George Putnam
Friday, Nov. 28, 2003

It is this reporter's opinion that we have all but forgotten the word "assimilate." Webster's Dictionary tells us that to assimilate is to absorb and incorporate into one's thinking, to absorb groups of different cultures into the main cultural body, to be absorbed and incorporated. Assimilation is the cultural absorption of a minority group into the main cultural body. Fat chance, Mr. Webster!

The Congress and the administration – those entrusted with our immigration policies – have all but ignored the illegal-alien invasion of the U.S. and the flat-out violation of our sovereignty. There are exceptions: Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado, Congressman J.D. Hayworth of Arizona, a few outspoken patriots, who dare the wrath of fellow lawmakers by speaking out.

Then there are brilliant men like college professor Victor Hansen Davis, who in his latest book, "Mexifornia," explains how immigration – both legal and illegal – is destroying the entire state of California, how it will march across the country until it destroys all vestiges of the American dream.

Then there are citizens like you and me, who echo the words of former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm, who shout against the destruction of our beloved nation. Recently my good friend Frosty Wooldridge, world traveler and patriot, called to my attention a speech by the Colorado governor in which he outlined how one would go about destroying America.

"Here's how they do it," Lamm said. "Turn America into a bilingual or multilingual and bicultural country. History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures." Lamm went on: "Invent multiculturalism, encourage immigrants to maintain their own culture, impose a belief that all cultures are equal – that there are no cultural differences. We could make the U.S. an Hispanic Quebec. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity."

Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture, replace the melting-pot metaphor with the salad-bowl metaphor -- reinforce differences rather than emphasizing similarities."

The governor didn't stop there. "Toward destruction, we should make our fastest-growing demographic group the very least educated."

"Add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated and antagonistic to our population. Another way we're destroying America: Get the big foundations and businesses to give these efforts lots of money. Invest in ethnic identity and establish the cult of 'victimology.' Get the minorities to think their lack of success is the fault of the majority."

The good governor adds to his warning about the downfall of America, "to include dual citizenship and divided loyalties – celebrate diversity over unity."

Lamm cites the ancient Greeks: "The Greeks believed they belonged to the same race, possessed a common language and literature, worshipped the same gods, yet these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors – local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell because it put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'unum.'"

And then, facetiously, in the last moments of his speech, Gov. Lamm stated: "Censor books like Victor Hansen Davis' 'Mexifornia' because his book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America ... if you feel America deserves to be destroyed, DON'T READ THE BOOK."

As one listens to the governor, we are reminded of George Orwell's book "1984" and the three slogans engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery" and "Ignorance is Strength." In his warning to America, Gov. Lamm reminds us of another warning, coming as it did from my good friend Ezra Taft Benson:

From bondage to spiritual faith
From spiritual faith to courage
From courage to freedom
From freedom to abundance
From abundance to selfishness
From selfishness to complacency
From complacency to apathy
From apathy to fear
From fear to dependency
From dependency to bondage.

What more is there to say?

Related Links:

http://www.newhorizons.org/future/lamm.htm

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion/article/0,1299,DRMN_38_2320646,00.html

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