Message-ID: <21160511.1075840345152.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 08:40:53 -0700 (PDT) From: hallisey@wt.net To: brock.uncle@enron.com, schoellkopf.trey@enron.com, brooker.tom@enron.com, blasky.tom@enron.com, olkowski.tedd@enron.com, nelson.tad@enron.com, cruse.sue@enron.com, schector.steve@enron.com, schechter.stephen@enron.com, bailey.sara@enron.com, vidrine.rusty@enron.com, tidwell.rusty@enron.com, larocca.russ@enron.com, strickland.ross@enron.com, accomando.roslyn@enron.com, gilbert.ron@enron.com, williams.ray@enron.com, tate.randall@enron.com, sanborn.phyllis&david@enron.com, zahler.peggy@enron.com, thomas.paula@enron.com, hoerster.pam@enron.com, williams.p.@enron.com, omarkum@enron.com, hockenberry.michelle@enron.com, latulip.mary@enron.com, malfa.mary@enron.com, harrison.marie@enron.com, mckinney.margaret@enron.com, palermo.lois@enron.com, carlton.lindsay@enron.com, cruse.leonard@enron.com, vogel.leeann&john@enron.com, corona.larry@enron.com, howard.laddie@enron.com, silverman.karl@enron.com, randolph.john@enron.com, douglas.john@enron.com, peterson.joanie&john@enron.com, nelson.jim@enron.com, harrison.jeff@enron.com, hallisey.janice@enron.com, kilgore.jackie@enron.com, sibley.hobie@enron.com, gripon.greg@enron.com, benson.george@enron.com, leonard.gean@enron.com, mead.gary@enron.com, mead.gary@enron.com, mckee.doug@enron.com, hagan.donna@enron.com, hinds.dick@enron.com, ramereiz.dennis@enron.com, oneal.dennis@enron.com, scott.dee@enron.com, henry.debra@enron.com, groce.debbie@enron.com, garner.david@enron.com, wright.david@enron.com, norman.dave&bonnie@enron.com, hardy.dale@enron.com, tauss.cynthia@enron.com, barker.craig@enron.com, seidensticker.cindy@enron.com, boisblanc.chuck@enron.com, reed.chris@enron.com, mallios.chris@enron.com, lewis.catharin@enron.com, ragland.carole@enron.com, jr..c.@enron.com, trey.brown@enron.com, morrison.bobbie@enron.com, jacobson.bob@enron.com, specion.betty@enron.com, nelson.betty@enron.com, cowey.benjie@enron.com, lerbs.ane@enron.com, alcorn.mike@enron.com, arif.gwen@enron.com, don.baughman@enron.com, brown.glenn@enron.com, clark.commissionner@enron.com, clark.ken@enron.com, davies.tom@enron.com, glaw.bill@enron.com, holley.vicki@enron.com, joe@enron.com, towner.john@enron.com Subject: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "Pat Hallisey" @ENRON X-To: Uncle Brock , Trey Schoellkopf , Tom Brooker , Tom Blasky , Tedd Olkowski , Tad Nelson , Sue Cruse , steve schector , Stephen J. Schechter , Sara R. Bailey , Rusty Vidrine , Rusty and Monica Tidwell , Russ and Carol Larocca , Ross and Mary strickland , ROSLYN ACCOMANDO , Ron Gilbert , Ray Williams , Randall Tate , Phyllis&David Sanborn , Peggy Zahler , Paula Thomas , Pam Hoerster , P. Williams , Omarkum , Michelle Hockenberry , Mary Latulip , Mary Anne Malfa , Marie Harrison , Margaret McKinney , Lois Palermo , Lindsay Carlton , Leonard Cruse , LeeAnn&John Vogel , Larry Corona , laddie howard , Karl & Deborah Silverman , John Randolph , John Douglas , Joanie&John Peterson , Jim Nelson , Jeff Harrison , Janice Hallisey , Jackie Kilgore , Hobie Sibley , GREG GRIPON , george and peggy benson , Gean Leonard , Gary Mead , Gary and Julie Mead , Doug McKee , Donna Hagan , Dick Hinds , Dennis Ramereiz , Dennis Oneal , Dee Scott , Debra Kay Henry , debbie groce , david and linda garner , David & Kathy Wright , Dave&Bonnie Norman , Dale Hardy , cynthia tauss , Craig Barker , CINDY SEIDENSTICKER , Chuck de Boisblanc , Chris Reed , Chris Mallios , Catharin Lewis , Carole Ragland , C. Keith Mathis, Jr. , Brown, Trey , Bobbie MORRISON , BOB & Dawn JACOBSON , Betty Specion , Betty Nelson , Benjie Cowey , Ane Lerbs , Mike Alcorn , Gwen Arif , Baughman Jr., Don , Glenn T. Brown , Commissionner & Mrs. Ken Clark , Ken Clark , Tom Davies , Bill Glaw , Vicki Holley , Joe , John Towner X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Baughman Jr., Don\Personal\CCV X-Origin: BAUGHMAN-D X-FileName: don baughman 6-25-02.PST > 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 alesser extent, Britain and > Italy were > lifted out of the debris of warby 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! > > 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, I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON. --- > Dennis Helton --- wb7ryp@earthlink.net --- > EarthLink: It's your Internet. >