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I was watching NBC's pre-opening ceremony broadcast of the Canadian Olympics from Vancouver B.C. tonight. Obviously, the tragic death of the young Georgian luger earlier in the day has changed the mood and the network's planned script. I think NBC did a responsible (and sensitive) job of reporting the incident and finding an appropriate segue to continue their "opening" program. I don't know if you caught it, but I was very moved by veteran broadcaster Tom Brokaw's feature piece about the long relationship between the USA and our Canadian neighbors to the north. Here is the video replay link http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

 

I salute our neighbors, friends, partners and allies to the north who "have our back"! salute.gif

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I was watching NBC's pre-opening ceremony broadcast of the Canadian Olympics from Vancouver B.C. tonight. Obviously, the tragic death of the young Georgian luger earlier in the day has changed the mood and the network's planned script. I think NBC did a responsible (and sensitive) job of reporting the incident and finding an appropriate segue to continue their "opening" program. I don't know if you caught it, but I was very moved by veteran broadcaster Tom Brokaw's feature piece about the long relationship between the USA and our Canadian neighbors to the north. I will try to find a video replay link, but in the meantime...

 

I salute our neighbors, friends and allies to the north who "have our back"! salute.gif

 

 

 

 

Thank you NAJA...Very well said my friend and yes we do have your back and always

 

will...... :salute:

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Actually I was disappointed with the olympic opening ceremonys........it's not wonder most of the u.s. thinks we're all Indians and live in igloos

 

 

 

:lol:

 

What about the fiddling pirates or gypsies or whatever they were?? Lol...

 

I think the worst part was seeing the Great one have to ride in the back of a chevy pickup to light the outside torch... I am surprised it worked, the inside one didn't!!

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This is an exerpt from a newspaper article written back in the early '70's by a well respected Canadian journalist, Gordon Sinclair (since passed away). Some of you have probably seen it already as it's been kicking around the net on various sites. Yes, a lot of it's references are now out of date, but it's intent still rings true IMO. Canda and the U.S. are good neighbours, we may not always see eye to eye, but we value the same ideals for the most part and we are strong enough to disagree from time to time but still see the value in our relationship in the end. It's disheartening at times to see various individuals and "special" interest groups take advantage of our freedoms to espouse their own warped views of the world, but that's just one of the prices we pay to live in the freedom loving society we do. Anyway, the article:

 

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."

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It's disheartening at times to see various individuals and "special" interest groups take advantage of our freedoms to espouse their own warped views of the world, but that's just one of the prices we pay to live in the freedom loving society we do.

 

 

What a great post and article! :salute:

 

Dan

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Canada is my adopted home - it was nice to see the video intro to give our neighbours to the south an insight into the true north.

 

It seems fitting to say congrats to Team USA for all the medals they've won so far.

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