THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume IV, Issue # 1, January 9, 2002
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PAT BUCHANAN SPEAKS THE TRUTH
By Darrel Mulloy
Monday night, January 7, 2002, on the Hannity and Colmes show on Fox News, Pat Buchanan was a featured guest. Sitting in for Alan Colmes, resident Leftist, was guest Leftist and insignificant member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's Sixth Congressional District, Gregory Meeks.
Mr. Buchanan was there to publicize his new book, Death of the West; a more honest book has never been written, in this writer's opinion. Due to the onslaught over the years on Mr. Buchanan's positions on things American, Congressman Meeks had already drawn his opinion of the new work, and proceeded to critize the book, implying that Mr. Buchanan was a racist, xenophobe, and opposed to allowing anyone to enter this country from any foreign country. Buchanan insisted on knowing whether Meeks had read his book, and Meeks openly declared that he had not. That did not stop Meeks from openly denouncing what he thought was in the book.
I have never read anything by Pat Buchanan that was not backed up by facts, and this new book is no exception. Pat Buchanan is one of the finest students of history that I have ever had the pleasure of reading, and he has learned that history has a tendency to repeat itself, and that if the lessons of history are not learned, we will have to relive that history.
Those who, for whatever reason, do not like Pat Buchanan, have probably never read or heard what he has to say. Unfortunately for America, he has been discouraged from seeking public office in the future. I only hope he can find a way to make what he has to say available to more Americans.
By now, many have read reviews of Death of the West, and we even had one in the pages of Sierra Times by Chuck Morse. However, no review of this book can do it justice, and I will not try to do so here. I can only recommend its reading by as many people as possible.
I have heard the word "controversial" bandied about when referencing this book, but the only controversy seems to be in the minds of those who have not yet read it. As I mentioned above, Buchanan's works are always backed up by facts and he lists all of his sources in the notes in the back of the book. Some may not like what he says, but none can call it false. Facts are facts, and cannot be disputed, and, unlike those who would rewrite history, saying it ain't so doesn't mean it ain't so.
I agree with Pat Buchanan that we are becoming a balkanized country and are in danger losing our national identity, and consequently our nation. I agree that our borders are no longer borders and that, without borders, we have no nation. I agree with Buchanan that the declining birthrate in the Western world is not replacing those who are dying off in our culture and that mass immigration is changing the face of America as immigrants, many illegal, move in to take the place of the vacancies left by our declining birthrate.
I worry that the America I grew up in is fast disappearing and that my children, grand children, and great grandchildren will become a minority--an ethnic and national minority within America.
Whether or not this is inevitable remains to be seen. I get the distinct impression that our leaders in Washington are not in favor of changing the direction that things are taking, and, in fact, seem to be encouraging it. Mexican President Vicente Fox wants to take back America's Southwest, including Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, and it looks like he is making great strides to that end. Unfortunately, U.S. President George W. Bush is not opposed to Fox's intentions, or at least he seems willing to go along in order to get along at this time.
Americans had better prepare for what is about to happen, and reading Pat Buchanan's new book might just help to prepare. You may like Pat or you may hate him, but you cannot argue with the facts he presents in his books.
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