America helps everyone, no one helps America

DeltaFlot · 09-02-2005, 06:25 PM

On June 5, 1973, the late broadcaster Gordon Sinclair composed and read this piece on his "Let's be personal" segment on CFRB radio, just as the U.S. was pulling out of Vietnam.
Titled "The Americans," it has since become the most famous statement ever of a Canadian rising to the defence of his American neighbours in a time of trouble.

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The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. It has declined there by 41% since 1971 and this Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least-appreciated people in all the Earth.

As long as 60 years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtze. Who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did.

They have helped control floods on the Nile, the Amazon, the Ganges and the Niger. Today, the rich bottom land of the Mississippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help.

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 those countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

When the franc 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 distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries into help ... Managua, Nicaragua is one of the most recent examples. So far this spring, 59 American communities have been flattened by tornadoes. Nobody has helped.

The Marshall Plan ... the Truman Policy ... all pumped billions upon billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now, newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent war-mongering Americans. I'd like to see one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplanes.

Come on ... let's hear it! Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing jumbo jet, the Lockheed Tristar or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all 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 everyone to look at. Even the draft dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, most of them ... unless they are breaking Canadian laws ... are getting American dollars from Ma and Pa at home to spend here.

When the Americans get out of this bind ... as they will ... who could blame them if they said "the hell with the rest of the world." Let someone else buy the bonds, Let someone else build or repair foreign dams or design foreign buildings that won't shake apart in earthquakes.

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 to 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 neighbours have faced it alone and I am one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them 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 these. But there are many smug, self-righteous Canadians.

And, finally, the American Red Cross was told at its 48th annual meeting in New Orleans this morning that it was broke.

This year's disasters ... with the year less than half-over has taken it all and nobody ... but nobody ... has helped.

N2272V · 09-02-2005, 08:18 PM

Gordon Sinclair was an intellectually honest Canadian. Nice to see this posted again. It applies as well today, as it did then.

Carry on!

richie154 · 09-02-2005, 08:49 PM

Intellectually honest = Agrees with your opinion?

NEWS FLASH! The world doesn't LIKE AMERICA. Why? Look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania in DC.

It's that simple.

ZX1100F1 · 09-02-2005, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by richie154

NEWS FLASH! The world doesn't LIKE AMERICA. Why? Look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania in DC.

It's that simple.

The world hates America because the part of the country that has a problem with George W Bush allows that fatass Michael Moore to be their spokesperson.
I’d hate any country that gave a dumb slob like him any form of notoriety.

Planecrazy · 09-02-2005, 09:30 PM

Per CBS and ABC news organizations: As of today, over 50 countries, including Cuba are offering aid to the united states. OPEC and europe are offering 62 million gallons of gasoline to us to help until the refineries in the South come back on line. If critics spent less time talking and more time listening they might find out there are good people in other parts of the world!

JOHN JOHNSON · 09-02-2005, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Planecrazy

Per CBS and ABC news organizations: As of today, over 50 countries, including Cuba are offering aid to the united states. OPEC and europe are offering 62 million gallons of gasoline to us to help until the refineries in the South come back on line. If critics spent less time talking and more time listening they might find out there are good people in other parts of the world!

I wonder whether that person made a world announcement that asshe needs to be assissinated (spell? Kill)..... Is that Prez giving us some his oil to help us as term of his generousity?

That would make your Ruptublicans-cronnies look bad. Ouchie!

Santos · 09-03-2005, 08:14 AM

I also heard on this forum that canada gov. is preparing 3 ships to help out the US army up in the New Orleans area.

I am sorry to say but the brazilian gov. is been in trouble even to control its own problems. Our gov. can´t control the violence, the corruption and the starvation in the poor suburbs.

Anyway well said Deltaflot.

Bob Smoot · 09-03-2005, 12:48 PM

WOW, some people here are so shortsighted it isn't even funny. Well since your too blind to read, here's a list from the AP off of FoxNews:

By Friday, offers had been received from Russia, Japan, Canada, France, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, Jamaica, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, China, South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Guatemala, Paraguay, Belgium, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Italy, Guyana, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Lithuania, Spain, Dominica, Norway, Cuba and Bahamas.

DeltaFlot · 09-03-2005, 09:45 PM

First time for everything I guess

Bob Smoot · 09-05-2005, 11:20 AM

Here's an updated list of those countries offering assistance (whether it be monetary or otherwise)

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Blegium, Britain, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Normay, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Korea, SriLanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela, and the United Arab Emirates.

