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Has the time come?
We know Dick Lamm as Governor of Colorado. In
that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an
immigration overpopulation conference in Washington D.C., filled to capacity by
many of America's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor [and
farmer] by the name of Victor Davis Hanson talked about his latest book,
Mexifornia, explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal - was
destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the
country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.
Moments later, former Colorado Governor
Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America.
The audience sat spellbound as he described
eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, "If you
believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's
destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived
the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise
and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations
commit suicide.'
"Here is how they do it," Lamm said:
"First, to destroy America, turn America
into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bi-cultural country. History shows that
no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more
competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be
bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical
scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and
bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension,
and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of
national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence.
Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion France
faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, Corsicans and Muslims.'
Lamm went on:
"Second, to destroy America, invent
'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it
an article of belief that all cultures are equal; that there are no cultural
differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout
rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every
other explanation is out of bounds.
"Third, we could make the United States
an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity
rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently:
'The apparent success of our own multi-ethnic and multicultural experiment
might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the
dominance that once dictated ethnocentricacy and what it meant to be an
American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.'
Lamm said, "I would encourage all
immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting
pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we
have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences
rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.
"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing
demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass,
un-assimilated, under-educated, and antagonistic to our population. I would
have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school.
"My fifth point for destroying America
would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of
money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of
'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success
was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all
minority failure on the majority.
"My sixth plan for America's downfall would
include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate
diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities.
Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is,
when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is
against most historical precept. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a
nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they
belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and
they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A
common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not
strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical
conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. 'E. Pluribus Unum'
-- From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the
'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will 'Balkanize' America as surely as
Kosovo.
"Next to last, I would place all subjects
off limits. Make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of
'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century -
that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or
'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a
bilingual/bi-cultural country, having established multi-culturalism, having the
large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it
impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That
because immigration has been good for America , it must always be good. I would
make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of
millions of them."
In the last minute of his speech, Governor
Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Last, I
would censor Victor Davis Hanson's book Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It
exposes the plan to destroy America. Unless you feel America deserves to be
destroyed, don't read that book."
There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly
rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every
American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding
methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today.
Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation
of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures
that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate
"diversity." American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as
corporations create a Third World in America - take note of California and
other states To date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is
reminiscent of George Orwell's book, 1984. In that story, three slogans are
engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace,"
"Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is strength."
Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It
dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this
great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this
immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California
wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.
If you care for and love our country as I do,
take the time to pass this on just as I did for you.
NOTHING to counteract this is going to happen
if you don't!
