I don't know who the author is, or if it was a printed article, but it's a
nice story about America.

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>>> This was forwarded to me this morning...Just wanted to pass it along.
>>> >You might find this tribute hits home about who we as Americans are:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >  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
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