THE NEXT ADDED 100 MILLION AMERICANS: PART 17

By Frosty Wooldridge, www.newswithviews.com

January 23, 2007

THE NEXT ADDED 100 MILLION AMERICANS

Part 17: Selected growth fallacies

By Frosty Wooldridge

How did we wander into this “growth at all costs” trap? How could educated and rational leaders cheer unending Gross National Product? At what point does the stock market explode through the ceiling and why do we cheer its continuous growth? That’s like cheering a 450 pound 5’10” man into eating a truck load of ice cream so he might “grow” to 500 pounds. Once he reaches 500, pro-growth advocates would cheer him on to 600, 700 and 800 pounds.

As America adds the next 100 million people by 2040, how will cities like Los Angeles survive its projected 20 million added people? How will California grow crops with dwindling farmland and water? How will drivers deal with adding another 15 to 20 million cars and trucks onto their gridlocked highways of 2007? How will LAX and Ontario airports deal with more air traffic? How about the horrific air pollution generated by millions of cars, homes, schools, factories and farms?

In his book, “COLLAPSE: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed,” Pulitzer Prize winning author Jared Diamond illustrated how great civilizations dismantled their own sustainability. On tiny Easter Island, humans ignored nature, cut down all the trees, built 50 ton rock monuments and died of overpopulation via starvation. Today, we’re faced with the same dilemmas Rome, Anasazi, Mayans, present day Rwanda and other vanished civilizations discovered.

As our numbers grow, America and most of the Western world will battle for remaining resources. It’s already a nightmare of epic proportions in India, China and Bangladesh. What ties my brain in knots stems from the most powerful leaders in the world ignoring this human situation on every front.

Bush thinks if we study global warming more, or ignore it further, perhaps it will vanish. If he pretends we don’t have 3.5 million homeless in America, maybe they will fade into the woodwork. If we disregard our water crisis in the American West, surely, adding 30, 40 or 50 million people to Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico won’t be a problem.

However, as Herman E. Daly, author of “Steady State Economics” said, “If you’ve eaten poison, you must get rid of the substances that are making you ill. Let us then, apply the stomach pump to the doctrines of economic growth that we have been forced-fed for decades.”

He makes a point I consider critical in this debate: “We cannot have too many people alive simultaneously lest we destroy carrying capacity and thereby reduce the number of lives possible in all subsequent time periods.”

Let’s face it, capitalism, for all it brings us in wealth—also destroys our supporting environment at a sickening pace. Capitalism’s voracious drive for production and consumption knows no bounds. If allowed, it would, like a cancer cell, multiply production until it kills its host.

Daly states, “Environmental degradation is an iatrogenic disease induced by physicians (pro-growth advocates) who attempt to treat the sickness with unlimited wants by prescribing unlimited production. We do not cure a treatment-induced disease by increasing the treatment dosage.”

What does that mean? You can’t keep red-lining a four cylinder engine with limited horsepower to make it rev up forever in order to create more energy. You will, in the end, blow up the engine just as you would kill a horse by overloading the wagon it’s pulling.

As the economist Tobin wrote, “The prevailing standard model of growth assumes that there are no limits on the expanding of supplies of nonhuman agents of production. It is a two-factor model in which production depends only on labor and reproducible capital. Land and resources, the third member of the triad, have been dropped.”

In other words, ignored as a factor in GNP! That’s like ignoring that our 500 pound friend has reached 600 pounds and can no longer walk because he’s too fat to get onto his feet.

As Daly said, “Current economic growth has uncoupled itself from the world and has become irrelevant. Worse, it has become a blind guide.”

If we bet the house on growing our population by adding 100 million and then, another 100 million, what if the hypothesis that technology will save us turns out wrong? We bet now by adding 100 million and our children in 30 years reap the whirlwind of a lost wager.

Will you please note that as our population increases toward adding 100 million in three decades, every aspect of the first 16 parts of this series accelerates commensurately? Once manifested, there’s no escape for any of us.

As Diamond illustrates in former collapsed civilizations, choices could have been made to create a sustained long term society, but weren’t. Looking at China and India today, as well as having traveled through them, I see history repeating itself. India maintains no National Population Policy while expected to grow from 1.1 billion to 1.55 billion by 2050. While China forces one child families, they still expect to grow from 1.3 billion to 1.5 billion. Bangladesh, at 129 million in a landmass the size of Ohio, continues growing at breakneck speed. All three countries face crippling environmental dilemmas and human suffering on a scale we can’t imagine.

That brings me to America’s predicament. Of the next added 100 million people, fully 67 million will be immigrants from Third World countries. What they bring with them are age old rituals, mores and birth rates.

