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For the first time in this nation’s history, non-white births outnumber white births.
Now for those who believe that race is something we all agreed to imagine, the only thing we need to do is quit imagining it, and poof! no problem. But Pat Buchanan has made a living pointing out inconvenient truths, and he thinks we should start considering the real-world implications of this:
Fifty-three percent of all Hispanic children are born out of wedlock, with no father in the home and many of the moms themselves high school dropouts. Most Hispanic kids thus start school far behind.
In tests of fourth-, eighth- and 12th-graders, their scores are closer to those of African-American kids than whites and Asians. Their dropout rate matches that of black kids. Absent affirmative action, not only are America’s colleges and universities but her professions are going to look far more Asian and white than the national population.
Not a formula for social peace.
Nor is it a formula for economic growth or long-term survival. Buchanan’s title implies this demographic upheaval could be the death-knell of the GOP, but the real concern is what it portends for the country.
World history offers little comfort. For example, the Lebanese Civil War was sparked by a demographic shift in that country precipitated by the influx of Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military. Serbia lost the province of Kosovo because that region, despite its special place in Serbian history, had transformed into an Albanian enclave.
Makes me wonder if allowing in poor, embittered Mexicans into lands once controlled by their home country is a good idea.
Of course, this is America. In the Exceptional Nation, history, demographics, and racial conflict don’t matter.
RonL on 18 May 2012 at 11:30 pm #
Anyone else need a drink, and not of tequila?
Kirt Higdon on 19 May 2012 at 12:21 am #
I like tequila and I think margaritas are the best hot weather drink ever invented.
Feltan on 19 May 2012 at 1:53 am #
The issue that Buchanan bring to the front is the seeming self-fulfilling prophecy of the left. It is a complete cycle: give largess to minority voters who are growing in numbers, who in turn will reward those who give them largess by returning favored politicians to office, who will then give the targeted constituency yet more. The United States will end up like Greece — without the Germans to blow the whistle and spoil the party.
The hard part of the equation is how to break the cycle. Buchanan doesn’t lay out that argument.
Regards,
Feltan
Brian on 19 May 2012 at 2:43 am #
Wiggers drink tequila. White gentlemen drink gin.
roho on 19 May 2012 at 3:25 am #
Everyone stay after class and write on the blackboard 100 times:
“Diversity is our strength, and China will fail because they have no negroes.”
Kirt Higdon on 19 May 2012 at 4:33 am #
I’ve been known to drink gin and on rare occasion have even been accused of being a gentleman. That’s a woman’s way of saying she has no interest in you – sort of like saying she just wants to be a friend, but even less interested than that.
RonL on 19 May 2012 at 5:03 am #
Kirt:
“I like tequila and I think margaritas are the best hot weather drink ever invented.”
Frozen jello shots? Mudslide? Just kidding. I like Cuba Libre, a sangria, or a nice cold beer or hard cider.
I just opened my bottle of Sobieski vodka. It is worth trying, and not just for its awesome namesake, King Jan Sobieski.
Roho:
Exactly. We all remember how Austria-Hungary dominated Europe in the 20th century.
Kirt Higdon on 19 May 2012 at 12:22 pm #
Mudslides are good but too expensive and high calorie for consistent drinking. Cold beer can also be good but since there is no ice in the drink, it doesn’t stay cold long enough,
HarrisonBergeron2 on 19 May 2012 at 1:54 pm #
Mint juleps.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 19 May 2012 at 2:18 pm #
Savrola,
Once again, you’re right. No political movement has EVER had to publicize its views to incite people to action.
Why do you bother casting your pearls before us?
Kirt Higdon on 19 May 2012 at 8:46 pm #
Savvy, haven’t you already taken over all the media? Didn’t you have a plan of action for doing that tomorrow about three weeks ago?
roho on 19 May 2012 at 9:43 pm #
Gentlemen…………Real men drink whiskey in a clean glass at room temperature, chased with homemade peppersauce from their Southern garden…………….Hail Dixie!
