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: it amazes you that others hate america and americans? check out some of foreign policies. it amazes me that more people dont hate us. : : As with everyone in America, I was in absolute shock that anyone would have the balls and idiocy to attack our nation like that. I am disappointed though that it took a tragedy like this to bring us together as a nation. It also amazes me that other people and other nations could hate America and Americans as they do. A friend of mine sent me this article and I felt it should be shared with as many people as possible. : : : > This, from a Canadian newspaper, no less, 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!

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