Message-ID: <9687612.1075852290681.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:52:58 -0700 (PDT) From: hocampos@hotmail.com To: lenine.jeganathan@enron.com Subject: Hi! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Hector Campos X-To: mballases@hotmail.com, Bass, Eric , Jeganathan, Lenine , SFerrarini@equilon.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \EBASS (Non-Privileged)\Inbox X-Origin: BASS-E X-FileName: EBASS (Non-Privileged).pst Hello! I apologize for the mass email. How is everyone doing? I hope everyone's family and friends are doing fine. In light of recent events, I thought about all of you. My family is doing fine. Apparently one of my ex-roommates, Indian guy, was apparently beaten for "looking" middle-eastern in San Francisco. Unbelievable. So what's up? School is going quite well for me. I'm enjoying classes. The people here are outgoing, which is somewhat surprising since we're all a bunch of math freaks. Pittsburgh is no Houston, but it's bearable for a year. I am a bit concerned with the job market this year. Michael and Sheila, any plans yet? My best friend and his girlfriend are finally getting married this October, after 7 arduous years. You got time, obviously. I had no luck with Gulay. But I think it was unreasonable to expect anything. I enjoyed it, though. Lenine, how are things? Have you seen "The Tao of Steve" yet? How is your brother doing (these days). Eric, ready to join the special-forces? I believe they're looking for people... How is Shanna doing? Are you the head of the Texas desk by now? Drop me a line when y'all get a chance. Take care, -Hector _____ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com --------- Inline attachment follows --------- From: To: stormtrooper@fireman.net, ezra@airmail.net, bthoskins@hotmail.com, dca1860@aol.com, claydo40@hotmail.com, hilburncraig@hotmail.com, djcaudle@yahoo.com, douglo@hotmail.com, gfortunov@hotmail.com, gordomcc@rocketmail.com, hocampos@hotmail.com, lhunsmi@hotmail.com, Jeganathan, Lenine , shelleyzee@mail.utexas.edu, simpson_molly@hotmail.com, moni_nejati@mail.bankone.com, moonahn77@hotmail.com, psamarti@austinc.edu, r.stewart@ssss.com, SFerrarini@equilon.com, timmywayne2000@hotmail.com, wthreeton@hotmail.com Date: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:36:54 GMT Subject: I found this posted on a site I visited and thought I'd send it to you all. Michael 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 dange! r 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 > Int! ernational 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 This is an e-mail I got that should be sent to everyone!