[thechat] FW: Tribute to the USA

[Richard Bennett]

I understand the background sentiment behind this article, and agree with
it, but why knock other countries using false information?
<<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?

Obviously North-America buys North-American, or the author would be aware of
Airbus, who - according to the graph at the bottom of this page:
http://members.nbci.com/ejine/finance.html actually sell more planes than
Boeing.
Oh, it seems Air Canada uses more than 100 Airbuses too:
http://www.aircanada.com/about-us/our-fleet/ , even United Airlines use
Airbus: http://www.ual.com/site/primary/0,10017,1427,00.html


<<Can you name
<<me even one time when someone else raced to the
<<Americans in trouble?
I'm sure there's plenty of examples, but they are usually not so
high-profile.
I'm a guest in Belgium, and I read in the paper yesterday Belgium is sending
6 army burns-specialists to US now. (amongst other things)
Only 6 you ask? Well, Belgium has 10 mil inhabitants, US some 272 mil. if US
send 162 burns specialists somewhere, it is a lot more obvious.
I know Belgium sends at least a few planes of aid every time a disaster
occurs, and have medical personnel working for free all over the world, but
naturally any aid from the US is on a larger scale, and receives more
publicity.

As stated, I agree the US never deserved anything like this, but there's no
need to snub others, using lies, to make that point.

Richard.
www.richardinfo.com

ps - Shit, after a quick Google search trying to find the source of this
article, it seems it has no bearing on the current events at all, and exists
in many different versions, so it seems I wasted my time on some
chain-mail. - oh well.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Dexter" <sgd at ti3.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: [thechat] FW: Tribute to the USA


> please read this. all the way through. Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES