> > 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! 
> > 
> > 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.