From the nimble fingers of Joe Lewis Wilkins (PepeToo@...) (24/11/2000 1:07 PM) came... > Hi All, > > I hope you don't mind my posting this here, since it is kind > of slow. I received it from a friend, and we have so many > Canadian Listers, that I thought it might not be out of place, > since it comes at a time when, for whatever reason, we all > have reasons to be Thankful for all sorts of things. > > Joe Wilkins > > This, from a Canadian newspaper, 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 mericans as -> :-) <- LOOK CAREFULLY!!! Actually, this item goes back fully 30 years, and hit the pop charts (if you can believe it) with old Gord The Curmudgeon (who has long since gone to his Great Reward in the far-right wing of the afterlife) reading it, over a swelling rendition of "America The Beautiful". There were, among us, more than a few who visibly blanched when they heard it coming which it did with alarming regularity. [Gord was a commentator on CFRB radio in Toronto. In that peculiar Canadian way, 'CFRB' got its name from Ted Rogers the elder, who made fame and fortune by manufacturing the first plug-in radio way back when: hence the (C) First Rogers Batteryless. Rogers also became something of a broadcasting and publishing maven, and he, and his Heirs and Successors and their employees, are generally considered to be some of Canada's best Americans.] This is, in no way, to be taken as anything but fully complimentary toward anyone who sees it. The writer takes absolutely no responsibility for his own words. -> :-) <- LOOK CAREFULLY!!! -- Ted Spencer; ted@... -- Mosquitoes in Canada: Part 1 Canada's the only place in the world where, when someone slaps you in the face during a conversation, you say "Thanks".