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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?
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!
This is one of the best editorials that I have ever read regarding the United States. It is nice that one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the world would realize it. We are always blamed for everything, and
never even get a thank you for the things we do. We pay 'till it hurts to prop up all sorts of people in faraway lands and they spit on us in return.
"Yankee go home!" they squawk. How would they like it if we packed up our money and went home for real?
Here is a speech that Bush should have given after the
tragedy of September
11:
Good evening my fellow Americans.
First, I want to pass on my condolences to the people
of New York and all Americans that are hurting in this
tragic time. You can rest assured that anything and
everything that can be done to assure the safety of
our country will be done. This is the greatest country
in the world and we will get through this trying time.
Now is the time for all people to set aside our
petty differences and show the world that no one or
nothing can destroy the fortitude of the American
people.
To the people responsible for this tragedy, I say
this:
Are you fucking kidding me?
Are the turbans on your heads wrapped too tight?
Have you gone too long without a bath?
Do you not know who you are fucking with?
Americans are so hungry to kill, that we shoot at each
other every day. We will relish that opportunity for
new targets for our aggression.
Have you forgotten history?
What happened to the last people that started fucking
around with us?
Remember the little guys over in Japan? We slapped
them all over the Pacific and roasted about 2 million
of them in their own back yard. That's what we in
America call a big ass barbecue.
Ever seen Texas on a map?
Ever wonder why it's so big?
Because we fucking wanted it that way; Mexico started
jacking around with the Alamo and now they cut our
lawns.
England? We sent them packing. Ask your buddy Saddam
about fucking with the good 'ole USA. The only
reason he got away the first time is because it's too
hard to shoot someone when you're doubled over
laughing at them. Our soldiers aren't trained to
laugh and shoot at the same time. Now he couldn't
stop a pack of cub scouts from taking over his shitty
little country.
Trust us, Afghanistan will end up a giant kitty litter
box. Go ahead and try to hide, Bin Laden.
There's not a hole deep enough or a mountain high
enough that's going to keep your sorry asses safe. We
will bomb every inch of the country that harbors him,
his camps and any place that looks and even smells
like he was there. Hell, we might even drop a few
bombs on people that have pissed us off in the past
just to show them who's the boss.
This is America. We kick ass. This is what we do. Go
ahead and laugh now, but we're coming and we will
smoke your sorry asses.
God bless America!
This is the same thing as above, but changed some words for the uneventful tragedies that had happened to us. My prayers and love goes out to all who have suffered tremendously because of someones stupidity. GOD BLESS THE USA and ALL OF THE AMERICANS who stand up for their freedom.
A 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!
ONLY IN AMERICA
Only in America, do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front of the store.
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