Posted on 07/16/2009 6:10:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Forced abortions. Mass sterilization. A "Planetary Regime" with the power of life and death over American citizens.
The tyrannical fantasies of a madman? Or merely the opinions of the person now in control of science policy in the United States? Or both?
These ideas (among many other equally horrifying recommendations) were put forth by John Holdren, whom Barack Obama has recently appointed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology -- informally known as the United States' Science Czar. In a book Holdren co-authored in 1977, the man now firmly in control of science policy in this country wrote that:
• Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not; • The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation's drinking water or in food; • Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise; • People who "contribute to social deterioration" (i.e. undesirables) "can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility" -- in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized. • A transnational "Planetary Regime" should assume control of the global economy and also dictate the most intimate details of Americans' lives -- using an armed international police force.
Impossible, you say? That must be an exaggeration or a hoax. No one in their right mind would say such things.
Well, I hate to break the news to you, but it is no hoax, no exaggeration. John Holdren really did say those things, and this report contains the proof. Below you will find photographs, scans, and transcriptions of pages in the book Ecoscience, co-authored in 1977 by John Holdren and his close colleagues Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich. The scans and photos are provided to supply conclusive evidence that the words attributed to Holdren are unaltered and accurately transcribed.
[UPDATE: Make sure to read the new statements issued by the White House and by John Holdren's office in response to the controversy raised by this essay -- you can see them below following the Ecoscience excerpts, or you can jump directly to the statements by clicking here.]
This report was originally inspired by this article in FrontPage magazine, which covers some of the same information given here. But that article, although it contained many shocking quotes from John Holdren, failed to make much of an impact on public opinion. Why not? Because, as I discovered when discussing the article with various friends, there was no proof that the quotes were accurate -- so most folks (even those opposed to Obama's policies) doubted their veracity, because the statements seemed too inflammatory to be true. In the modern era, it seems, journalists have lost all credibility, and so are presumed to be lying or exaggerating unless solid evidence is offered to back up the claims. Well, this report contains that evidence.
Of course, Holdren wrote these things in the framework of a book he co-authored about what he imagined at the time (late 1970s) was an apocalyptic crisis facing mankind: overpopulation. He felt extreme measures would be required to combat an extreme problem. Whether or not you think this provides him a valid "excuse" for having descended into a totalitarian fantasy is up to you: personally, I don't think it's a valid excuse at all, since the crisis he was in a panic over was mostly in his imagination. Totalitarian regimes and unhinged people almost always have what seems internally like a reasonable justification for actions which to the outside world seem incomprehensible.
Direct quotes from John Holdren's Ecoscience
Below you will find a series of ten short passages from Ecoscience. On the left in each case is a scanned image taken directly from the pages of the book itself; on the right is an exact transcription of each passage, with noteworthy sections highlighted. Below each quote is a short analysis by me.
Following these short quotes, I take a "step back" and provide the full extended passages from which each of the shorter quotes were excerpted, to provide the full context.
And at the bottom of this report, I provide untouched scans (and photos) of the full pages from which all of these passages were taken, to quash any doubts anyone might have that these are absolutely real, and to forestall any claims that the quotes were taken "out of context."
Ready? Brace yourself. And prepare to be shocked.
As noted in the FrontPage article cited above, Holdren "hides behind the passive voice" in this passage, by saying "it has been concluded." Really? By whom? By the authors of the book, that's whom. What Holdren's really saying here is, "I have determined that there's nothing unconstitutional about laws which would force women to abort their babies." And as we will see later, although Holdren bemoans the fact that most people think there's no need for such laws, he and his co-authors believe that the population crisis is so severe that the time has indeed come for "compulsory population-control laws." In fact, they spend the entire book arguing that "the population crisis" has already become "sufficiently severe to endanger the society."
CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE REST AND SCANNED SAMPLES OF THE PAGES OF HIS BOOK
Holdren is a discredited nut. Which is why Obama picked him I guess.
Thanks for posting this. It seems that most folks I talk to don’t know anything about this guy’s views.
Query: Where did the swine flu really come from? If it has mutated into a stronger form, why? Can anyone doubt that a Science Czar who would carry out mandatory abortions and sterilizations, would also decide to reduce the population with a genetically modified virus? Why not? Don’t Prince Charles, Al Gore, et al say we only have 96 months left to save the planet?
If Holdren believes that, why wouldn’t he start to work on the “Final Solution” in one form or another? He’s an all powerful science Czar, after all, even Congress can’t impeach him. I’d like to see proof he is not behind the Swine Flu. Wouldn’t you?