Feltan on 20 May 2012 at 6:56 am #
Savrola,
“Plans of action to institute concrete policy” are unlikely to galvanize anyone save law students enamored with such constipated language. Not only won’t people go into the streets, they likely aren’t going to get out of bed.
With gems like that, it is hard to see how you ever escaped Laurania.
Regards,
Feltan
HarrisonBergeron2 on 20 May 2012 at 3:34 pm #
Feltan,
Ouch! Good one.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 20 May 2012 at 3:35 pm #
Slobova said, “Publication of views does not incite anyone to action.”
Really? Have you ever heard of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”?
I didn’t think so.
RedPhillips on 20 May 2012 at 5:36 pm #
“Plans of action to institute concrete policy are what galvanize movements get people out of their seats and into the streets.”
You know Sav, people would have a better idea what these “concrete” policies might be if you actually spelled them out instead of cryptically alluding to them. I’m just sayin’.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 20 May 2012 at 6:05 pm #
Red Phillips,
We could never hope to grasp his genius.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 20 May 2012 at 6:08 pm #
Slobova,
Hey, look what I found on Wiki:
“Common Sense[1] is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, before the American Revolution. Common Sense, signed “Written by an Englishman”, became an immediate success.[2] In relation to the population of the Colonies at that time, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book in American history. Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided.”
The Internet. What an amazing resource!
C Bowen (Hawthorne) on 20 May 2012 at 10:30 pm #
HB2;
Hostilities began in New England, first Portsmouth NH–which has been forgotten by the history books, then in Lexington-Concord, during April 1775.
Washington and his cronies attached themselves to an organic revolt in the coming months. There is every reason to think that Washington was working with, perhaps just indirectly, the Burke faction Whigs, by the behavior of…Whig connected British generals.
After the initial conflict, what was really going on? Howard Zinn was a large proponent of the Paine myth, might be worth looking into as he was the modern pusher of the Paine myth.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 21 May 2012 at 1:27 pm #
C Bowen (Hawthorne),
Remember that in the early stages of the conflict between the Colonists and King George’s troops, most Americans still hoped to assert their rights and compromise with England. Paine’s arguments not only encouraged Washington’s army to continue fighting, but convinced a critical mass of people that the goal of fighting should be independence.
Paine’s reputation wasn’t an invention of the despicable Howard Zinn. Check out the comments Benjamin Rush and Washington made about the impact of Paine’s writings on the Revolution.
And Paine is just one example of how vital public opinion is to any political movement. Obama even has a Facebook page.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 21 May 2012 at 1:28 pm #
Slobova,
See above. And please take a Dale Carnegie course. Or lithium.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 21 May 2012 at 5:00 pm #
Slobova,
I suppose there’s a point hidden among those sentence fragments and run-on sentences, but considering the source, there’s obviously no reason to bother looking.
Are we keeping you from building that epic political movement you were bragging about? How’s that going?
RedPhillips on 21 May 2012 at 7:41 pm #
Sav, Create Space will publish your tract virtually for free. When should I be expecting it? I’ll be happy to post a review here if you send me a copy.
C Bowen (Hawthorne) on 21 May 2012 at 11:33 pm #
HB2;
Thomas Paine was a self-promoter, and a propagandist for the Continental Congress who did make some powerful friends who purveyed a myth, if largely a northern phenomenon. (Zinn’s point, BTW, was not negative; my point was that he uses the Common Sense myth–the notion that it was widely read, and ‘important’– to “prove” the populist nature of the Revolt.)
I would lean that Common Sense did not have much impact and is largely a myth, and the revolution should be viewed as a Tory vs Whig battle, with all the intrigue, manipulation, spin and so forth, one finds in the politics of the British.
