What a bunch of bullshit.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ernest Husmann <chusmann@execpc.com>
To: team-thicko@autox.team.net <team-thicko@autox.team.net>; Triumph list
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:45 PM
Subject: important message
>
>I received this today and I think it bears repeating. For those who may
>not be from the land of Stars and Stripes, no direct criticism intended.
>
>> > > > > > 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. Stand proud, America!
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > > > 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!
>>
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