Message-ID: <22978914.1075852232734.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:52:22 -0700 (PDT) From: carlos.giron@psiusa.com To: c..giron@enron.com Subject: Fwd: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Carlos Giron" @ENRON X-To: Giron, Darron C. , GBOHAN@HOME.COM, Yhaynes@mindspring.com, bobby.bouduet@psiusa.com, dave.paquette@psiusa.com, Veronica.Cummings@psiusa.com, ronniegiron@yahoo.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \DGIRON (Non-Privileged)\Giron, Darron C.\Inbox X-Origin: GIRON-D X-FileName: DGIRON (Non-Privileged).pst Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received: from web13802.mail.yahoo.com=09([216.136.175.12])=09by psiusa.com= ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 13:15:28 -0500 Message-ID: <20010912182110.47612.qmail@web13802.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [204.27.106.201] by web13802.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 1= 2 Sep 2001 11:21:10 PDT Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:21:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Alicia Bull Subject: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES To: Jim Troutman , Melissa Vernaci , "Steven " Ward , Joe Watkins , Stacy Williams , Alison Rodriguez , Allison Shaw , Sherry Shetler , David Smith , Crystal M Thorne , Adam Trien , Louise Morrison , Mary Mowad , Lesley Nichols , Jennifer Noreus , Kris Peterson , Vanessa Ramos , Amber Levis = , Daniel Lyons , Shannon Matthew= s , Stephanie McDonald ,= Jeri Lane McIntyre , Hannah Millican , Chris Mills , Sarah Mister , Kristin Hageman , Michelle Hagemann , Blake Harrison , Jenny He= umann , Emily Hightower , Corinne Huff= t , Buck Kyle , Daddy , Hannah Deaton , "Brooks " Donald , Ashley Edmon , Kelly Farrell , Angela Gibbs , Matthew Bull , Shelley Bull , Amanda Butler , Christen Caramonta , Claire= Caraway , Julie Chouest , Ca= rla Corona , Stacey Alexius , Shannon Bailey , Brooke Barnett , Stewart Billodeaux , Ellen Bourgeois , Rachel Baughman Bryan , Br= yan Bull , Charles Bull Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline > 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! Wear it proudly!! > 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. > > 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. I am > just a single American that has read this, TRIBUTE > TO > THE UNITED STATES. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com