God Bless America

[Lord Ser Brightblade]

This little editorial circulated around our office today.  I think it is worth taking a moment to read it.

> A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES  We should appreciate

> this one. This is from a Canadian newspaper, it's

> worth sharing.

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> TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES

> 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

> attened by tornadoes.  Nobody helped.  The Marshall

> Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars

> into damaged 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 5,000 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.  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 seem to be blamed for everything, and don't 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, I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON.

[Coldren]

Amen, Brightblade....

God Bless America.

And on a previous post on a site, it was suggested not only that we rebuild the towers as a memorial to those who died and as a testiment to our countries strength, that we build a third building that's twice as tall and put it right between them.. That way it looks like a big middle finger to the F*$&ERS who did this....

To whoever did this, May whatever pitiful excuse for a God you believe in (that undoubtadly made you do this) have mercy on your soul... I know I sure as hell wouldn't.