2 Days till RAGBRAI XXXVIII!!!

Boys should be back tomorrow sometime.....

Biked last night, about 5 Kamikazes and no other regulars?? I know most are thinking they are bagging it out today for RAGBRAI. That is totally their fault.

Apparently there was vandalism and horrible littering at the tunnel ride Wednesday night prompting law officers to patrol the trail? Waste of money on their part, it's really just a one time a year thing. As for the idiots that can't leave things they way they find them...they need help. Scott Sumpter recruited people to go out and clean up the mess the next day, glad I'm not on his speed dial.

Biking, packing, loading, picking up shirts tonight....
Leave it to B'B'B'Beaver(dale) ride....

Damn work....busy and difficult.

Wherever you stand on this issue, please take the time to read this; it should wake you from your careless slumber on this important truth.
I may have put this on here before, This is pretty obvious to anyone with simple intelligence...and people ask me why I eventually would like to move out of our country.


We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington , DC , filled to capacity by many of America 's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California . He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.
Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America.

The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States . He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide."

"Here is how they do it," Lamm said:
" First, to destroy America , turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country.History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset , put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada , Belgium , Malaysia , and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, Corsicans and Muslims."

Lamm went on:
" Second, to destroy America, invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal; that there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds."
" Third, we could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multi-ethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentrcity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.' Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."
"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school."
" My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority placation."
" My sixth plan for America 's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precet. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshiped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia , threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" -- From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will " Balkanize " America as surely as Kosovo."
" Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits. Make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-cultum, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America , it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."

In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book 'Mexifornia.' His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America . If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America .

Take note of California and other states. To date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book "1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and " Ignorance is strength."

Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.

Just picked up two cases of Yuengling, love you KARI!
Awesome of her to pick them up for me in PA....

4 Days till RAGBRAI XXXVIII!!!

An actual 1999 Advertisement which BP would like to forget. Doubt their p.r. folks will dust this one off for reuse.


Pockets of Kamikazes are working on the bus tonight.

Austin has a basketball tournament this Saturday. I guess the good thing is I don't have to rip my shirt to wrap Keegan's knee this time.

Not a good thing, I don't think I'd group them all in here.

Slightly depressing, there is at least 6 of us. I thought it was bad when I found out there was 2-3, but 6....darnit! Maybe time to change my name.

Original Mac Software Source Code Now Available for Download...Kinda cool, if you're into that kind of thing.

Flashback: What was happening three years ago?
Mom retiring.

Deep Thought of the Day: Is there ever a day when mattresses are NOT on sale?

Knocked off 24 miles Friday night, (Mingo trail) and Sara ended up in the hospital to receive 5 stitches...not my fault.

Tour de Arrrghhhh was just that! About half as many as last year so around 50, 14 hours later I'm finally headed home. Three Kamikazes made it. Some nice training miles. I even had considered taking Dan up on the breakfast ride before that, but 6am????

and Tom is awesome! those Mojitos were sweet! Who else even owns a stagecoach? His new coffee house will be opening soon!

Tip of the Day: When caught in a current the natural reaction is to paddle directly toward shore instead of swimming parallel to get out of the current.

Inception...... WOW...and I still don't fully understand everything that happened. Fast paced, exciting, different, never looked at anything like that before. I'm very glad we saw that yesterday....

Laying around this morning with the thunderstorm waking me about 4:30, just listening to the rain and thunder my mind started up thinking about(mind always racing, I do love it when I can slow it down, but then someone whats it sped back up or I'm a jerk or something)....my boys, my job, my businesses, RAGBRAI, women, farm, that ticking sound my truck is making, the bus, shirts be done, how can I just clear my mind of all this stuff and try not to be rude when I do it, new job, rest of my family, what was the name of the guy that played the alien on Star Trek episode 7 from the first season that had the ray gun and could melt anything....Just kidding on that one!...cause it was a woman..

Got to Gwens yesterday morning to help fix her PC and of course she was one of the 35k without electricity. So we sat around and talked for a couple of hours, she is so awesome! I hope she lives forever! Of course I did miss the dutch letters by 30 minutes.

Talked to the boys last night from LA...they love it. Even Austin, but he doesn't know why. Which surprises me, because he is a usually more realistic then most when it comes to feelings like that. Blaise had problems with his ears on the way, so they will be compounded on the way back most likely. I feel for him, same problems I experience.

John Oats(Troy) isn't making it back to Iowa for RAGBRAI, apparently had a baby daughter and can't make it. It will next year unless I go to CA to visit.....



Did anybody think that the picture of Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lateran looked similar to Automan...Anybody else remember that show??

Deep Thought of the Day: Instead of sitting around a hot fire in the middle of summer, can't we sit around cold ice or something????


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