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.
TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES (Continued)

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

LOOKING FOR MY SISTER IN NYC HER NAME IS DEE HASARD AND HER HUSBAND IS STEVE HE WORKS FOR THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY IF ANY ONE KNOWS THE WEARABOUTS OR IF THEY ARE OK PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT KCHOYT@HOTMAIL.COM SHE LIVED AT GARRISON AVE IN STATEN ISLAND.

LOOKING FOR MY SISTER IN NYC HER NAME IS DEE HASARD AND HER HUSBAND IS STEVE HE WORKS FOR THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY IF ANY ONE KNOWS THE WEARABOUTS OR IF THEY ARE OK PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT KCHOYT@HOTMAIL.COM SHE LIVED AT GARRISON AVE IN STATEN ISLAND.

LOOKING FOR MY SISTER IN NYC HER NAME IS DEE HASARD AND HER HUSBAND IS STEVE HE WORKS FOR THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY IF ANY ONE KNOWS THE WEARABOUTS OR IF THEY ARE OK PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT KCHOYT@HOTMAIL.COM SHE LIVED AT GARRISON AVE IN STATEN ISLAND.

Oh thank you to the Candian writer. Our community families are in pain from the loss of so many wonderful neighbors. But we will emerge from this a stronger nation and a stronger people so the lives lost are not in vain. We beleive in our way of life as do so many who have come here from any where to share it with us. We are a just and generous people, sometimes too much so. We are also proud of the fruits of our hard work. The everyday person makes this country great and the everyday person works their butt off to do so within their community. Thank you to all of our international friends who are giving us encouragement.

still searching for Mary Wieman employee of Aon. she worked on 102 floor. Anyone that knows her saw her please call!! 847-985-1747

still searching for Mary Wieman employee of Aon. she worked on 102 floor. Anyone that knows her saw her please call!! 847-985-1747

Now is not the time to gloat over what America has done in the past, its the time of prayer for all the dead and injured the missing and for families and loved ones left behind as an individual I'm grateful for what America has done over the years but at the moment I can only help by praying. Prayers are worth more than all the money in the world perhaps a few more people ought to try.

Il n'est pas sage en ces jours de détourner l'attention sur des considérations politiques. Ouvrons notre coeur et faisont taire notre intellect.

je tiens à présenter au peuple américain mes condéléances les plus sincères et je fais une prière pour toutes les victimes au usa et dans le monde de cette bête immonde qu'est le terrorisme sous quelque forme qu'il se présente.
L'Algérie,mon pays,comptabilise 120 000 victimes du terrorisme pratiqué par de faux musulmans pour de vrais dessins politiques ignobles.
Puisse le peuple américain dans sa douleur que je partage prendre conscience de ce danger planétaire et débarasser à jamais la terre entière de cette malédiction