The war ended quickly in New England; the British evacuated in March, 1776–though note, the British did not burn Boston in retreat, though they had burned Falmouth, Maine in one of the more colorful episodes from 1775. The Allen Brothers who ran Vermont, tactically split their allegiances, one with the rebels, and the other making peace with the British to the North in Canada, insuring no invasion. Massachusetts did net some nice MIC contracts for the now Continental Army Washington had created–see how this works?, Prussianizing a successful guerrilla outfit, and promptly losing battles, retreating, and treating the troops poorly. The Thomas Paine myth fits nicely into the situation.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 22 May 2012 at 7:05 pm #
C Bowen (Hawthorne),
Why would John Adams write these words: “Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.”
Again, I’m not saying Paine should be considered one of the Founding Fathers; my point is that public outreach is a vital part of any political movement. Argue all you want about the extent of Paine’s contribution, but my original point stands.
C Bowen (Hawthorne) on 22 May 2012 at 8:16 pm #
Adams was a frontman for Boston elites who nevertheless did not like the use of the mob his benefactors were want to unleash on Loyalists around Boston. Thomas Jefferson, a Paine ally, downplayed the significance of Common Sense in Virginia, and Common Sense was not favored Down South, where the real action was.
The forefathers were after all fostering and creating a nationalism that did not exist–which included the founding myth of Common Sense, and further, we are talking about people who would, without authority, replaces the Articles of Confederation with the (like Common Sense) written Constitution.
Your point is valid to an extent–public outreach, or propaganda, is vital for promoting order, or securing neutrality, even partisans, and perhaps it was not the place for Revolutionary Era revisionism, though I enjoy the exchange.
Marge Wall on 29 May 2012 at 3:47 pm #
Immigration – The Cycle of Broken Promises & Lies
“If you don’t want your children to feel like strangers in their own land then JOIN the British National Party today and make a difference to the future of our country.”
You thought the subject line was about America didn’t you? But, it is much worse than anyone ever imagined it could be.
Britain, America, Australia, or Pick any European Country the story is the same and so is the social and economic decline, unity has been replaced with despair, conflict and violence.
And the (spoken and unspoken) ultimate goal of the “immigrants” toward the existing society built by Anglo, Christian citizens is………………..you finish the sentence……………….
Mock if you will but, the final outcome will not be to your liking.
If you really want to know where it will all end…… then, read some history books.
There is still time, still hope…. not much hope and not much time if action doesn’t happen without further rationalizing delays.
What I still, cannot understand is how so many intelligent people in Britain, America and Europe could have simultaneously, lost all common sense….. Might be more to it don’t you think?
Marge
ted kennedy 1965 immigration act – Google Search – The Cycle of Broken Promises & Lies Continues
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/05/why_they_wont_assimilate.html – immigrants are not assimilating into our culture. Ted Kennedy’s Immigration Reform Act of 1965 has created a situation in which 85 …
Three Decades of Mass Immigration – Center for Immigration Studies – … Decades of Massive Immigration The Legacy of the 1965 Immigration Act …. Senate immigration subcommittee chairman Edward Kennedy (D-MA.) reassured his…..
Senate immigration subcommittee chairman Edward Kennedy (D-MA.) reassured his colleagues and the nation with the following:
“First, our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same … Secondly, the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset … Contrary to the charges in some quarters, [the bill] will not inundate America with immigrants from any one country or area, or the most populated and deprived nations of Africa and Asia … In the final analysis, the ethnic pattern of immigration under the proposed measure is not expected to change as sharply as the critics seem to think.”
Sen. Kennedy concluded by saying,
“The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs.” (U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization of the Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 1965. pp. 1-3.)
In 1965, new Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach testified:
“This bill is not designed to increase or accelerate the numbers of newcomers permitted to come to America. Indeed, this measure provides for an increase of only a small fraction in permissible immigration.” (U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization of the Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 1965, p.8.)
http://www.cis.org/articles/1995/back395.html