Lamm states: "It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual."

Lamm institutes the "salad bowl metaphor", which he claims cultural entities in America would be significantly incompatible with "Americans", on the premise that they have zero tolerance for other cultures. Lamm admits that the "fastest growing demographic group" is in fact the least educated. Why do think that is? He pushes for a unified language, not bilingualism, so how can you expect any success if you cannot understand what is being conveyed?

Lamm states: "I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority."

That is exactly what the government wants you to believe. It is the people's fault, not their own. The government wants and needs a scapegoat for their every cause, and it has always been blamed on the majority. The citizens. You and me. They want us to be hateful, to instill prejudice to our young so they will have no tolerance, to be better prepared to fight their wars for them when it comes time.

"Diversity over unity", Lamm claims. Unification of a country would then be theoretically forced, with the foundation of hate and prejudice. America WILL turn into a "Kosovo" with that idealism.

And, Victor Davis Hanson's "Mexifornia";

Reiterated idioms of the late. Fairly typical of a retired professor. It contains nothing new, and certainly not worthy of any shocking epiphanies. You probably just added it on the basis of it being contained within Dick Lamm's speech. Not surprising to me. You all must open your eyes to the macrocosmic prospects. It is not about Social Security, Medicare, minimum wages... The government can supply 300 billion dollars for a war to support a ghost democracy in another country, to provide free health care to citizens of that entire country, yet this same government cannot do the same for its very own.

We have third-world societies in America. It is the Indian Reservations. The government is still neglecting these natives, with a continued course of genocide. It is the black ghettos of the big cities spanning this country. The government is still neglecting these cultures, with a continued course of suppression. It is the barrios, the Mexican towns which have been here for centuries. The government purposefully neglects these citizens, and with it, the reason for unaccountability and documentation of the people who inhabit them.

Who's fault is it to have brought this country to these Civil Wars? Not yours. Not mine.

Who's fault will it be to have done nothing to implement and exercise amendments for transfiguring a government which is failing us all? Yours. Mine.

If you are Native American, then you should be ashamed of yourself. How can a person of such great historic oppression and genocide be so anti-cultured? The Native Americans are denied governmental benefits, just like the Latinos. Lamm pushes for the exact same. You would be termed a "Blue Coat" if you were living in the 19th century. Your "Brothers and Sisters" are living several families to one home, just like your neighbors. WalMart sells Dream Catchers, a Native American article, so why can they not sell a Mexican Flag? Dick Lamm is true Democratic, and if you are so proclaimed anti-Dem, you should rethink your allegiance.

Lastly, isn't it a prerequisite to obtain English within a Master's? (Lamm not Lamn, "did I.." should be ended with a ?, thru is for fast food, Governor not Govenor). Your Masters Degree is irrelevant.

Point made. (Yawn).

I am not ready to retire. I am not worried about a quarter. I do not watch my neighbors on my ass thru glasses. Golly, I am a native of Colorado of native American Blood (that means I am an Indian!!) just to make that clear for you. I have a Masters Degree and gee, did I sit on my ass to get that. To argue with you is pointless as you have limited points of view and even less insight in politics. Try reading Ex-Govenor Lamns points on illegal aliens or better yet read Mexifornia.

A native of Colorado and the USA

I am using calculated deductive reasoning for my assumptions. My reasoning is, if they were politically active they wouldn't be complaining about trivial issues such as flags in a flower arrangement. Surely that is proof enough that they cannot be truly politically active. If they were, I would hope they would have something greater to debate other than elementary vices. And if they are, I will certainly look for a ballot initiative to ban liberties of color in a retail outlet. Maybe it will be called the "Monochromatic Mopping Initiative".

You stated: "How do you know these people sit on their buns? My guess is that you DON'T. They could be more politically active than you are. You call yourself trying to make political change, but that's not good enough. How about trying to make POSITIVE political change?"

How do you know what political change I am making? My guess is that YOU don't. Hypocrisy is alive and well. How can my opposition of killing or chopping off hands be negative? I am quite certain that my proposition IS positive.

"Feeding folks to the lions" and the like, is allocated within the lines of motive and is subject to interpretation and response. It is subject to real intent of human harm for reason and consequence. Being facetious is blind in a characterless forum and therefore poses no regulation.

Also, you fail to state the law which you are referencing for minimum wage tolerances as there are many. Your structural foundation for an argument is in muddy water. Point out to me where I mentioned ANYTHING about minimum wage. I did not, therefore your head-in-sand assessment is void. If I were burying my head in the sand, then I wouldn't have anything to say to begin with, would I?

How do you know these people sit on their buns? My guess is that you DON'T. They could be more politically active than you are.

You call yourself trying to make political change, but that's not good enough. How about trying to make POSITIVE political change?

You and I both know feeding folks to the lions is just facetious. But they do have a point. We need to make it really tough for these illegals.

Just tell me, would you, how raising the minimum wage (a prime goal of dems) will do us any good at all if illegals are allowed free reign, along with their greedy employers- to ignore those very same laws? Well if the wages are all lowered down to sub-min wages via illegal, wouldn't that be something dems could and should work to change? Instead, they bury their heads in the sand and pretend to do something by passing a law, while ignoring existing laws.

And if you consider burying your head in the sand to be political activity, then your Trisket moniker really does fit you.

Let's see, a native Coloradoan who is living in Greeley and is concerned about their retirement plan and the senior population. Hmmm. My guess is, you are retired or reaching that age. Well, you should know by now that Colorado has ALWAYS had a large Hispanic population. Now that this Swift raid by ICE has been highlighted on a national level, people are beginning to come out of the woodwork to cry and complain. Perhaps if you and others didn't like the view, you should have spent some of your earlier days contributing to the Democratic system to try and change things. Or move. But no, you "people" (borrowed your derogatory connotation) would rather watch your neighbors through binoculars from the safety of your "VERY" nice homes and boycott a retailer on the premise of selling flowers with a Mexican flag, or throw a tantrum because you have to pay a couple of quarters to get your news. But why should you have to ruin a perfectly good afternoon tea party gossiping couch politics, when it might be easier for you to just "feed illegal aliens to the 'Big Cats'"? Killing seems to be the cure-all for Republican Conservatives these days.

And, my head is not in my "A", it is motivated daily to make REAL change in our political system. I suggest you get off your "A" and start doing the same.

Also a native of Colorado and the USA.

A native of Colorado and the USA

Also not sure if you noticed not but since the raids as the SWIFT plant they have had to raise their wages by almost $5.00 an hour as they are not allowed to exploit the ILLEGALS who are willing to work for whatever someone will pay them. That means legal citizens make more as the ILLEGALS can?t drive down the wage. (supply and demand)

One last note that in addition to harsher penalties for ILLEGAL immigrants and criminals in general. I am strongly in favor of much harsher penalties for the people who exploit and employee the ILLEGAL aliens. See how many ILLEGALS have jobs if employers face a $100,000 fine and a year in prison for each example of an undocumented worked. NO PAY = NO REASON TO STAY!

What insensitive idiocy to illustrate human feeding with "big cats" in reference to the recent atrocity at the Denver Zoo. Maybe perhaps you should pay more attention to the news since you are using a principal Colorado News network forum. Also, your idea of Nationalism is actually closer to Nazism.