Posted on 08/27/2007 3:48:51 PM PDT by nancyvideo
If asked what function the San Francisco-based Sierra Club performs, most of its 1.3 million members would probably reply "protecting the environment," or "raising awareness of endangered species," or words to that effect. Yet, in their 2007 legislative report for Minnesota, the Sierra Club spent nearly 3 pages describing legislative initiatives that have virtually nothing to do with the environment. Rather, this section deals almost exclusively with population issues or, to put it more accurately, with population control issues.
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“ecoeugenics” ??
Paul “Population Bomb” Ehrlich must be proud of his legacy [see below]. http://www.amazon.com/Population-Bomb-Paul-R-Ehrlich/dp/1568495870
It is hilarious to read the reviews of his book on Amazon. Here’s one review:
“Are people STILL listening to this guy? If so, it has more to do with prejudices and uninformed—uninformable—paranoia than with scientific or logical merit. Ehrlich, in this seasoned tome, preserves for the ages some of his greatest nonsensical howlers about the catastrophic growth of human population in the face of vanishing resources and inadequate food. None of them was remotely close to the mark, but that doesn’t stop people who so desperately _want_ our evil, soulless modern world to be brought down for its sins, that they cast aside failure of his models and predictions, and refuse to see that the world has debunked him. Ehrlich’s fatal flaw is easy to see and sum up. Sure, he was a biologist who studied populations, but populations of _insects_. And human beings—get ready for a shock—are not insects. We can innovate, invent, learn, and improve. I believe that that is something worth thinking about, even if Ehrlich does not. ~ Craig Kenneth Bryant
Some examples of his legacy:
Jeff Hoffman, environmental attorney, wrote on grist.org, “Malaria was actually a natural population control, and DDT has caused a massive population explosion in some places where it has eradicated malaria. More fundamentally, why should humans get priority over other forms of life? . . . I don’t see any respect for mosquitos in these posts.”
“... Alexander King, co-founder of the Club of Rome, said, “In Guyana, within almost two years, it [DDT] had almost eliminated malaria, but at the same time, the birth rate had doubled. So my chief quarrel with DDT in hindsight is that it greatly added to the population problem.” [Because it saved lives]. bttt
Well of course!
To the tree-huggers, humans are the problem.
And we, the baby-boomers, bought into their silly fears of overpopulation.
So now we “need” immigrants to fill U.S. jobs...
Don’t these left-leaning types also love the concept of Social Security. Don’t they realize that the Social Security scheme depends on an ever-increasing population to stay afloat?
Anyone who seriously believes that humans are a problem and have overpopulated the world needs to off themselves ASAP, otherwise they aren’t sincere. The “other guy” shouldn’t have to die for your misguided beliefs.
Check out this group:
don’t bother the elite effete snobs with facts BTW-more doobies for me.
BTW, Bob Godwin has posted a killer column on his blog today, which I've posted on FR here.
Texas “Doomsday Ecologist” Calls for 90% of Humans to be Wiped out with Ebola Virus
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/06040306.html
I’m glad you posted it. I had read it earlier this afternoon. Love it! bttt
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