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Re: OT but must read!

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From: Nikonja
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:41
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On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 01:46:10 -0500, Anthony wrote:

> 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!

What about all the wars they started, what about all the inecent people
they killed, what about trying to control all world, what about all the
stupidity and ignorance in america, what about black, indian, chinese nad
other people in america. We see all the love in action in New Orleans! Try
to listen to one american i really admire Micheal Moore and see some movies
he made, and maby you'll change your mind !
Any what the f...k are we talking about this in newsgroop about nvidia
cards !!!!????!!!!
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