Roosevelt on Immigrants

[IrfaanSE801]

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who
comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

- Theodore Roosevelt, 1907

And the snopes page
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/troosevelt.asp

My cousin sent me this on MySpace. Good stuff!

[Badseed]

Amen !!

[StukaJU87]

Sounds like what I have been saying all along. Thank you TR!

[jwoods986]

My Dad sent me that last week, good stuff!

[FATKAT]

I could not agree more.

Thanks

[RacerX]

Heh, you supplied the forward AND the snopes link!

Now what am I supposed to do?






Don't answer that...

[slayer]

I totally agree, if you don`t want to become Legal and American, go the Fuck home Scum Jack.

[Soap]

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who
comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

- Theodore Roosevelt, 1907

Yep, I second that, I'm in complete agreement with Teddy.

[YetAnotherOne]

I totally agree, if you don`t want to become Legal and American, go the Fuck home ....

I'd extend that thought to visitors everywhere: go legally and integrate into the local society or go the fuck home.

[lerxstcat]

God Bless Nobel Laureate and President Theodore Roosevelt! That "Speak softly and carry a big stick" idea was a keeper too!

[CrazyTrain]

An articulate summary of our future.
The epitaph of our Republic. It should make your hair curl.
No man's life, liberty or property
are safe while our government legislatures
are in session. Mark Twain (1866)

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 bili!ngual; 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 emphasizing their similarities as Americans".

"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 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."
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. Even 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 the situation worsening quickly. 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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[zeegler]

I'd extend that thought to visitors everywhere: go legally and integrate into the local society or go the fuck home.

Amen!!

That's exactly what I say.

[HuntinDoug]

Wow.... Good post!

I bet the founding Fathers are turning in their graves. All the men who died of starvation and frostbite at Valley Forge. The soldiers who fought and died in WWI, WWII, Korean war, Vietnam, and every other "conflict" fought on foreign ground....all rolling in their rest. Can you imagine what Lincoln, Teddy & Ike would think of this?

We can venture like big brother to foreign lands to fight for opressed peoples. But we cant even keep foreign criminals from openly over running us in our own land? Bottom line.... We need to grow a pair. Like we had back in the 40's. This nation has become "impotent" when it comes to offending people who don't belong here. I was born here...I'm embarrassed that it has come to this. Especially after 911! But hey, I guess I need to suck it and be quiet so I don't offend the foreign criminals that live illegally within our borders. right?...Sheeesh!

[rjohnstone]

Wow.... Good post!

I bet the founding Fathers are turning in their graves. All the men who died of starvation and frostbite at Valley Forge. The soldiers who fought and died in WWI, WWII, Korean war, Vietnam, and every other "conflict" fought on foreign ground....all rolling in their rest. Can you imagine what Lincoln, Teddy & Ike would think of this?

We can venture like big brother to foreign lands to fight for opressed peoples. But we cant even keep foreign criminals from openly over running us in our own land? Bottom line.... We need to grow a pair. Like we had back in the 40's. This nation has become "impotent" when it comes to offending people who don't belong here. I was born here...I'm embarrassed that it has come to this. Especially after 911! But hey, I guess I need to suck it and be quiet so I don't offend the foreign criminals that live illegally within our borders. right?...Sheeesh!

Amen indeed.
Join us or get the fuck out.

[FusionFarmer]

BULLY, I SAY BULLY. (T.R. talk for right on) Its one thing for fresh immirant not to know the language and quite another for these ones who have been here for decades and still don't speak a word of english, and all our governent does about it is print official forms in multi languages, and teach our kids spanish in school