Thread: Lamm Keeps Pushing For Immigration Change

Lamm Keeps Pushing For Immigration Change

CBS4) DENVER Former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm has never backed down from a controversy. Lately, he has taken on immigration issues.

In a speech that has circulated widely on the Internet, Lamm argrees with Arnold Tynbee who observed "An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide."

In a recent interview, Lamm listed the ways he believes the United States has embarked on a path of self-destruction when it comes to immigration.

Number one, Lamm says we will destroy America if we allow it to become a bilingual country.

"History shows us that language is one of the great dividers. When our grandfathers and great-grandfathers came, the only way my grandfather could speak to your grandfather was to speak his common language. Now you can live in west Denver your entire life without ever learning English."

Lamm argues that a country that celebrates diversity rather than unity is on its way to destruction.

"I believe in diversity. I believe that we should become a Joseph's coat of many colors -- but we're one people. If you really want to see how diversity works go to Yugoslavia and see how it's working there."

Lamm maintains that our fastest growing demographic group is the least educated group -- and that will destroy America.

"We see these bright little Hispanic boys. Then they turn 12 years old and all of a sudden there are other cultural influences that make them want to become auto mechanics instead of going to college. We have to solve our drop-out problem."

Finally, Lamm says we will destroy America if we establish a cult of what he calls "victimology."

"If you call people victims even if they are victims it's not doing them any favors. I feel if you're going to solve America's problems you have to crawl out there in no man's land where everybody's firing at you. And that's where truth lies."

There is no doubt that Lamm's strong opinions may put him in the cross-hairs of his critics. But ultimately he argues that to save America, the country must continue to be what it started out to be -- a melting pot -- a place where different cultures, languages, religions continue to meld into one country.

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I have a plan to destroy America
By 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, let's 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:

1. 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."

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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 percent dropout rate from school.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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" halt 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 – "because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good." I would make every individual immigrant sympatric and ignore the cumulative impact.

8. Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson'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 U.S. media and foreign policy critic.

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Two words: ROMAN EMPIRE

If we do not do something about immigration we will suffer the same fate (Europe as well). And I would say that it will we followed by a similar event--another Dark Age..........

In a recent interview, Lamm listed the ways he believes the United States has embarked on a path of self-destruction when it comes to immigration.
Number one, Lamm says we will destroy America if we allow it to become a bilingual country.

Lamm is so correct. We are on the edge of self-destruction by the massive sunami of illegal immigrants who come here to 'feed off' all of our resources, and have nothing positive to offer our country.
And these illegal aliens DO NOT wish to assimilate into our society. They want to make little barrios all over the place, and keep their own language and culture in their 'new home, away from home'. They think it is racist for Americans to tell them to learn English.
Well, I am sorry people. I DO NOT WISH to speak a bunch of different languages. AND SINCE YOU HAVE TAKEN IT UPON YOURSELF TO COME HERE, EITHER LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY, I think that is it up to you to learn the native language-WHICH IS ENGLISH!

I wish he would run for Wayne Allards seat in the Senate. Visa Wayne is checking out in 08. Allard has been an ally on illegal immigration.

Lamm would do well among moderates and Democrats. Colorado is opposed to illegal immigration and Im afraid democratic gains in the state capitol will evaporate due to the votes on illegal immigration and secure identity.

It is a shame because the dems bring some good things to the table here but they need to get right with immgration reform in the state. The republicans will clobber them in 08. People are already talking about the dems selling out to big business on immgration.

But lamm stands apart and can win.