Lee Brantly
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1. snopes.com: Romanian Editorial on America •••
Did a Romanian newspaper run a stirring pro-American editorial?
...This article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title "Cîntarea Americii" on September 24 in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentul...
...As Associated Press reported about Mr. Nistorescu: Nistorescu, managing director of the daily newspaper Evenimentul Zilei News of the Day published his...
...when or how the article first reached the other side of the Atlantic. But Nistorescu figures it began when someone pulled it off the English-language...
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:20:40 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/romania.asp
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We get so many that are
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>> Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 7:31 PM
>> We rarely get a chance to see another country's
>> editorial about the USA .
>>
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>> 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"
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>> ~An Ode to America ~
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>> 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,
>> 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.
>>
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> What on earth can unite the Americans in such a
>> 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.
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>> Cornel Nistorescu