The following, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
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!
-Lena
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