Message-ID: <32780485.1075855547759.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:28:00 -0800 (PST) From: julissa.marron@enron.com To: angela.mendez@enron.com, cyndie.balfour-flanagan@enron.com, bernice.rodriguez@enron.com, adrial.boals@enron.com, marvia.jefferson@enron.com, faye.ellis@enron.com, bridgette.anderson@enron.com, susan.elledge@enron.com, georgi.landau@enron.com, linda.bryan@enron.com, sylvia.campos@enron.com, anthony.campos@enron.com, kelly.lombardi@enron.com, tammie.huthmacher@enron.com, michelle.laurant@enron.com, amber.ebow@enron.com, marilyn.colbert@enron.com, judy.hernandez@enron.com, bgarcia@galena-park.isd.tenet.edu, elizabeth.lopez@ihsenergy.com, arthur@eubanks-architects.com, sandy.dutton@usa.net Subject: Fwd: FW: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Julissa Marron X-To: Angela Mendez, Cyndie Balfour-Flanagan, Bernice Rodriguez, Adrial Boals, Marvia Jefferson, Faye Ellis, Bridgette Anderson, Susan Elledge, Georgi Landau, Linda S Bryan, Sylvia A Campos, Anthony Campos, Kelly Lombardi, Tammie Huthmacher, Michelle Laurant, Amber Ebow, Marilyn Colbert, Judy Hernandez, Betty Garcia , Elizabeth.Lopez@ihsenergy.com, "Arthur Campos" , Sandy Dutton X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Juan_Hernandez_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Notes inbox X-Origin: Hernandez-J X-FileName: jhernan.nsf > >> > >> > > > 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 5,000 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. >> > >> > > > > >> > > > << Makes you proud to live here doesn't it?? > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. >http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________________________________________ _______ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com