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! Wear it proudly!!


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.


Freedom Will be Defended

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gemailt gekriegt vonner Kanadischen Zeitung