nothing found on urbanlegends, but this recent post to that list:
Back to the topic.
Gordon Sinclair was, in fact, a longtime Canadian television and radio commentator. It's difficult to judge from the brief bio at <http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/ccf/personal/hof/sincla_g.html>, but he seems to have enjoyed both a long career and widespread respect, and he's a member of the Canadian broadcasting hall of fame.
<http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/ccf/news/unique/american.html> has the history of "The Americans," and a link to the original text, which -- wonder of wonders! -- doesn't seem to have been altered a bit in the usual e-mail forwards. Sinclair Broadcast his commentary on June 5, 1973; the text has dated references to draft-dodgers and then-cutting-edge airliners that date it pretty accurately.
> From: "Steve Perry" <sperry at usinternet.com>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:59:06 -0500
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Subject: gordon sinclair: hoax? no...
>
> there was a canadian named gordon sinclair who released a spoken-word single
> sometime in the early '70s about the greatness of america; it contained at
> least one line included here--the bit about japanese and german technocracy.
> i still remember hearing it on the radio as a kid. i'd have imagined he was
> dead by now, but maybe he's just trying to cash in again.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of kelley
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 12:48 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com; lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Hoax, variation; see also: snopes.com (Re: CNN images are
> fake?)
>
>
>
>>
>> the smiley faces are particularly effective. i wish this opinion were not
>> representative.
>
> oh, well, join those lists that have been set up to discuss the event. i
> can't keep up but occ. something catches my eye. One guy called for Florida
> to be nuked. There are some nutters out there, but then USENET and AOHELL
> chatrooms are like that everyday.
>
>> i presume you've all by now seen the "transcript" from
>> canada about how wonderful america is (kelley--i'd be curious about this as
>> a possible hoax. curious if anyone knows. i'll take a look into it.). it's
>> all about how america and americans are the most underappreciated
>> country/people in the world.
>
>
> fookinaaaayyyyy yes it is. granted, i've been guilty of not checkin'
> sources, but....
>
> <paste>
>
> <paste>
> I do voluntary work with an organization of folks who keep tabs on Internet
> rumors, hoaxes, etc.
>
> A plea: When you forward appeals, heart-tugging stories, unconfirmed
> reports from friends and so forth, you should take care to include as much
> information as possible. Include the full headers at the bottom or top of
> your forward. Include names, email addresses, land mail addresses whenever
> possible. I'm not even going to suggest that people stop passing along
> unsourced information or even that they check it out first. It's too
> difficult a time for that. But here are three questions to ask yourself
> before you hit <send>
>
> 1. Is upper case used liberally?
> 2. Have you been asked to send to as many people as possible, everyone you
> know?
> 3. Is there a source email address, name, land mail addy, web page address
> associated w/ announcement.
>
>
> To check a hoax see:
>
> http://www.snopes.com
> http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
> http://www.urbanlegends.com/
>
>