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RE: Something to think about. was What I saw yesterday
There was another SF earthquake 30 years ago? I must be really young or
something (23)
Hey scott, is your building going to make it? You worked at 1 Liberty,
correct. Its still teetering from what I hear.
Brad
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>From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>
>To: "Randy Martinez" <howlinmonkey16v@yahoo.com>
>CC: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Something to think about. was What I saw yesterday
>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:43:41 -0400
>
>People!... This story was written over 30 years ago! Gordon Sinclair has
>been dead since 1984. While it may feel great to rally around this
>editorial, at this point it has simply become propaganda. -not to mention
>the fact that I've read this same thing at least 25 times already.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Randy Martinez
> > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:38 PM
> > To: Marshall Ruskin; Dave Ewing
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Something to think about. was What I saw yesterday
> >
> >
> > This is from a Canadian newspaper and 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 broadcast.
> > "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!
> > 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.
> > Stand proud, America
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Randy
> > 87 2.0l 16v Rice Eater
> > 89 8v Gti (sold for Rocco)
> > Teaneck, NJ
> >
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