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yep - it's the Catholics fault.

Well thought out, Charles- should we implement the Chinese model of population control? Jail the miscreants that produce more than a number that you and other "academics" dictate?
The entire population of the earth could live comfortably in Texas. How soon do you wish America to transition into nothingness with negative population growth.

This is just a latter phase policy of the new green Marxism/communism.

Hey, give the guy credit to acknowledge that the earth heats/cools naturally and that algore isn't the one who discovered this phenomenon (nor did he invent the Internet, but he did invent the "hanging chad").

Population is decreasing in France, Italy, Russia and other countries, raising alarm with their governments.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0418/p06s02-woeu.html

It is rising in 3rd World countries, what are we going to do, blame them?

Mr. Ellis if you put the entire population of the world in the state of Texas you would have a population density of over 22,000 people per sq/mi. That is based on 6 billion/261,797 sq/mi. If you think that is "comfortable" then please feel free to move to New York anytime this underpopulated city of Greensboro no longer suits you. Until then, stop spouting useless hypothetical garbage.

I have noted recently that I have seen or heard several references to warnings that people are the biggest threat to the planet, and the number of people on the planet need to be reduced for the good of the planet.

Mr. Scott suggests global birth control as the answer, but some are going further by advocating abortion and sterilization as the answer. Below is a link to a recent article that appeared that addresses this new twist to the global warming agenda.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=495495&in_page_id=1879

Personally, I see this radical attitude to be just a reflection of a self-centered society. It's not selfish to have children, as that is the natural order of life, but rather it's selfish to abort a baby because it might inconvenience you or disturb your lifestyle.

Al Gore didn't invent the Internet BUT he did invent Global Warming!

Mr. Scott at least acknowledges this fact. The news to me idea about controlling population....well it is a fact that several technology advanced countries are having a population reduction....The US is excluded from these statistics due to the lax in our immigration borders and policies!

We moved to Guilford County in 2003 and the Stats that I researched on population growth showed that Guilford County would have had a ZERO population growth (based on in county births) for the year of 2002 if it were not for the non-citizen births!

So at least for the US.....if we want to control the population "growth" we need to first control the illegal immigration!

Amazing article ORR. Here is the one sentence that jumped off my screen:

"I didn't like having a termination, but it would have been immoral to give birth to a child that I felt strongly would only be a burden to the world."

If someone feels so strongly that humans are burden to the world I wonder why they don't just kill themselves?

algore didn't invent global warming, he invented the hype

I believe that the Earth is already overpopulated, but I don't advocate jailing anyone who has a large family as was sarcastically suggested by a previous writer.

If we prioritize women's rights worldwide, we will find that the overall population will decrease over time. (Women's rights include ALL aspects of family planning.)

Charles Scott is right on the money. He, and all the global warning alarmists, and even the few liberals who are not taken in by the "we're destroying the planet' hoax, should immediately stop breeding. It's too late for us, but least future generations will live in a country free of insane lunatics!

More sarcasm from the Right. I expect as much.

It seems pretty obvious to me. I can fill a glass of water until it overflows. I can stuff only so much sleeping bag into a stuff sack. The planet can only handle a certain amount of people.

Is that a hoax? Is it communist/Marxist to think like that?

"I believe that the Earth is already overpopulated, but I don't advocate jailing anyone who has a large family as was sarcastically suggested by a previous writer."

Perhaps jailing is sarcastic Alan, but how about stiff penalties and forced abortions? Is that a prioritization of "women's rights" that you advocate?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/07/30/wchi30.xml

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=3LPISLXSCQNDRQFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2001/08/05/wchin05.xml

If you believe the earth is overpopulated, what is the ideal population in your mind? How do we specifically get to that level and what specifically does prioritizing womens rights mean?

"prioritizing womens rights " = adding to the 41 million plus children that have already been murdered as a means to control population growth.

hey rockefeller,
maybe "radical" saddam was just helping control global warming?

the verdicts are upheld and confirmed by Iraq’s presidential council, the convicted men must be executed within thirty days. Meanwhile, Saddam is standing trial in another case related to the 1988 “al-Anfal” (the spoils) campaign against Iraqi Kurds, who opposed his brutal regime. Approximately 4,000 villages were destroyed and 180,000 Kurds liquidated in a series of mass murders designed to break down all resistance to his dictatorship.

