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"Timothy J Hamilton" <thamilto@enron.com> on 05/15/2000 05:57:12 PM

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Subject:  Tribute to the United States





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Olenger Pannell
05/15/2000 02:24 PM

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Subject:  Tribute to the United States

> Subject:  Tribute to the United States
>
> 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, war-mongering 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.