"Bipartisanship is another name for date rape" Grover Norquist
For those who are not news and political junkies, Grover Norquist is a Republican guru and activist. His statement above, quoted in the Denver Post, is likely to be taken literall
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So, what exactly is the problem?
Fri, Dec 1st, 2006
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Ho-hum. Another dire warning about the impending crises and calamities to be visited on us because of "overpopulation." Let's see, how many unfulfilled warnings does that make in the past century or two? I would guess that Herb Panko's makes somewhere around the 300 millionth. I wonder - is anyone going to raise the alarm bells about the overabundance of dire and unfulfilled warnings on overpopulation?
Mr. Panko's article two weeks ago was full of alarm, but not much fact. Indeed, he cited not one bad consequence that will result from the U.S. population's increase. However for him and his ZPG (Zero Population Growth) cohorts, the mere fact that the population is increasing is cause for alarm.
But why? Are people unemployed? The unemployment rate is around 4.5 percent, which is pretty average. Are people starving? The FDA just reported a decrease in the number of hungry people in the U.S. There's even an overabundance of food; ag yields have never been higher, and crop prices remain depressed. The environment? Sure, there's a fuss about global warming, but air and water are actually getting cleaner. (When was the last time you heard about a lake catching fire?) How about overcrowding? Look at a world population density map and you'll see that the U.S. is nowhere near as dense as Europe or Asia. In fact, half of the U.S. population lives within 50 miles of the coasts. Unrest and riots because of dense populations? Can't say that I've heard of those in any major U.S. city in the last 35 years.
Mr. Panko cites the Europeans as a model to follow. But with their population levels well below replacement and falling, Europeans are scrambling. Their pension systems are failing because they can't keep up with payments to their retirees since there aren't enough younger workers to pay into the pension system. France and Russia are practically begging their citizens to have more children and France is even providing subsidies to the tune of around $10,000 a year for couples who have more than two children. And as their native populations decrease, there's an increase in Muslims who move in and let's just say that France's experience with that hasn't been the most peaceful.
What about Japan? Its population shrank by 21,000 last year. The government is obviously not committed to population growth and they don't allow immigration, so they're trying to manage the rapidly descending population. But one can only manage so much. If a country .....
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Mr. Panko's article two weeks ago was full of alarm, but not much fact. Indeed, he cited not one bad consequence that will result from the U.S. population's increase. However for him and his ZPG (Zero Population Growth) cohorts, the mere fact that the population is increasing is cause for alarm.
But why? Are people unemployed? The unemployment rate is around 4.5 percent, which is pretty average. Are people starving? The FDA just reported a decrease in the number of hungry people in the U.S. There's even an overabundance of food; ag yields have never been higher, and crop prices remain depressed. The environment? Sure, there's a fuss about global warming, but air and water are actually getting cleaner. (When was the last time you heard about a lake catching fire?) How about overcrowding? Look at a world population density map and you'll see that the U.S. is nowhere near as dense as Europe or Asia. In fact, half of the U.S. population lives within 50 miles of the coasts. Unrest and riots because of dense populations? Can't say that I've heard of those in any major U.S. city in the last 35 years.
Mr. Panko cites the Europeans as a model to follow. But with their population levels well below replacement and falling, Europeans are scrambling. Their pension systems are failing because they can't keep up with payments to their retirees since there aren't enough younger workers to pay into the pension system. France and Russia are practically begging their citizens to have more children and France is even providing subsidies to the tune of around $10,000 a year for couples who have more than two children. And as their native populations decrease, there's an increase in Muslims who move in and let's just say that France's experience with that hasn't been the most peaceful.
What about Japan? Its population shrank by 21,000 last year. The government is obviously not committed to population growth and they don't allow immigration, so they're trying to manage the rapidly descending population. But one can only manage so much. If a country .....
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The U.S. impending population crisis
Fri, Nov 17th, 2006
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Recently we were informed that the U.S. population had just reached the 300 million mark. The announcement was made by most media outlets with little detectable alarm. It was stated as a matter-of-fact occurrence and supplemented with various popula
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Coup d' etat
Fri, Nov 10th, 2006
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When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty. Thomas Jefferson
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"Stay-the-course" is no longer official line on Iraq
Fri, Oct 27th, 2006
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A few short weeks before Americans go to the polls, the administration is making a significant policy change on Iraq: the president will no longer use the words stay-the-course.
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Gil's running on empty
Fri, Oct 20th, 2006
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If you take Gil Gutknecht's latest campaign ad at face value, immigration is the most important issue facing America on November 7. And Gil wants you to believe that Señor Tim Walz is muy soft on border issues and illegal immigrants.
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"PIG" as a basis for campaigning
Fri, Oct 13th, 2006
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It occurs to me that almost all incumbents rely on "pig". It stands for Pork, Incumbency, and Greed in my political lexicon. When I hear an incumbent running on these "principles" it turns me off quickly. This is true whether it is a local, state, o
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Bush the Elder
Fri, Sep 22nd, 2006
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George Walker Bush, also known as Bush the Younger, Bush the Lesser and Bush the Minor, a Texas cowboy who likes to speak to a "higher father," should not be confused with his real-life dad, George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president.
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It's time to clean house
Fri, Aug 25th, 2006
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Regime change begins at home, I say. That's why I am not voting for Gil Gutknecht or Mark Kennedy in November. I'll vote for Donald Duck, the town drunk, my dead uncle, or T.C. the Twins mascot before I will vote for either of these incumbents. I mi
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