[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

This is an excerpt (85-90%?) of a June 5, 1973 radio broadcast by Canadian journalist, Gordon Sinclair.

On this July 4, when so many Maoists have come out of the woodwork to try and destroy the US, and many countries try and take advantage of an America in disarray, know that there are still many in other countries like me, who look up to the freedom that America displays to the world.

Happy 4th of July and may God heal and bind the wounds of my neighbout to the South.

[Gay State Conservative]

Thanks to our good friends Up North.I'm familiar with this but haven't heard it for a while.The United States is a good,but certainly imperfect,country populated large by (but not entirely by) basically decent people. Having had grandparents who just barely escaped the starvation poverty of Ireland I've lived a comfortable, and reasonably free, life so far.

The problem is that there are more than a few people here, and elsewhere, who want to change that.

[Leep]

It’s nearly impossible to reason with unreasonable people.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I remember this speech was the inspiration for a “spoken word” hit record back in the ‘70s. It was played on “Top 40” type radio stations back then. The “song” climbed the Billboard magazine music charts.

I can’t imagine that could ever happen today.

[the OlLine Rebel]

This was a great bit.

And it’s from when things were actually worse for blacks, etc.

Too bad the announcement was just made that the great 747 (“Boeing Jumbo Jet”) has come to an end.

[gr8eman]

Happy Independence Day!

The time I helped my friend install a kitchen in a house in Germany is when I "got it"! The water supply lines are measured in inside diameter and drains measured in O.D. even thought they transcribe the sizes (1 1/4-1 1/2 inch) into metric. That's Merican! When we rebuilt Germany, we used American standard although they changed it to metric. Any plumbers here will get it also!