Re: TRIBUTE TO AMERICA

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Yes, that was a fine example of his work - and a sentiment that the vast
majority of Canadians agree with.
It's a little old though, he died 17 years ago and this particular
broadcast was made in 1973 !


Check out his bio:
http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/schools/rta/ccf/personal/hof/sincla_g.html

The story about the broadcast is contained here:
http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/schools/rta/ccf/news/unique/american.html

The particular broadcast mentioned is contained here (FULL (& correct)
text & original audio broadcast):
http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/schools/rta/ccf/news/unique/am_text.html


...Neil





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I just received this today from my sister-in-law, and I remember reading
this a while back, but I believe it bears repeating, especially now.

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The following, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.

Its subject is 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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Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com


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