Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Many of you have read this before, but damn it's good!

Former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm made this rather poignant speech at an immigration population conference a while back.

A friend emailed it to me today and reminded me what a great piece it is.

For your perusal...

Mr. Lamm 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."
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."

Thursday, January 26, 2006

People took advantage of free money - Really?

When I first heard that the federal government was going to dole out Pre-Paid VISA cards with a two grand limit on them or in some cases, cut checks or do wire transfers to the 'victims' of Katrina, I silently screamed to myself, "NO-GIVE ME BACK MY TAX MONEY-MY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEIR SUBORDINATES ARE CLEARLY TOO STUPID TO BE LEFT IN CHARGE OF MY MONEY!"

ANYONE that couldn't see that this little government 'perk' wasn't going to be massively taken advantage of by the usual suspects is blind, deaf, and dumb. And yet there they go shucking it out like pennies from Heaven. You don't have to currently be in Louisiana, you just have to say that you lived there during Katrina and that your home was destroyed. HEEEEEERRRRE's your money!

Well, the Portland media is reporting that the FBI is hot on the trail of some folks that have taken advantage of the Katrina cash and so far the state with the highest number of people committing Katrina fraud... ... ... Oh c'mon ... ... ... Wait for it ... ... ... THAT'S RIGHT (ok, it's not right, but it's the way it is) OREGON!

It seems when asked what possible deterrent there was to keep people from committing this fraud a spokesperson said, "It's just not right." Oh OUCH! The Pain - please stop.

It's like putting a sign up in a jewelry store asking thieves nicely not to rob it.

Yes, they had skillfully broken into the allegedly impenetrable safe when Rocco noticed a sign on the vault wall that said, "Please don't rob our store - Thank you" The thieves immediately gathered up their tools and left the building as if they'd never been there without taking a dime because they were asked nicely not to.

Somebody owes me money -

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Going, Going, Gone!

The pictures that were taken at the January 21st Criminal Carousel and were previously available are no longer available.

If you would like to download the pictures, leave a comment on this post and I'll put them back temporarily at which time you will have 24 hours to download them, then they'll disappear again.

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Let's get it straight!








Ladies and Gentlemen,
I give you... Harvard!



Yes this is the lady that informed us she knew the law (I wonder if that's in the biblical sense?).

I know, she has been referred to as "Squinty Eyes" but since she wouldn't come talk to us and tell us her name, and in fact, all the talking she did was of a threatening nature, at high volume, hurling prose at us that could have only come from her years at law school, I prefer to call her - Harvard.

Now be careful. I know Harvard sounds a lot like Hereford which


Harvard, You silly Goose!
Yes, we call her
Harvard




as we know is a big fat cow, but make no mistake, I call her Harvard - Again, because of her obvious extensive law background.

Looking at her, I have to say I would never have thought that she was a criminal alien, I believe she was just one of the people employed by the state to commit criminal acts.


Saturday, January 21, 2006

A Day at El Centro Cultural

It was later than I wanted it to be when I arrived at El Centro Cultural. At first I didn't see any familiar faces.

I drove around the block a time or two and finally parked on the south side of Adair across form the Community Center. As all eyes seemed to be upon me, so I decided to take a couple of pictures. Shortly thereafter, a few gentlemen approached me in my pickup and in their best English asked me if I had work. I told them no and they walked away.

I took another lap around the block and spotted Daniel and a few other folks on the northeast corner. I parked my truck and introduced myself. The couple Daniel was talking with was just leaving which left a total of four American Citizens on site to protest. This was around 10:00 am.

After just a few minutes, we ran into Jay (MAX Red Line) who hung with us for quite a while (thanks Jay). We took pictures of the Illegals coming and going. Oddly enough, many that were going, were going without their Matricula cards because they showed up without an appointment.

I got a sense that most people going into the center knew what they were doing was illegal. Most tried to NOT get their picture taken including the Counselor General -Too bad I got it. We were yelled at and told that if any of our pictures showed up in the paper or on a web site we would be sued. I don't know the name of the little princess that told us we would get sued, but she is the one that did all of the actual yelling today.

The Counselor General never made time to talk to us, but we did have a great conversation with a young man that is Mexican but IS a legal citizen of the United States, Yale educated and you could tell. He was working at the center as a volunteer. We asked him if it didn't bother him helping all of these illegals sneaking in the back door after he has gone through all the hoops necessary to enter this country legally and get an education and everything else this country has to offer. He stated that the (US) government needs to do something to make it so it ISN'T illegal for these people to come into our country. I just mentioned that would be the same as making smoking pot legal just because there are so many people doing it - Clearly a Yale Man.

Over all, it was a great experience for me. I believe we did some good, because we made a lot of people very nervous today.

I know Jay (MAX Red Line) has already put up a great piece about today and Daniel is working on his. I think I'll leave it to him to post the pictures we took. Go HERE to see what Daniel has done.

I hope to see / meet more great Americans at the next Criminal Carousel.

Stepping up, by Joining in!

I have lived in an emotional time in this country's history. A time when speaking out against the government has become commonplace. So much so in fact, that at times its tough to know if the general public is even listening.

I've lived through the Viet Nam "conflict", riots on campus and at the beach. I've been a member of several unions when they were on strike and never stood in a picket line. Fact is, I've never stood in protest with a group of people, ever. I have let my beliefs be known through letters and phone calls and of course email. I'm not 100% sure why I never attended in protest any of these history altering events. I don't think I need to make any apologies for not attending as I did participate in my own way.

On Saturday, January 21, 2006 I WILL become a joiner. The level of importance is so significant that anything less than physical attendance on my part would not be acceptable.

My state government (the very same one that told me as a single parent with 4 children living in my home, to hit the road when I couldn't afford to heat my house or feed them adequately) wants to make it possible for criminals to vote, have driving privileges, free medical assistance, educational services and a host of other amenities that my children and I as natural born citizens of the United States of America were apparently not entitled to in our time of need.

If the fact that our state government is committing a crime by providing criminals with these services isn't enough to get you involved, please remember, they're using your (and maybe more importantly MY) tax dollars to do it!

From Daniel's Blog,

"Why be there? We will be protesting the Mexican Mobile Consulate and state agencies helping out criminal aliens who have no right to the social serives they will be receiving!"

You're damn right we will!

Centro Cultural Cornelius
1110 N Adair St.
Cornelius, OR 97113
@ 9:00am