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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Digest Number 831
From: Rich & Judy Wittig Sr. (Wittig@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Sep 15 2001 - 11:11:15 EDT
Hi:
I guess that I must add that I and I'm sure many of us got that same virus.
In my case Norton captured it and dealt with it Ok.
As we have many international users of this group. I am forwarding this
somewhat old quote about Americans.
Regards,
Rich Wittig
S/V Shazam
Pensacola, Fl United States of America
If the User Group permits, here it is:
TRIBUTE TO AMERICA
>
> The following, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
>
> Its subject is "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!
>
> This is one of the best editorials that I have ever read or heard
> 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 who
> has read this, but I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON.
>
----- Original Message -----
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To: <worldcruising@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 5:56 AM
Subject: [worldcruising] Digest Number 831
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:15:44 -0500
> From: "Bob Taylor" <bobt@XXX.XXX>
> Subject: RE: Apps\Internet\Products of the
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> I just received a virus from this guy "norml" thru regular e-mail. He may
> be getting addresses from the list.
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: norml [mailto:norml@XXX.XXX]
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:16 AM
> Subject: [worldcruising] Apps\Internet\Products of the
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