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 American'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! i! n 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 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. 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.
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