Was That 300 Millionth American Really American?
"Hoy Paloy" > wrote in message
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> Was That 300 Millionth American Really American?
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> By Patrick J. Buchanan
>
> ...Most of those coming now are poor and uneducated, and are unable to
> speak our language. Some do not wish to become Americans. But they are
> sending our crime, poverty and disease rates skyward, and pulling U.S.
> academic scores down toward Third World levels.
>
> But what is most significant about these deep and irreversible
> alterations in the character of the nation is that the American people
> never voted for it and do not want it. It is being imposed from above,
> anti-democratically, by a regime that refuses to enforce our laws and
> is now at virtual war with the American people.
>
> Though immigration is the hottest domestic issue in 2006, and every
> candidate in a close race is taking a hard line on border security -
> even Hillary Clinton voted for 700 miles of security fence - the will
> of the people is ignored.
>
> According to a poll released Monday by the Center for Immigration
> Studies, 68 percent of Americans say immigration is too high. Only 2
> percent believe it is too low. Yet the McCain-Kennedy-Bush bill would
> have granted amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and doubled the
> number of legal immigrants.
>
> The failure to restrict immigration so the Melting Pot can work, the
> refusal to seal the border despite what America wants, suggests ours
> has ceased to be a democratic republic. "Here, sir, the people rule!"
> used to be a proud boast. Today, the line is laughable.
>
> In my book State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest
> of America, I projected that by 2050, every city in America would look
> like Los Angeles, and Los Angeles and the cities of the Southwest
> would look like Mexico City.
>
> And what is happening to Los Angeles? According to Robert Putnam,
> Harvard political scientist and author of Bowling Alone, the trust
> among people in "this most diverse human habitation in human history"
> is now at rock bottom, the lowest anywhere he could find.
>
> "In the presence of diversity," said Putnam, "we hunker down. We act
> like turtles. The effect of diversity is worse than had been imagined.
> And it's not just that we don't trust people who are not like us. In
> diverse communities we don't trust people who look like us." [ Study
> paints bleak picture of ethnic diversity , by John Lloyd, Financial
> Times, October 8, 2006]
>
> The more people of different races that live in a community, the
> greater the loss of trust, said Putnam. "They don't trust the local
> mayor, they don't trust the local paper, they don't trust other
> people, and they don't trust institutions. ... The only thing there is
> more of is protest marches and TV watching."
>
> Welcome to the Brave New World our elites are creating for our
> children, as they consign the America we grew up in to the compost
> heap of history.
>
>Can you imagine an old time liberal like President Roosevelt putting up
with this border bullshit?
Fred
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