[Rhodes22-list] Marxism in USA - Big Al delete, Political

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

One more post for the day and then I've got to go to work (I know it's
Saturday and all but my welfare check is late). You have to laugh (even
though it really isn't funny) at all the paranoid comments made over the
years by the lefties about the Bush/Hitler/Cheney/Rove conspiracy to stifle
free speech in the public forum.  Now we have the Clintonistas getting a
reporter silenced for using the word "pimped".  Lighten-up Hillary, it is
only a word - at least he didn't say she had legs like a lamp post, that was
your husband.

Here's some comments from the former Governor of Colorado -

Brad

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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. *




On Feb 9, 2008 7:17 AM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ed,
>
> This is one of my favorites for obvious reasons.
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=15D3ElV1Jzw
>
> Brad
>
> On Feb 9, 2008 5:17 AM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Robert Skinner said:  "2. Health care - Rationalize the chaotic
> > patchwork of
> > health care in the US.  While there must be limits of what can be
> > provided
> > as the basic floor under all US citizens, it is essential that there be
> > some
> > minimum of health care for all."
> >
> > It is basic to Marxism to use the power of government to compel people.
> > Where is it said in the American Constitution the central government is
> > to
> > impose minimum floors of health care or educational attainment, et al?
> >
> > The neo-Marxist wants to compel minimum health care to all.  How is this
> > result to be obtained?  Use the power of central government to impose
> > their
> > ethereal minimum floor.  That floor is achieved by confiscating from
> > those
> > who have attained some wealth and give it those needing that 'minimum
> > floor'.
> >
> > Everyone needs to understand, no matter how noble the cause, it is still
> > Marxism, totalitarianism, and those who advocate it by what ever term
> > they
> > use to describe themselves, be it Progressive, Liberal, Enlightened, are
> > still advocating Communism, Totalitarism!
> >
> > The question was posed by Bob Skinner, "Who would you have starve as you
> > express your antipathy toward tax-supported social programs?"  The
> > question
> > belies the truth.  No one starves who chooses not to.  You have many
> > organizations, both religious and otherwise that feed others.  Many
> > churches
> > assist with what we call soup kitchens.  Other organizations supply
> > sustenance such as 'Meals on Wheels' .  That argument is simply an
> > falsehood.
> >
> > And the statement was made, "Anyway, as George the second said, "The
> > constitution is just a piece of paper."  Right?"  Wrong, it is a
> > intellectual concept as a basis for freedom.  It is a way of for people
> > to
> > achieve their potential.  It is an economic system that has been shown
> > to
> > provide greater benefit to mankind than Marxism.  Its results speak for
> > themselves.
> >
> > It was further stated, "As a citizen of this country, I have the right
> > --
> > and obligation -- to work toward keeping it relevant and successful in
> > the
> > here and now.  So do you."   Yes, and I have an obligation to point out
> > to
> > others, those like you who espouse a economic system that will destroy
> > the
> > economic system that created what we now have.
> >
> > I rather think that it is important to understand what Harry Jaffa
> > pointed
> > out, "Free speech is a priceless and indispensable attribute of a free
> > society because it is a necessary means for deliberating upon public
> > policy.
> > But this deliberation does not extend to everything."  'Free speech is
> > not
> > false when it denies the use of the liberty to those intent on
> > destroying
> > the free society.'
> >
> > It must be told, and told over and over, that those advocating Marxism
> > are
> > advocating the destruction of America.
> >
> > Ed K
> > Greenville, SC, USA
> >
> >
> >
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