The Catholic News Agency also reported on July 15 ( see here : http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16560 )
In Tuesday e-mails to CNA, Rick Weiss, the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Director of Strategic Communications, said the material at issue was from “a three-decade-old, three-author textbook used in colleges to teach energy policy.”
He could “easily dismiss” fears that Dr. Holdren favors government control over population growth.
“He made that quite clear in his confirmation hearing,” Weiss said.
He then quoted a section of the confirmation transcript in which Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) asked Holdren whether he thinks “determining optimal population is a proper role of government.”
“No, Senator, I do not,” was Holdren’s reply, according to Weiss and a transcript of the proceedings.
In other remarks at the confirmation hearing, not cited by Weiss, Holdren told Sen. Vitter he no longer thinks it is “productive” to focus on the “optimum population” for the United States. “I don’t think any of us know what the right answer is.”
According to Weiss, Holdren “made clear that he did not believe in coercive means of population control” and is not an advocate for measures expressed in the book “and they are certainly not endorsed by this administration in any way.”
Weiss also provided CNA with a statement from the book’s other two authors, Paul and Anne Ehrlich.
The Ehrlichs said they had been “shocked” at what they called the “serious misrepresentation” of their and Holdren’s views.
“We were not then, never have been, and are not now ‘advocates’ of the Draconian measures for population limitation described — but not recommended — in the book’s 60-plus small-type pages cataloging the full spectrum of population policies that, at the time, had either been tried in some country or analyzed by some commentator.”
Describing “Ecoscience” as a “textbook,” they said its descriptions can be “misrepresented as endorsement.”
A discredited nut and a liar. He fits right in.
Well, According to this article by Amanda Carpenter in the Washington Times, Holdren and his co-authors have now distanced themselves from the words published in Ecoscience 32 years ago. From the article:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/15/hot-button-40981162/
When asked whether Mr. Holdren’s thoughts on population control have changed over the years, his staff gave The Washington Times a statement that said, “This material is from a three-decade-old, three-author college textbook. Dr. Holdren addressed this issue during his confirmation when he said he does not believe that determining optimal population is a proper role of government. Dr. Holdren is not and never has been an advocate for policies of forced sterilization.”
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The White House also passed along a statement from the Ehrlichs that said, in part, “anybody who actually wants to know what we and/or Professor Holdren believe and recommend about these matters would presumably read some of the dozens of publications that we and he separately have produced in more recent times, rather than going back a third of a century to find some formulations in an encyclopedic textbook where description can be misrepresented as endorsement.”
Tell him to take it to Africa,the Mideast, the third World where Islam dominates...heck even France where the Muslims are happy in their new homes having families of 9 children.
America and the old france have already dropped below the Nuclear family and are thus being displaced at an alarming rate. Basically all the old G7 are going through the same thing.... displacement.
This guy is an ill-informed, miss-informed crackpot experimenting in the destruction of the greatest country in the world hand in hand with Barry-oh.
I just thought these assertions from Obama Science Czarina should be repeated.
yitbos
Cuckoo, cuckoo.....
What’s to stop us from embarking upon a “Brave New World”/”This Perfect Day” experiment?
The Constitution?
Not really.
The people we choose to elect, time, and moral inertia. That’s all.
“One such extreme option includes shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun’s rays. Holdren said such an experimental measure would only be used as a last resort”
Gentlemen, we have the technology. The time is now. We can, must, and will blow up the sun.
I would LOL if these assholes weren’t so dangerous.
But you did get a fair sized grin.
“Thanks for posting this. It seems that most folks I talk to don’t know anything about this guy’s views.”
Sadly, two thirds of the US population has no clue about ANYTHING, as witnessed by the election of a Marxist, and maybe even an illegal immigrant, for POTUS.
The USA is being destroyed at breathtaking speed by
Obama and his zars.
I wish I would wake up one morning and find that the days since the election have all been a bad dream. Every moment there is something else coming from the White House that is totally unbelievable to be happening in what was once a moral, free, and God-loving country.
Newt Gingrich said tonight on Sean’s program that he has talked with business leaders who are simply in SHOCK at what is coming out of this White House and Congress.....viz a viz the Cap and Trade and Healtcare disasters.
But the damage coming out and being done is much much worse than even these shocked business leaders can imagine....if Zero has taken this lunatic and put him in as Science Czar.
Heil Hitler, Zero! You shall have your dream world and a nightmare it will be for the rest of us.
This has been the elitist point of view for decades.
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