--part1_22.1dfefcf7.2912d157_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_22.1dfefcf7.2912d157_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <salantai@madisontelco.com> Received: from rly-xe01.mx.aol.com (rly-xe01.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.193]) by air-xe05.mail.aol.com (v81.9) with ESMTP id MAILINXE52-1031215349; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:53:49 -0400 Received: from smtp02.infoave.net (smtp02.infoave.net [165.166.0.27]) by rly-xe01.mx.aol.com (v80.21) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXE12-1031215330; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:53:30 -0400 Received: from scrappydoo ([206.156.177.95]) by SMTP00.InfoAve.Net (PMDF V6.0-24 #38780) with SMTP id <01KA5ZPHRPWO9EHY6V@SMTP00.InfoAve.Net> for CariS4@aol.com; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:53:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 20:56:54 -0800 From: Pamela Salantai <salantai@madisontelco.com> Subject: FW: EDITORIAL X-Sender: salantai@mail.madisontelco.com To: CariS4@aol.com Message-id: <3.0.5.32.20011031205654.0079a100@mail.madisontelco.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable >Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:39:48 -0600 >From: Yancik Karen <YancikK@daugherty.com> >Subject: FW: EDITORIAL >To: 'jlangewischattnet' <j.langewisch@att.net>, > 'ryancikwebtvnet' <ryancik@webtv.net>, 'rlm725aolcom' <rlm725@aol.com>, > 'salantaimadisontelcocom' <salantai@madisontelco.com> >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) >Original-recipient: rfc822;salantai@madisontelco.com > > RE: Romanian Newspaper Editorial > > This article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu > and published under the > title "C=EEntarea Americii" on September 24 in the > Romanian newspaper > Evenimentul zilei ("The Daily Event"). > *********************************************** > When you think the U.S. isn't thought well of all > over the world, > read this editorial from a Romanian Newspaper. > ************************************************ > RECOGNITION (AND ENVY) OF THE > AMERICAN ETHOS AND =C9LAN!! > > Why are Americans so united? They don't resemble > one another even if you paint > them! They speak all the languages of the world > and form an astonishing > mixture of civilizations. Some of them are nearly > extinct, others are > incompatible with one another, and in matters of > religious beliefs, not even > God can count how many they are. > > Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred > million people into a hand > put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the > White House, the army, the > secret services that they are only a bunch of > losers. Nobody rushed to empty > their bank accounts. Nobody rushed on the streets > nearby to gape about. The > Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give > a helping hand. > > After the first moments of panic, they raised the > flag on the smoking ruins, > putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors > of the national flag. They > placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every > place and on every car a > minister or the president was passing. On every > occasion they started singing > their traditional song: "God Bless America!". > > Silent as a rock, I watched the charity concert > broadcast on Saturday once, > twice, three times, on different TV channels. > There were Clint > Eastwood, Willie Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia > Roberts, Cassius Clay, Jack > Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Silvester Stalone, > James Wood, and many others > whom no film or producers could ever bring > together. The American's solidarity > spirit turned them into a choir. Actually, choir > is not the word. What you > could hear was the heavy artillery of the American > soul. What neither George > W. Bush, nor Bill Clinton, nor Colin Powell could > say without facing the risk > of stumbling over words and sounds, was being > heard in a great and > unmistakable way in this charity concert. > > > I don't know how it happened that all this > obsessive singing of America didn't > sound croaky, nationalist, or ostentatious! It > made you green with envy > because you weren't able to sing for your country > without running the risk of > being considered chauvinist, ridiculous, or > suspected of who-knows-what mean > interests. > > I watched the live broadcast and the rerun of its > rerun for hours listening to > the story of the guy who went down one hundred > floors with a woman in a > wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the > Californian hockey player, > who fought with the terrorists and prevented the > plane from hitting a target > that would have killed other hundreds or thousands > of people. How on earth > were they able to bow before a fellow human? > > Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, > the memory of some turned > into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with > every phone call, millions and > millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed > at rewarding not a man or a > family, but a spirit which nothing can buy. > > What on earth can unite the Americans in such a > way? Their land? Their > galloping history? Their economic power? Money? I > tried for hours to find an > answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases which > risk of sounding like > commonplaces. I thought things over, but I reached > only one conclusion. > Only freedom can work such miracles! >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, > enough trials to make you strong, > enough sorrow to keep you human, > enough hope to make you happy. > > > > > > > > >=20 --part1_22.1dfefcf7.2912d157_boundary--