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Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:49:38 EDT


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I heard this on my car radio this afternoon.  Unless the DJ was pulling 
Toledo's collective leg (and that is possible, since I consider myself the 
fourth most gullible person on the planet) there is a recording of the 
editorial read by Mr. Sinclair, and it was readily available in record stores 
throughout the U.S. and Canada at some point in time.

Janet
Toledo Groopie/er #2

In a message dated 9/13/2001 4:36:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jabrooks@hotmail.com writes:


> This forward was sent to me.  Thought some of you might be interested in 
> reading it.
> 
> >TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES 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.



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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>I heard this on my car radio this afternoon. &nbsp;Unless the DJ was pulling Toledo's collective leg (and that is possible, since I consider myself the fourth most gullible person on the planet) there is a recording of the editorial read by Mr. Sinclair, and it was readily available in record stores throughout the U.S. and Canada at some point in time.
<BR>
<BR>Janet
<BR>Toledo Groopie/er #2
<BR>
<BR>In a message dated 9/13/2001 4:36:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jabrooks@hotmail.com writes:
<BR>
<BR>
<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">This forward was sent to me. &nbsp;Thought some of you might be interested in 
<BR>reading it.
<BR>
<BR>&gt;TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth 
<BR>&gt;sharing. America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news 
<BR>&gt;coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from 
<BR>&gt;Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television Commentator. What follows 
<BR>&gt;is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional 
<BR>&gt;Record: "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as 
<BR>&gt;the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the 
<BR>&gt;earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were 
<BR>&gt;lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of 
<BR>&gt;dollars and forgave other billions in debts.
<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt;None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining 
<BR>&gt;debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 
<BR>&gt;1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be 
<BR>&gt;insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt;When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries 
<BR>&gt;in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by 
<BR>&gt;tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped 
<BR>&gt;billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those 
<BR>&gt;countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt;I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the 
<BR>&gt;erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other 
<BR>&gt;country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the 
<BR>&gt;Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10?
<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt;If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except 
<BR>&gt;Russia fly American planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider 
<BR>&gt;putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, 
<BR>&gt;and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get 
<BR>&gt;automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the 
<BR>&gt;moon - not once, but several times - and safely home again.
<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt;You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store 
<BR>&gt;window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued 
<BR>&gt;and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they 
<BR>&gt;are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at 
<BR>&gt;home to spend here.
<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt;When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through 
<BR>&gt;age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad 
<BR>&gt;and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. 
<BR>&gt;Both are still broke.
<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt;I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other 
<BR>&gt;people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to 
<BR>&gt;the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during 
<BR>&gt;the San Francisco earthquake.
<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt;Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired 
<BR>&gt;of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with 
<BR>&gt;their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at 
<BR>&gt;the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is 
<BR>&gt;not one of those.</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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