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Brian Williams: leaving behind a thank-you note

After tonight's broadcast and after looting our
hotel mini-bars, we're going to try to brave the
blizzard and fly east to home and hearth, and to
do laundry well into next week. Before we leave
this thoroughly polite country, the polite thing
to do is leave behind a thank-you note.

Thank you, Canada: For being such good hosts. For
your unfailing courtesy. For your (mostly)
beautiful weather. For scheduling no more than 60
percent of your float plane departures at the
exact moment when I was trying to say something on
television. For not seeming to mind the occasional
(or constant) good-natured mimicry of your
accents. For your unique TV commercials -- for
companies like Tim Hortons -- which made us laugh
and cry. For securing this massive event without
choking security, and without publicly displaying
a single automatic weapon. For having the best
garment design and logo-wear of the games --
you've made wearing your name a cool thing to do.
For the sportsmanship we saw most of your athletes
display. For not honking your horns. I didn't hear
one car horn in 15 days -- which also means none
of my fellow New Yorkers rented cars while
visiting. For making us aware of how many of you
have been watching NBC all these years. For having
the good taste to have an anchorman named Brian
Williams on your CTV network, who turns out to be
such a nice guy. For the body scans at the airport
which make pat-downs and cavity searches
unnecessary. For designing those really cool LED
Olympic rings in the harbor, which turned to gold
when your athletes won one. For always saying nice
things about the United States...when you know
we're listening. For sharing Joannie Rochette with
us. For reminding some of us we used to be a more
civil society. Mostly, for welcoming the world
with such ease and making lasting friends with all
of us.

Here is the link:

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-
centre/newsid=54484.html

Posted: Mar 04, 2010 by Sue Stewart