A noteable mention goes to Qatar which has pledged 100 million in humanitary assitance.

Rammstein · 09-05-2005, 12:13 PM

Reading this thread, i am disapointed that the UK has not agreed to help with difficulties in New Orleans. Just shows there are many d1cks in the government although i knew that anyway.

If it's any concellation we did (our family) did send money away to help. It may not have been much, but at least it was something.

cpal_747 · 09-05-2005, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rammstein

Reading this thread, i am disapointed that the UK has not agreed to help with difficulties in New Orleans. Just shows there are many d1cks in the government although i knew that anyway.

If it's any concellation we did (our family) did send money away to help. It may not have been much, but at least it was something.

Is Britian different than the UK in your mind?

Rammstein · 09-05-2005, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cpal_747

Is Britian different than the UK in your mind?

Well you know what i mean, right?

I guess the "UK Government" was the wrong phrase. What i mean is English Government.

FlyNavy · 09-05-2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Smoot

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Blegium, ----->Britain<-----, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras.

This is what he ment rammy.

Rammstein · 09-05-2005, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by FlyNavy

This is what he ment rammy.

Fair enough, may be that was because i didn't see that

nutsXplanes · 09-05-2005, 04:49 PM

Mexico is sending people

JOHN JOHNSON · 09-05-2005, 04:54 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americ...uba/index.html

Anyone care to explain this?

Put "Embargo" politics aside please......

JustPlaneCrazy · 09-05-2005, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nutsXplanes

Mexico is sending people

Yeah, but they have been doing that for years

Hapag-Lloyd · 09-05-2005, 05:10 PM

Todd, why doesn´t America just close the border?

JustPlaneCrazy · 09-05-2005, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hapag-Lloyd

Todd, why doesn´t America just close the border?

You got me!

nutsXplanes · 09-05-2005, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hapag-Lloyd

Todd, why doesn´t America just close the border?

Tom, the border has been officially closed for decades. That's why we give the illegal inmigrant/alien status to those that challenge the border.

Another big problem is what would you do with all those w/o job INS agents?

DeltaFlot · 09-06-2005, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Hapag-Lloyd

Todd, why doesn´t America just close the border?

Cause the bleeding heart "compassionate" liberals won't let the government do that. There are documented times during Clinton's presidency that the border patrol was taken off the mexican border.

newsnerd99 · 09-06-2005, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by nutsXplanes

Another big problem is what would you do with all those w/o job INS agents?

They could be put to work taking my nail clippers at the terminal metal detector.

09-02-2005, 06:25 PM	#1
DeltaFlot The Patriot Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Laurel, MD Age: 36 Posts: 3,228	America helps everyone, no one helps America On June 5, 1973, the late broadcaster Gordon Sinclair composed and read this piece on his "Let's be personal" segment on CFRB radio, just as the U.S. was pulling out of Vietnam. Titled "The Americans," it has since become the most famous statement ever of a Canadian rising to the defence of his American neighbours in a time of trouble. *********************************** The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. It has declined there by 41% since 1971 and this Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least-appreciated people in all the Earth. As long as 60 years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtze. Who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did. They have helped control floods on the Nile, the Amazon, the Ganges and the Niger. Today, the rich bottom land of the Mississippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help. 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 those countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When the franc 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 distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries into help ... Managua, Nicaragua is one of the most recent examples. So far this spring, 59 American communities have been flattened by tornadoes. Nobody has helped. The Marshall Plan ... the Truman Policy ... all pumped billions upon billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now, newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent war-mongering Americans. I'd like to see one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplanes. Come on ... let's hear it! Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing jumbo jet, the Lockheed Tristar or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all 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 everyone to look at. Even the draft dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, most of them ... unless they are breaking Canadian laws ... are getting American dollars from Ma and Pa at home to spend here. When the Americans get out of this bind ... as they will ... who could blame them if they said "the hell with the rest of the world." Let someone else buy the bonds, Let someone else build or repair foreign dams or design foreign buildings that won't shake apart in earthquakes. 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 to 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 neighbours have faced it alone and I am one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them 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 these. But there are many smug, self-righteous Canadians. And, finally, the American Red Cross was told at its 48th annual meeting in New Orleans this morning that it was broke. This year's disasters ... with the year less than half-over has taken it all and nobody ... but nobody ... has helped. __________________ Febuary 15, 1898 December 7, 1941 June 8, 1967 September 11, 2001 Never Forget, Never Forgive If you kick the Tiger in the arse, you better be able to deal with the Tiger's teeth.

