[StBernard] WOW !!!!!!

[Westley Annis]

And it's a true one too!

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/odetoamerica.htm


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	                               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!!!