tears shed from some of us. As I walked to the detail shop to clock out for lunch, I heard one of the Mexicans ask
"What was all that crying **** about?" Another replied "That's America man."
My response was "Your Damn right it is. Just remember why you came here, what you hope to gain, what Mexico couldn't give you, and what would happen if it was all taken away." My tears started really flowing then. "We are all here for that same thing, and some bastards are trying to kill us for it. Well we won't take it, and they will pay!!!"

I was so mad !!!!!! But then I realized that some people just don't get it. They forget why this country was founded. And some obviously forget that we will FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!

"GØD BLESS THE USA"!!! "I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, WERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE"!!!!!! & "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL"!!!!!!

AJ

[This message has been edited by AJ_92RS (edited September 14, 2001).]

Amen brother!!

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1991 banditt2 #130 of 600
Project 350 TPI Banditt II
http://www.street-dawg-racing.cityslide.com
www.gcfba.com (Greater Cincinnati F-Body Association)
http://www.cincyspeed.com/