> 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!
C
When the pain of being where we are, becomes greater than our fear of letting go...we will risk and heal and grow.