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 
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 1950
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, war mongering 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 Japan's 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 a
Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued. 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 were 
breaking down through age, it was the American
who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad
the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned 
them a 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 out 
help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm a
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!!

GOD BLESS USA !!!