Can you believe this guy was a Democratic Governor of
Colorado. He was never very impressive until now. His comments are right on
the mark.
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, DC,
filled to capacity by many of America's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant
college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis 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 bicultural
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 bicultural 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 a '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
ethnocentric 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, unassimilated, undereducated, 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/bicultural country, having established multi-cultism, 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, 'Lastly, I would censor Victor
Hanson Davis's book 'Mexifornia.' His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to
destroy America. If 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.
