Friday, January 04, 2002

 

Thank God he's not president

No, I don't mean Al Gore, although I am thankful that he's not president either. I'm referring to Pat Buchanan.

Buchanan has written a book, The Death of the West : How Mass Immigration, Depopulation & A Dying Faith Are Killing Our Culture and Country. In it, in short, he claims that America is losing its culture because of immigration. I haven't read the book, and don't plan to, but a review from "Publishers Weekly" offers this about it: "Fearful that American is being "de-Christianized," Buchanan argues that "while the prognosis is not good," America must re-evaluate itself and reclaim its white, Christian origins; despite the current "coarseness of her manners, the decadence of her culture, or the sickness in her soul," the nation is worth saving."

Excuse me Mr. Buchanan, but wasn't American built on diversity? Reclaim its white origins? What's that all about? I'm sure Native Americans will be thrilled to hear Buchanan's thoughts on that topic.

I agree that we're seeing a lack of manners and an increase in decadence, but I don't agree in any way that those things can be attributed to ethnic groups "taking over" America. JonBenet Ramsey, Bill Clinton, Gary Condit, Thomas Junta. What do those people have to do with the ethnic groups Buchanan cites? They have a lot to do with a declining moral standard in our country, but little to do with ethnic groups.

Personally, I think Buchanan and people like him are more dangerous to the future of America than Mexicans, Asians or Middle Easterners could ever dream of being. Instead of blaming ethnic groups and trying to cause undo panic, I think Buchanan would be helping more if he tried to figure out why people of almost all races and religions are not living by the Golden Rule.

posted by Anne 1/04/2002 10:02:00 AM