09-02-2005, 08:18 PM	#2
N2272V Insane Collector Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ventura Age: 54 Posts: 2,110	Great Speach Gordon Sinclair was an intellectually honest Canadian. Nice to see this posted again. It applies as well today, as it did then. Carry on!

09-02-2005, 08:49 PM	#3
richie154 Retired Hookah Master Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Valley of Heart's Delight Age: 24 Posts: 3,718	Intellectually honest = Agrees with your opinion? NEWS FLASH! The world doesn't LIKE AMERICA. Why? Look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania in DC. It's that simple. __________________ The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villian with a smiling cheek, a goodly apple rotten at the heart. Oh, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! Private Pilot: 10/20/2005 Private Multi Engine: 05/09/2008 The more things change, the more Mesa still sucks.

09-03-2005, 08:14 AM	#7
Santos South American collector Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Age: 36 Posts: 2,826	I also heard on this forum that canada gov. is preparing 3 ships to help out the US army up in the New Orleans area. I am sorry to say but the brazilian gov. is been in trouble even to control its own problems. Our gov. can´t control the violence, the corruption and the starvation in the poor suburbs. Anyway well said Deltaflot. __________________ Wish list in 1:400 scale: 1) BETA DC-8-70F (dedicated to Celso please) 2) PANAIR DO BRASIL DC-8 reg.# PP-PDS 3) VARIGLOG MD-11F & B727-100 / 200F 4) VARIG Caravelle 5) TRANSBRASIL 727-100 6) RIO-SUL 737-500 old colors Thank you Aeroclassics for the VARIG Coronados!

09-03-2005, 09:45 PM	#9
DeltaFlot The Patriot Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Laurel, MD Age: 36 Posts: 3,228	First time for everything I guess __________________ Febuary 15, 1898 December 7, 1941 June 8, 1967 September 11, 2001 Never Forget, Never Forgive If you kick the Tiger in the arse, you better be able to deal with the Tiger's teeth.

09-02-2005, 09:30 PM	#5
Planecrazy Senior Collector Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 497	Per CBS and ABC news organizations: As of today, over 50 countries, including Cuba are offering aid to the united states. OPEC and europe are offering 62 million gallons of gasoline to us to help until the refineries in the South come back on line. If critics spent less time talking and more time listening they might find out there are good people in other parts of the world!

09-03-2005, 12:48 PM	#8
Bob Smoot Guest Join Date: Jan 2000 Age: 38 Posts: 394	WOW, some people here are so shortsighted it isn't even funny. Well since your too blind to read, here's a list from the AP off of FoxNews: By Friday, offers had been received from Russia, Japan, Canada, France, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, Jamaica, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, China, South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Guatemala, Paraguay, Belgium, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Italy, Guyana, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Lithuania, Spain, Dominica, Norway, Cuba and Bahamas.

09-05-2005, 11:20 AM	#10
Bob Smoot Guest Join Date: Jan 2000 Age: 38 Posts: 394	Here's an updated list of those countries offering assistance (whether it be monetary or otherwise) Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Blegium, Britain, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Normay, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Korea, SriLanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela, and the United Arab Emirates. A noteable mention goes to Qatar which has pledged 100 million in humanitary assitance.

09-05-2005, 12:13 PM	#11
Rammstein Rammstein Fan Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stockport, UK Age: 18 Posts: 848	Reading this thread, i am disapointed that the UK has not agreed to help with difficulties in New Orleans. Just shows there are many d1cks in the government although i knew that anyway. If it's any concellation we did (our family) did send money away to help. It may not have been much, but at least it was something. __________________ Rammstein:The DiecastAircraftforum.com, Walt Disney World Fan/Nut Collector of: * 1:200, 1:400, and 1:500 scale aircraft models. * Disney Cruise Line Pins * Hard Rock Cafe Pins * Original Omnibuses * Walt Disney World Resort Collectible Model Buses * Walt Disney World Resort Mugs * Walt Disney World Resort Music * Walt Disney World Resort Park and Resort Maps * Walt Disney World Resort Pins

09-05-2005, 04:49 PM	#16
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09-05-2005, 04:54 PM	#17
JOHN JOHNSON Mysterious Collector Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,196	Help offered; Answer yet to be answered from U.S. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americ...uba/index.html Anyone care to explain this? Put "Embargo" politics aside please...... __________________ Who should I consider? Dumbocrat Clinton or Ruptublican Johnny Mc Cain? Jimmy Mc Donald Help me!

09-05-2005, 05:10 PM	#19
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