--part1_0.876c0d1d.2569ffc5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I also think this is worth passing on!!! Connie Baumann --part1_0.876c0d1d.2569ffc5_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <OKGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yg01.mx.aol.com (rly-yg01.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.1]) by air-yg02.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:32:12 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yg01.mx.aol.com (v65.4) with ESMTP; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:31:51 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA29372; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:30:45 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:30:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911220130.RAA06720@bl-3.rootsweb.com> From: "alli" <aka2@magiclink.com> Old-To: "CherokeeCousins" <CherokeeCousins@onelist.com>, "CherokeeChat" <CherokeeChat@onelist.com>, <Okgen-l@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 18:29:19 -0800 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [OKGEN ] Fw: A Real Thanksgiving Thought Resent-Message-ID: <gDKf0D.A.oKH.CzJO4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/17075 X-Loop: OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OKGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com > > This was in my e-mail today. I think it is worth passing along to othera. > > > > Real Neighbors > > > > Sometimes it is hard to keep events in perspective, especially over > > a year's time or longer. Here's something to feel good about--from a > > Canadian: > > > > Editorial on America...by a Canadian > > 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 the franc 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 distant cities are hit by earthquakes, 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 Tristar, or the Douglas 10? 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 - 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 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. > > > > We have a lot to be thankful for as Americans. Happy Thanksgiving! > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== Have you visited OKBits? http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/ Have you visited OKGenWeb Archives? http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm --part1_0.876c0d1d.2569ffc5_boundary--