In my air travel to Seattle, Washington, I talked to my cab driver from Bangladesh who had immigrated to the USA in 1990. I asked him about his country’s population. He said it sickened him so much that he would not go back. I asked him why? He said his Muslim religion encouraged every woman to have as many children as possible. I noted that his country exceeded its carrying capacity and that such massive population overload would destroy any hope of ‘quality of life’ and decent ‘standard of living.’

“Why not practice family planning?” I asked.

“It would go against Allah’s wishes,” he said.

“But it creates such human misery,” I said.

“One must not go against Allah’s wishes,” he replied.

“How many kids do you have?” I asked, in frustration.

“Seven with one on the way,” he said, proudly.

“How many do you expect to have?” I asked, calmly.

“That is for Allah to decide,” he said.

Having lived in America for 12 years, this man had not made the connection concerning quality of life and number of children. Having been influenced by America’s educational system, he was as out of touch with reality as if he remained in Bangladesh. His story stands as a glaring example why Third World immigrants continue large families of five to 10 when they immigrate to First World countries.

In May 2006, via SB 2611, our U.S. Senate voted to change legal immigration from 1.0 million to 2.0 million annually, increase chain migration and work visas. With the new Democratic Congress majority, it will pass and we will become the receiving ground for 67 million immigrants.

Therein results in our grave dilemma for adding 100 million people in 33 years—if the low estimate holds. The higher estimate exceeds 143 million.

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What YOU can do for a better future for your country:

YOU can make a difference, really!

The United States is a fragile Republic. A republican form of government is not a spectator sport. It means you must jump in, roll up you sleeves and take personal and collective action. Of course, there are other options; you could let a dictator take over and do everything for you, but that path would give you Cuba, China, North Korea and other unsavory examples.

Get smart. To stop this invasion locally and nationally: join (http://www.numbersusa.com) for free and you can join (http://www.fairus.org) and (http://www.thesocialcontract.com)

For readers of this column, I present you with an opportunity: If you appreciate the gravity of what this nation faces by adding 100 million people in 33 years, please write me with ideas and/or producers on television who might interview me. I need phone numbers, emails and addresses of TV/radio and newsprint leaders across the country. I will speak on behalf of all Americans and expose to the general public what this nation faces if we continue on this overpopulation path. Write me at frostyw@juno.com with your ideas.

To stop Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid from giving a blanket amnesty to 30 million law-breakers, we MUST take action. Call for a full 10 year moratorium on ALL immigration. We need time to secure our borders (build attractive, tall-humane physical fences, PLUS virtual fences) and to get our house in order. THIS IS URGENT ! During the most recent 12-month period, we were joined by nearly 2 million legal immigrants PLUS more than 3 to as many as 6 million illegal aliens. The “official” numbers are grossly, intentionally understated by the Department of Commerce (Census Bureau)… to fool you.

CALL NANCY PELOSI

Washington, DC - (202) 225-4965

San Francisco, CA - (415) 556-4862

EMAIL NANCY PELOSI sf.nancy@mail.house.gov

EMAIL FORM FOR NANCY PELOSI (http://www.house.gov/pelosi/contact/contact.html)

If you are out of her district, you can still make your feelings heard:

Americanvoices@mail.house.gov

Senator Harry Reid

202-224-3121 in Washington DC

775-686-5750 in Reno, NV (http://www.reid.senate.gov)

George Bush

1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20500

comments@whitehouse.gov

Comments: 202-456-1111

Switchboard for live listener: 202 456 1414

Fax: 202-456-2461

We must 'sour the milk.’ Bring out your points in the call:

1. America cannot support another 100 million people added to our country in 34 years, i.e., water crisis, resource depletion, air pollution, gridlock, loss of quality of life, etc.

2. America cannot support lawbreakers being given citizenship.

3. America must maintain our English language as primary, period.

4. America wants only legal immigrants who play by the rules, and speak English.

5. America's working poor deserve a chance at jobs taken by illegals.

6. America already has too many people. I support a 10 year moratorium on all immigration.

7. Americans must maintain our high-quality public schools for our children.

8. We can no longer tolerate 350,000 or more expensive birthright citizens (anchor babies) annually, that subtract from our own citizens.

9. Voluntary repatriation is a great thing; Attrition through enforcement by stopping their ability to wire money home, obtain rental housing and jobs will encourage early departure.

10. An amnesty failed in 1986 (gave more than 3 million carte Blanc citizenship), and it will only be worse today (as proposed, SB-2611 will give citizenship to 30 million). We're being displaced out of our jobs and out of our own country.

Call your elected leaders with relentless and never-give-up passion.

