Sat Oct 14 16:00:02 2006

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compare:
	http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/lamm.asp
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	 Lamm, and makes note of an error made by Lamm about an author's name...
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	and myths, regardless of their political leaning...)

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lamm
		(wikipedia is useful to supplement information, but
		as it is a collaborative site it should be confirmed with other sources)
	http://www.parapundit.com/archives/001764.html
	http://www.cato.org/dailys/7-28-96.html

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldview
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism
	http://www.summit.org/

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FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THE "CONSERVATIVE" SIDE OF THE FENCE, READ THIS AND LEARN TO
UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELINGS BETTER THAN EVER.

FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT ON THE "CONSERVATIVE" SIDE OF THE FENCE, READ AND LEARN
FROM A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT.

We know Dick Lamm as the former 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
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, and Corsicans.".

Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism' and
encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of
belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I
would 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
multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by
tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated
ethnocentricity 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 population."

"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 precedent.
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-culturism,
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 is 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.