Editorial from an Eastern European Newspaper

Authored by BlueAngel on
Tuesday, August 24, 2004

The following was sent by a friend in the ever present Internet. I thought it worthwhile to pass along another country's perspective about the American People that is not decrying us for being decadent as a nation and as a people. Thought you might be interested.

Ethel Taylor AKA BlueAngel

-----Funny how a former eastern block country can see the USA and what makes us all tick, and western Europe has real difficulties with
it.---- 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"ntareaAmericii
(meaning "Ode To America") on September 24, 2002 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. Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, and the secret services 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. 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 andon every car a government official or the president was passing. On every occasion, they started singing their traditional song: "GodBless 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 in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.