I'm sure most of you have either read, or heard this speech in support of the USA, but I wanted to include it here, too. It really makes me feel proud to be American, and I hope you will feel proud about your country after reading it, too.

> May this encourage Americans on a day like today. > > 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!!

God Bless America!
Hez

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