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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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That about says it.

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I was going faster than I'd ever gone before but then I fell off.

 

maybe that actually held merit in 1973..but now it doesnt.

 

so what are you saying ihate?

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1991 banditt2 #130 of 600
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http://www.cincyspeed.com/

 

I would like to assume that ihate simply means that the article is dated. The US Space program hasn't been to the moon in decades (at least not officially, for all you conspiracy theorists out there) and draft dodgers are no longer in Canada, they've had government jobs

I have friends on both sides of the border, and cross it frequently myself. I, for one, am glad to have the US as our closest neighbour. Although there are several reasons I wouldn't want to live in the US, there are times I'd prefer it. I've never understood why when Canada sends troops on peacekeeping missions, it's a good thing, yet when the US does it, they're warmongers.

I'll tell you one thing tho... I was in Yonkers Tuesday and I was driving through Mass, Conn and NY wednesday and thursday, and I have never, ever, seen such patriotism and national pride as I did in rural america.

I have NEVER driven through small town Canada and seen the Maple Leaf flying from every house and on every pole that could hold a flag. I have never seen a guy standing in the rain on a highway overpass waving a Canadian Flag.

Canadians, as a whole, have a "if it doesn't affect ME..." attitude. It's a damn good thing there's people who realize that "someday, it will."

Keep something in mind people... Canada is also a supporter of Israel, was in Desert Shield/Storm, and has peacekeeping forces throughout the world. They could have just as easily flown planes into the CN Tower or the Canadian Parliament buildings. They've found evidence that at least 2 of the terrorists came across from Canada.

Canadians and Americans have a pretty similar set of beliefs in rights and freedoms for everyone, and if it's the US that's sending their forces out to protect those freedoms, instead of criticizing them, we should thank them (or help them). And thank *** it's not ME or YOU getting shot at in some foreign desert to do it.

Oh well, enough of a tirade for a first post

Arawn1

 

well said arawn and welcome to third gen

Paul

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