I received this email today and thought that Canada helped America in
1974 by bringing us the Bricklin. There is a lot of truth to it.
Todd Rapp
1896
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, 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 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!
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 ntil this letter is sent to
every person on the web. I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE
READ IT, SO SEND IT ON!
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