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To stop illegal aliens in your community, you may follow the course of action taken by Mayor Louis Barletta of Hazelton, PA. He offers a bomb-proof ordinance that takes business licenses away from those who hire illegals. He legally halts landlords from renting to illegals. Without work and without housing, illegals cannot stay in your community. Check out his web site for instructions: SmallTownDefenders.com

Visit D.A. King at the (http://www.thedustininmansociety.org) to see how Georgia created the most effective laws to stop illegals at the state level.

Please check out William Gheen at (http://www.alipac.us.) He’s a mover and shaker. He will direct you to specific actions that make you more powerful and impactful.

Frosty Wooldridge presents a 45 minute program to colleges, high schools, civic clubs, church groups and political clubs across America titled: “COMING POPULATION CRISIS IN AMERICA: WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.” Go to his website for further information on booking the program. (http://www.frostywooldridge.com)

Would you like to support the PRR? Send donations to: 21st Century Paul Revere Ride at POB 207, Louisville, CO 80027. (http://www.21stCenturyPaulRevereRide.us;)

Check out (http://www.populationmedia.org) for an exciting method for creating overpopulation awareness in Third World countries. Their prime directive works with the media in order to educate and activate leaders and women worldwide.

Whether we like it or not, global warming is upon us. We can take action to correct it. Please join (http://www.stopglobalwarming.org) for up to the minute information and action items.

Awareness Campaign web site, (http://www.mcs-global.org,) which is purely to help save and protect human health and environmental health globally. Diana Buckland is founder and global coordinator at diana@mcs-global.org or dbucklan@bigpond.net.au. Diana makes impact all over the world by alerting everyone about chemical sensitivities caused by poisons sprayed, injected and applied to our crops and elsewhere.

From Part 5 of this series, “Destroying our oceans”, if you would like to become involved please refer to (http://www.savetheoceans.org) for a first rate lesson on how to take action in order to cleanse our oceans, restock our fish population, move toward recycling and cleanup of our world’s most important living resource. Watch shows on PBS that expose where we threw two million tires into the waters off the East Coast and all the damage those tires are doing to marine life. You’ll find out what you can do to have them raised from the deep. Additionally, check out (http://www.greenpeace.org) for actions at the national and international levels.

You’re invited: I am writing in request to invite you to participate at our March for America National Rally. March for America National Rally will be held June 14th, 15th and 16th 2007, over Flag Day weekend. Key location will be at our Nations capital in Washington D.C., as well as State Capitals nationwide. This event is part of a truly grassroots nationwide movement of the American people known as Let Freedom Ring America. Sincerely, Melissa Gardner, March for America co chair 916-339-3167 jimneycrkit@sbcglobal.net

To make visual impact: Additionally, we have 300 remaining Paul Revere Ride T-shirts left that feature: “Stop Illegal Immigration” on the front and the very cool “21st Century Paul Revere Ride” logo on the back with web sites. State your size.

$15.00 per shirt includes shipping.

PRR, POB 207, Louisville, CO 80027

You can also learn from and assist like-minded folks; (http://www.carryingcapacity.org;) (http://www.numbersusa.com;) (http://www.wakeupamericaUSA.com.)

Check out (http://www.alipac.us) 1-866-329 3999; (http://www.theamericanresistance.com;) (http://www.ccir.net;) (http://www.theByteShow.com;) (http://www.projectusa.org;) (http://www.borderguardians.org;) (http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.com;) (http://www.mothersagainstillegalaliens.org;) (http://www.unitedpatriotsofamerica.com;) (http://www.unitedstates.fm;) (http://www.worldfreedomtour.info;) (http://www.TiANews.com) (http://www.victimsofillegalaliens.org;) (http://www.pacinlaw.org;)

USBorderAlert.com;

SanDiegoBorderAlert.com; (http://www.LaurieRothShow.com)

On April 1, 2007, the Paul Revere Riders will again ride to stop the illegal invasion and accompany Arizona long haul truckers and motorcyclists in a freedom border ride to block illegal aliens from crossing our borders. We invite all veterans, truckers and bikers to join us. Contact Rusty Childress at (http://www.immigrationbuzz.com) and (http://www.americanfreedomriders.com) for further information. Please write with your ideas on what to name the ride.

Frosty’s published books include:

"HANDBOOK FOR TOURING BICYCLISTS";

“STRIKE THREE! TAKE YOUR BASE” ;

“IMMIGRATION’S UNARMED INVASION: DEADLY CONSEQUENCES” ;

“MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURE TO ALASKA:

INTO THE WIND— A TEEN NOVEL” ;

“BICYCLING AROUND THE WORLD: TIRE TRACKS FOR YOUR IMAGINATION”;

“AN EXTREME ENCOUNTER: ANTARCTICA”.

His next book: “TILTING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY INTO A SWAMP”.

Frosty lives in Denver, Colorado.

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