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The following came my way today. Given recent events I couldn't resist passing

it along. Also, if you live in America (or even if you don't!) fly your

American flag

if you have one. I hope everyone is safe and well.

-- (in Massachusetts)

I think this editorial was given months ago and not in reference to

9/11/01 " Attack on America " but it is a comfort to know the sentiments of our

neighbors are of support.

Just a quick little note to remind us all who we are and what we

mean to the world!!

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 Canadian 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 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. I am proud to serve with every

one of you.... and thank you, personally for everything you do, every day.

Parham

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