(Pass this on to as many people as you know) > > This is very touching. Makes you proud to be an American...... A > 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." > > 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. > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > <http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp> > This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this e-mail by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer.