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jwhop
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From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
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posted May 31, 2006 10:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A friend sent this to me by email last Sunday. I remember when it first was broadcast and made a splash on radio stations around the country.

Americans are still doing the same things in help of others around the world as we were in 1973. Not much has changed except the scope and level of help have increased.

The scorn and ridicule have increased too. Not only from abroad, but from within America itself. For some, America could never do enough. There are givers and there are takers. America is a giver.

No one even noted Memorial Day. To most, it was just another 3 day holiday weekend or the occasion of the Indy 500.

Protesting America is hard work and takes up a lot of time it seems.

My thanks to Gordon Sinclair. He's gone now. My thanks to Canada as well. Canada, which did pitch in and help in the aftermath of 9/11. I think Gordon Sinclair would have been most proud of you.

"The Americans" - Original Script
Original Real Audio
http://www.canadianaconnection.com/cca/gordonsinclair.htm

"LET'S BE PERSONAL" Broadcast June 5, 1973 CFRB, Toronto, Ontario

Topic: "The Americans"

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 sixty 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 Misssissippi 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 707? 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 women 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 Israel 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.

ORIGINAL SCRIPT AND AUDIO
COURTESY STANDARD BROADCASTING CORPORATION LTD.


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lotusheartone
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posted May 31, 2006 10:38 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
God Bless America. ...

Love and Respect for ALL..

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ozonefiller
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posted May 31, 2006 11:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ozonefiller     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I would like for it that you talk to me JW, my address is ozonefiller@yahoo.com even though that I have already knew that you knew that.

If you feel like it, write to me.

M***

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Mirandee
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posted June 01, 2006 12:08 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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No one even noted Memorial Day. To most, it was just another 3 day holiday weekend or the occasion of the Indy 500.

Protesting America is hard work and takes up a lot of time it seems.


Aren't you making a rather generalized and broad statement there, Jwhop? How do you know that "No one" noted Memorial Day or how they feel about the holiday? When you say "no one" that would seem to include you unless you aren't someone.

In fact I got all kinds of material in my email from what you would consider "liberal America hating" organizations that noted Memorial Day and paid tribute to our troops in all wars, including Iraq. So what you say is not true.

You seem to always assume that only you and those who think just as you do and believe just as you do are the only true patriots and are the only ones who love this country. You are also wrong about that.


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lotusheartone
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posted June 01, 2006 12:16 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Mirandee..I think Jwhop..is referring to the herd..MOo!

Love and Respect for ALL. ...

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Mystic Gemini
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posted June 01, 2006 04:51 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
North America is a giver?


So where's my freakin health insurance then?

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lioneye68
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posted June 01, 2006 05:21 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
MG, Do you know that North America includes Canada and Mexico as well?

Just wondering...

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Mystic Gemini
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posted June 01, 2006 05:50 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Mexico is Central America not North. Dumb a**.


So where's my f#$^&* health insurance?

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Isis
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posted June 01, 2006 06:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Isis     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You're ignorant MG.

Mexico is considered to be North America. Google "Countries in North America". Every list includes Mexico.

I thought the fact that Mexico is a party to NAFTA (the NORTH AMERICAN free trade agreement) would have been a dead giveaway. Guess not.

Normally your ignorance would just be something we've all become accustomed to, and therefore wouldn't bother to comment on. But when you call someone a dumba$$ while actually being a dumba$$ yourself, it begs comment.

You should go back to wherever your family is from. Maybe that country would give you free healthcare and whatever else it is that you feel my country "owes" you.

And don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way back.

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lioneye68
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posted June 01, 2006 06:12 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
http://sf.factmonster.com/atlas/northamerica.html

Ever hear of NAFTA? It's made up of Canada, U.S.A, & Mexico. (North American Free Trade Agreement)

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lioneye68
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posted June 04, 2006 06:08 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Now you don't have to seem like such a dumb-@ss, MG. You're welcome.

PS. Jwop, I second the notions of this Canadian. I believe many Canadians feel this way.

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TINK
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posted June 04, 2006 11:24 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Where's your health insurance??!! Are you serious? I pay over $400 a month for my insurance. Unless you're an active member of the military, in which case I'm happy to pick up the tab, I suggest you stop whining and do the same.

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Venusian Love
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posted June 07, 2006 11:05 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yeah let's see if you can pay $1,700.00 dollars of rent each month, + 400.00 health insurance, + gas, + electricity, + college tuition (No Financial Aid), + transportation fare, + groceries, + city taxes, and the telephone bill, every month at the age of 23 all by yourself. While you are experiencing symptoms of colon cancer and are already in debt for $2000.00 for old hospital bills because you had to be rushed to the hospital with severe asthma. You stupid old geyser.

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lioneye68
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posted June 07, 2006 11:32 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Something in your tone....seems so familiar.

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Venusian Love
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posted June 07, 2006 11:40 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oh wow. You mean you actually noticed?

Like no one else would.

Great job. Here's a biscuit.


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lioneye68
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posted June 07, 2006 12:09 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Got the boot again, huh? ...Troll.

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Venusian Love
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posted June 07, 2006 12:52 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If anything you are a troll. You're the one stalkingme on the board. I bet you look like one also.


Go hide under your bridge. So I won't have to look at your ugly face anymore. You hiddeous troll.

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lioneye68
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posted June 07, 2006 01:00 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Internet troll
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

quote:
In Internet terminology, a troll is someone who comes into an established community such as an online discussion forum, and posts inflammatory, rude or offensive messages designed intentionally to annoy and antagonize the existing members or disrupt the flow of discussion.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%5Ftroll

Troll.... Oh, and your new name...LAUGHABLE! Maybe you should just call yourself "The Troll"

Randall, isn't there a way to block the I.P. address of trolls so they can't keep re-registering under different user names?

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Venusian Love
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posted June 07, 2006 01:10 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote


quote:
Troll.... Oh, and your new name...LAUGHABLE!


quote:
Troll.... Oh, and your new name...LAUGHABLE! Maybe you should just call yourself "The Troll"


Nice edit. Come on. Even my 6 year old cousin can come up with better.


Look who's talking. you're over here stalking me. Replying negative things after I do. So it doesn't make you any different.


So think before you accuse others. You ugly fat troll.

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lioneye68
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posted June 07, 2006 01:18 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

What's the matter, "Venusian Love" ?

Am I hurting your feelings? Being that you are such a loving creature and all...

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pidaua
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posted June 07, 2006 01:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
VL,

You are what is called a psychotic human being and if anyone is a stalker it is YOU. You cannot seem to break away from this site even after being banned over and over and over (what is it now 9 times?) again.

You are NOT doing what anyone else hasn't done as far as rent / financial aid etc... I paid over $60,000 for my tuition and had to take out student loans in order to supplement what my grants and scholarships did not cover. At the same time I also had to pay rent, bills, etc...

It DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER - it is called LIFE and maybe if we didn't fork out so much money for illegal immigrants, we'd be able to have a hell of a lot more affordable health insurance.

It seems that your education is being wasted or you must be majoring in underwater basket-weaving because your arguments and debating skills leave so much to be desired.

How do you look at yourself in the morning knowing that you are so bitter and angry with the world? Why even come here if you hate everyone so much that you call us all stalkers, ugly, hicks, homosexuals, etc..?

There has to be some reason you can't let this place go- because it is starting to look like to have a clear obsession of LindaLand.


BTW, Lioneye is absolutely not old, fat or ugly. Then again, look at the filter you use to judge how a person looks and what that person is based on where they live. LOL... it would be a nightmare to have to live in your head.

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Venusian Love
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posted June 07, 2006 02:03 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
lionseye. corny joke. not worth even responding to.


Pidua. you are a little military rich girl.


so dont even compare yourself to my situation.


you dont get city taxes taken out. And you are right. Lion's eye isn't fat and ugly.


But you sure as hell are. Besides looking like a man. because I have seen your picture

P.S - Yes I am so obssessed. Yet you've been a member since 2002! and you are here on a daily basis as well.


durf


Later fatty

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pidaua
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posted June 07, 2006 02:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ha Ha...

There you go again you little dimwit. I could careless if you call me fat, ugly or old or that I look like a man. Your opinion is worth less than a pound of fish sh1t.

I PAID for my own college tuition and have the loans to prove it. I worked my A$$ off to get a damn good job and pay down those debts. When I lived in Annapolis and worked in Baltimore I paid Federal, State, County and City taxes you freaking moron.

I am now working for the county to improve education through grants and making 50% of what I made in Maryland AND my bills are just as high (with the exception of rent, which is only about $400 less- yet the gas and food is about 50% more).

So don't even begin to understand crap. I am not a military rich girl you weirdo. My father WAS in the military but BEFORE I was born - he's a retired law enforcement agent. He worked in the fields, joined the military and then worked his way up so that now he's retired at 102% of his former salary. Everything he has (and he has alot) he worked his A$$ off while people like YOU sat on your cushy plump butt waiting for someone to rescue you from yourself.

YOU have no one to BLAME but YOUR OWN LAZY STUPIDITY. YOU WILL NEVER GET ANYWHERE because you are a HATEFUL and UGLY (on the inside- I won't even go into your looks) HUMAN BEING.


GET A LIFE you obsessive / compulsive cyber-stalker.

And yes, I have been a member since 2002 - but I have never BEEN BANNED you idiot. LMAO...

LOSER...

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lioneye68
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posted June 07, 2006 02:20 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks, Troll. You're making it so easy to get rid of you AGAIN.

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lioneye68
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posted June 07, 2006 02:27 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

DO NOT FEED THE TROLL

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