Nice to see ever'body here. Always remember, you are loved. I'll see ya.

*Rafe Hollister
"The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven."

I had to remind one of our shaken up employees to "Be Not Afraid", this IS why we Pray and Believe.

~ Mrs. Wiley

~ Mrs. Wiley
Barney: "NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD PEOPLE TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR NEIGHBOR. I REPEAT: NOW IS THE TIME...FOR ALL GOOD PEOPLE...TO COME...TO THE AID... OF THEIR NEIGHBOR."

America: The Good Neighbor.

Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a
Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on
all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who
poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts.

None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and
swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were
flattened by tornadoes.

Nobody helped.

The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries
are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.

I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. 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?

Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and
you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find
men on the moon - not once, but several times and safely home again.

You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are
not pursued and hounded. They are here in Canada, on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are
getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When
the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.

I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when
someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is darned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come
out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their
present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."

Stand proud, America!

Looks like the tropical storm went on by with only flooding and minor damage. I stayed home from work (kinda-sorta hookey) to watch over my computers. I'm only 1/4mi. from the bay. The Lord was merciful and kept the worst of it to our south.

God bless us, Porch. ~ Mrs. Wiley