Is America Headed In The Wrong Direction?

[Jeramie]

You know how stuff is sent around by email. I got this earlier and while Im not sure if its true, it has some very good points. There is a pattern and its becoming more noticable...

Read on.

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We all know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of olorado. 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 American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor named 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, 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 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 multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been

achieved!Not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that

once dictated ethnocentrically 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 reinforcing 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 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! Unity is

what 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 worshiped 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 over come 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 can

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 'x! xenophobes' 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. Every discussion

is being suppressed.

Over

100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and

national cohesiveness. 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 are

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.

[Reloader]

Re: Is America Headed In The Wrong Direction?

I doubt the speach was given as reported however the content is very interesting. even if it does try to sell one man's book in the middle of it lol

[buckee]

Re: Is America Headed In The Wrong Direction?

The speach was TRUE

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/lamm.asp

Yes, it is a speech I gave a year and a half ago in Washington D.C. It was a 5 minute speech, and I am amazed and gratified it has received so much coverage.

RICHARD D. LAMM

He also passed along to us the following "revised version" of his speech:

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I HAVE A PLAN TO DESTROY AMERICA

RICHARD D. LAMM

I HAVE A SECRET PLAN TO DESTROY AMERICA. IF YOU BELIEVE, AS MANY DO, THAT AMERICA IS TOO SMUG, TOO WHITE BREAD, TOO SELF-SATISFIED, TOO RICH, LETS DESTROY AMERICA. IT IS NOT THAT HARD TO DO. HISTORY SHOWS THAT NATIONS ARE MORE FRAGILE THAN THEIR CITIZENS THINK. NO NATION IN HISTORY HAS SURVIVED THE RAVAGES OF TIME. ARNOLD TOYNBEE OBSERVED THAT ALL GREAT CIVILIZATIONS RISE AND THEY ALL FALL, AND THAT "AN AUTOPSY OF HISTORY WOULD SHOW THAT ALL GREAT NATIONS COMMIT SUICIDE." HERE IS MY PLAN:

I. WE MUST FIRST MAKE AMERICA A BILINGUAL-BICULTURAL COUNTRY. HISTORY SHOWS, IN MY OPINION, THAT NO NATION CAN SURVIVE THE TENSION, CONFLICT, AND ANTAGONISM OF TWO COMPETING LANGUAGES AND CULTURES. IT IS A BLESSING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE BILINGUAL; IT IS A CURSE FOR A SOCIETY TO BE BILINGUAL. ONE SCHOLAR, SEYMOUR MARTIN 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, 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 ITS BASQUES, BRETONS, AND CORSICANS.

II. I WOULD THEN INVENT "MULTICULTURALISM" AND ENCOURAGE IMMIGRANTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR OWN CULTURE. I WOULD MAKE IT AN ARTICLE OF BELIEF THAT ALL CULTURES ARE EQUAL: THAT THERE ARE NO CULTURAL DIFFERENCES THAT ARE IMPORTANT. I WOULD DECLARE IT AN ARTICLE OF FAITH THAT THE BLACK AND HISPANIC DROPOUT RATE IS ONLY DUE TO PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION BY THE MAJORITY. EVERY OTHER EXPLANATION IS OUT-OF-BOUNDS.

III. WE CAN 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 MULTIETHNIC AND MULTICULTURAL EXPERIMENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED NOT BY TOLERANCE BUT BY HEGEMONY. WITHOUT THE DOMINANCE THAT ONCE DICTATED ETHNOCENTRICALLY, AND WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AN AMERICAN, WE ARE LEFT WITH ONLY TOLERANCE AND PLURALISM TO HOLD US TOGETHER.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL IMMIGRANTS TO KEEP THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. I WOULD REPLACE THE MELTING POT METAPHOR WITH A SALAD BOWL METAPHOR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO INSURE THAT WE HAVE VARIOUS CULTURAL SUB-GROUPS LIVING IN AMERICA REINFORCING THEIR DIFFERENCES RATHER THAN AMERICANS, EMPHASIZING THEIR SIMILARITIES.

