> 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!!

I guess this guy has never heard of Airbus Industries

That was originally wrote in the late 60s/early 70s.

Ian

God you people post that every 5 days!

Sorry dude! I just had someone e-mail it to me the other day. I had NO idea it was that old!!

Furthermore, Aeroflot took delivery on a number of Boeing 777s.

Giving credit where credit is due. This was written by Byron McGregor in 1974. Byron was a newscaster for CKLW AM800 radio in Windsor, Ont. He read this on the air. Byron died in January 1995. I used to have this on a 45rpm record. The local radio station played this today and gave credit.

Fred

Gordon Sinclair wrote it in 1973.  The demand for it was so great that many people recorded versions of it, perhaps Byron McGregor was one of them.  For the complete story check out [url]http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/ccf/news/unique/american.html[/url]  It is even listed in the "Urban Legends" as a true story.  [url]http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/sinclair.htm[/url]

I was just re-reading the editorial, and noticed that something was missing.  I realised that the "new" version was shorter.  It has been edited to remove topics and sections that would show its age.  Here is a link to the original editorial.  [url]http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/ccf/news/unique/am_text.html[/url]