Saddam did not calmly accept his verdict. He screamed at the presiding judge, “Go to hell, you and the court!” and cynically chanted, “Allahu Akbar,” (God is great) to pander to radical Muslims viewing the televised proceedings. Yet this serial mass murderer killed over half a million of his own countrymen (by conservative estimates) during his reign of terror and several hundred thousand more Iranians and Kuwaitis while invading his neighbors. This makes him responsible for the deaths of more Muslims than any single leader since the Mongol hordes invaded the Middle East in the 13th century.

Saddam’s legacy persists in Iraq’s bloody insurgency, which is dominated by a loose alliance of his Baathist followers, Sunni Arab tribes, and Islamic radicals. Bringing Saddam to justice was an important accomplishment of the American intervention in Iraq. But to safeguard Iraq’s future, the United States must help Iraq’s elected government to defeat the insurgents that continue to murder innocent Iraqis and American troops in Saddam’s name.

James Phillips is Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation.

I agree with your definition Neo but wanted to see Alan's. Prioritizing womens rights = aspects of family planning = abortion on demand imo, but still want to see Alan's definition.

Dan,

I'm sure that is what it means.

As a man, my rights should include the ability to protect my unborn child from being murdered at a 'doctor's' hands.

The lte is right on most all fronts.

Now let's see him work out the details.............

If we must "control the population," let's do away with Mr. Scott first.

What a bastard!

HEY lilbean !! You responded. Miracle.

Saddam = Bad Guy? No doubt.

Al-Anfal .. you cite a BIG number, Babe (180,000 Kurds liquidated). Even Human Rights Watch - known for counting every fingernail puts the nomber at about half that .. but regardless.. it was as you stated '"about resistance to his dictatorship" .. not Islam-Fascism (what-ever that is, but a line you have surely swallowed).

Hey you swallow?

"Killed over half a million of his own countrymen" .. Ok I'll accept that .. How many did PolPot kill? How about the currrent ..TRUE ISLAMIC WACKOS in the Sudan? Prob' close to that number .. and still going on. Wnd what have we heard abour that? (silence)

"[Saddam more] responsible for the deaths of more Muslims than any single leader since the Mongol hordes invaded the Middle East in the 13th century." surely you jest - are you discounting Stalin? Rwanda? still-going-on Darfur?

The silence is deafening.

So his legacy persists? More news baby .. "Iraq’s bloody insurgency" has very little to do with Saddam. yea yea "a loose alliance of his Baathist followers" .. but NOTHING to do with Sunni tribes or Islamic Radicals.

At least Mr. Scott should applaud the casualty numbers you cite JDR, reduced population = reduced global warming ;-)

... a separate subject, Dan, that lilbean chose to drag here .. hey whom am I to argue!

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btw - I'm all for the "Mongol hordes invaded the Middle East in the 13th century." ... here's an interesting read:

http://www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Making-Modern-World/dp/0609809644/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196123797&sr=8-1

Dan,

To answer your question about population size, I was listening to a radio talk show not long ago, and a representative of Greenpeace said that the population of the Earth is 5 billion, and the ideal size would be 1 billion. He said that too many people was ruining the planet, but he didn't say what we were supposed to do with the extra 4 billion people.

These people who advocate that there are too many people don't have any solutions. He even compared the Vietnamese people to locust because of their behavior. It's elitist people on the left who are the greatest danger on the planet. It's not going to be long before these eco-activists, animal rights activist, etc. start to act on their beliefs (fears?). Now, that is going to be a hazard to our health.

Amazing and amusing how these threads can change subjects; 21st century global warming to 13th century Mongol hordes!! Who would have anticipated that?

"These people who advocate that there are too many people don't have any solutions."...

Au contraire:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2006/040406_b_depopulation.htm

For those who survive "prioritizing womens rights".

Well talk to lilbean, Dan - she brought up my personal hero. You want a learn how to improve the world using minimal government and capitalism? Ghengis Kahn.

if you're still there, little bean .. here's the thread:

http://blog.news-record.com/opinion/letters/archives/2007/11/bush_cheney_wage_war_for_corpo.shtml

Roger reminded us Saddam paid cash to the families of Terrorists ... but not as a part of any anti-American Fatah (since Israel is not the 51st state).

ORR:

Are you married? I assume you are a man. Does your wife have a job? Does she get paid comparable to what a man would?

First off - you probably do not know ('cause there's no easy way to find out) and second off, if she does, it's because 30 years ago some "elitist people on the left" pushed for a little equality. Ditto the 20 mpg you get in your SUV - eco-activists 30 years ago. I'll let the animal rights go, 'cause they are wacky - at least at the PETA level .. but you might want to learn more about the food chain .. it would help explain why your son is borderline obese. Now, that is a hazard to your health.

Hyperbole, TarHeel1977, hyperbole.