IV. HAVING DONE ALL THIS, 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% DROP OUT RATE FROM SCHOOL.

V. I WOULD THEN GET THE BIG FOUNDATIONS AND BIG 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 THEIR LACK OF SUCCESS WAS ALL THE FAULT OF THE MAJORITY - I WOULD START A GRIEVANCE INDUSTRY BLAMING ALL MINORITY FAILURE ON THE MAJORITY POPULATION.

VI. I WOULD ESTABLISH DUAL CITIZENSHIP AND PROMOTE DIVIDED LOYALTIES. I WOULD "CELEBRATE DIVERSITY." "DIVERSITY" IS A WONDERFULLY SEDUCTIVE WORD. IT STRESSES DIFFERENCES RATHER THAN COMMONALITIES. 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, AND WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MYOPIA. LOOK AT THE ANCIENT GREEKS. DORF'S WORLD HISTORY TELLS US:

THE GREEKS BELIEVED THAT THEY BELONGED TO THE SAME RACE; THEY POSSESSED A COMMON LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; AND THEY WORSHIPED THE SAME GODS. ALL GREECE TOOK PART IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN HONOR OF ZEUS AND ALL GREEKS VENERATED THE SHRINE OF APOLLO AT DELPHI. A COMMON ENEMY PERSIA THREATENED THEIR LIBERTY. YET, ALL OF THESE BONDS TOGETHER WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME TWO FACTORS . . . (LOCAL PATRIOTISM AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS THAT NURTURED POLITICAL DIVISIONS . . .)

IF WE CAN PUT THE EMPHASIS ON THE "PLURIBUS," INSTEAD OF THE "UNUM," WE CAN BALKANIZE AMERICA AS SURELY AS KOSOVO.

VII. THEN I WOULD PLACE ALL THESE SUBJECTS OFF LIMITS - MAKE IT TABOO TO TALK ABOUT. I WOULD FIND A WORD SIMILAR TO "HERETIC" IN THE 16TH CENTURY - THAT STOPPED DISCUSSION AND PARALYZED THINKING. WORDS LIKE "RACIST", "XENOPHOBE" THAT HALTS ARGUMENT AND CONVERSATION.

HAVING MADE AMERICA A BILINGUAL-BICULTURAL COUNTRY, HAVING ESTABLISHED MULTICULTURALISM, 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 SYMPATRIC AND IGNORE THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT.

VIII. LASTLY, I WOULD CENSOR VICTOR HANSON DAVIS'S BOOK MEXIFORNIA — THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS — IT EXPOSES MY PLAN TO DESTROY AMERICA. SO PLEASE, PLEASE — IF YOU FEEL THAT AMERICA DESERVES TO BE DESTROYED — PLEASE, PLEASE — DON'T BUY THIS BOOK! THIS GUY IS ON TO MY PLAN.

"THE SMART WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE PASSIVE AND OBEDIENT IS TO STRICTLY LIMIT THE SPECTRUM OF ACCEPTABLE OPINION, BUT ALLOW VERY LIVELY DEBATE WITHIN THAT SPECTRUM." — NOAM CHOMSKY, AMERICAN LINGUIST AND US MEDIA AND FOREIGN POLICY CRITIC.

Both Governor Lamm and the writer of the e-mail misidentify the author of the book Mexifornia, whose correct name is Victor Davis Hanson.

[Jeramie]

Re: Is America Headed In The Wrong Direction?

Woop.... There it is. Thanks for the input Buckee...

[wtnhunt]

Re: Is America Headed In The Wrong Direction?

Pretty sure I read this somewhere before. May have been posted in here. Afraid this country has been headed in the wrong direction for quite some time.

[stevebeilgard]

Re: Is America Headed In The Wrong Direction?

yes, that speech is true, and was said. the news media buried it. too bad