[StBernard] WOW !!!!!!

[Westley Annis]

				WOW!!!
				

		From a Romanian Newspaper
		
		We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial
about the USA
		
		
		Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was
written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea
Americii, meaning 'Ode To America ') in the Romanian newspaper
Evenimentulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'.

		
		~ An Ode to America ~
		 
		
		Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one
another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages
of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious
beliefs.
		
		On 9/11, the American tragedy turned three hundred million
people into a hand put on the heart.   Nobody rushed to accuse the White
House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a bunch of losers.
Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts.  Nobody rushed out onto the
streets nearby to gape about.
		
		Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to
give a helping hand.
		
		After the first moments of panic , they raised their flag
over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of
the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every
place and on every car a government official or the president was passing.
On every occasion, they started singing: 'God Bless America !'
		
		I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours
listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a
woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian
hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented
the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or
thousands of people.
		
		How on earth were they able to respond united as one human
being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some
turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call,
millions and millions of dollars were put into collection aimed at rewarding
not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.  What on earth
can unites the Americans in such way? Their land? Their history? Their
economic Power? Money?   I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs
and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought
things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such
miracles.
		 
		
		Cornel Nistorescu
		
		(This deserves to be passed around the Internet forever.) It
took a person on the outside - looking in - to see what we take for granted!
		

		GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!