Message-ID: <33450232.1075853093304.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:51:08 -0700 (PDT) From: martin.cuilla@enron.com To: zwharton@dawray.com Subject: RE: An editorial forwarded to me by a friend in Oklahoma. Worth reading after yesterday. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Cuilla, Martin X-To: 'ZOOEY WHARTON' X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MCUILLA (Non-Privileged)\Cuilla, Martin\Sent Items X-Origin: Cuilla-M X-FileName: MCUILLA (Non-Privileged).pst i was curious if this was real and found it on the web - appearantly it happened for real - in 1973 -----Original Message----- From: ZOOEY WHARTON [mailto:ZWHARTON@dawray.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:47 AM To: Alexis & Bill (E-mail); Blind Man Luke (E-mail); Cameron's life-long friend (E-mail); Christine (E-mail); Cookie (E-mail); Cuz (E-mail); Dad and Kris (E-mail); Dancin Chic (E-mail); Dee-Dee (E-mail); Eric (E-mail); Gina (E-mail); Husband (E-mail); Jeff Shaw (E-mail); Joan (home) (E-mail); Johnny (E-mail); Jonas (E-mail); Julie Jules (E-mail); Kiki (E-mail); Mike Fuerst (E-mail); Nicole (E-mail); RBBB (E-mail); Shelley & Pete (E-mail); Spike Antolik (E-mail); Steph (E-mail); Steve Patterson (E-mail); Supahstahhh (E-mail); Tres (E-mail); Wendell (E-mail); Will (E-mail) Subject: FW: An editorial forwarded to me by a friend in Oklahoma. Worth reading after yesterday. Thought provoking indeed ... -----Original Message----- From: HOLLY MELISSA WHEELER Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:34 AM To: JASON D. BATH; JOSHUA C. ANDERSON; KELLY M. KOWIS; ZOOEY WHARTON Subject: FW: An editorial forwarded to me by a friend in Oklahoma. Worth reading after yesterday. > > >>> 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! > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>