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