Immigration and overpopulation in the United States

By Frosty Wooldridge

Last night, ABC’s Diane Sawyer reported on humanity reaching 7 billion people by the end of the month.  She said that the 7^th billion child, “…will probably be born in India.” 

No doubt that India, the fast growing country in the world at 12 million added net gain every year, expects to exceed China’s population within 40 years.  India faces 1.6 billion people.  China expects 1.5 billion by 2050.  The United States, the third fastest growing country via mass immigration, expects to add another 138 million by 2050. 

Yet, Diane Sawyer failed to mention a sentence of America’s population predicament. 

A long time friend of mine, Leon Kolankiewicz, senior writing fellow at www.capsweb.org , gave his own appreciation to me concerning overpopulation and the roll of immigration as it overwhelms the United States.

Population matters to Population Matters – and it should to all of us

“The United Nations has designated October 31^st, 2011 as the day on which the earth’s human population officially reaches 7 billion,” said Kolankiewicz.  “Around the world, the media’s image-hungry camera lenses will point and click en masse at a bawling baby chosen to symbolize this dubious milestone.

“It took our species Homo sapiens all of human history – tens of thousands of years – to reach its first billion in about 1830.  This seventh billion was added in just 12 years.  Unfortunately, all too many of our fellow human beings anachronistically continue to tout this as progress.  One would think we were still just a tiny cave-dwelling tribe struggling to master fire, invent a better spear-point, and keep marauding saber-toothed cats and dire wolves at bay.  Yet this unmistakable strain of triumphalism is manifest in a number of newspaper and magazine articles around the world celebrating the 7-billion event as a remarkable human achievement over the natural adversity and scarcity that once stymied our storied march to destiny and dominion. 

“The U.K.-based educational and activist group Population Matters also intends to mark October 31^st, but in a different manner, by calling attention to the “unsustainability of continuing population growth.” As Population Matters sees it, ongoing population growth places enormous and intensifying strains on the environment, as well as making efforts to address crucial long-term issues like biodiversity loss and climate change ever more difficult. 

“As celebrated documentary filmmaker Sir David Attenborough, a Population Matters patron, puts it, “All environmental problems become harder – and ultimately impossible – to solve with ever more people.”

“In order to reach hundreds of thousands of Londoners with this timely message, Population Matters intends to use electronic poster boards and on-platform projections in high-volume London Underground (subway or metro) stations.  These media will underscore the population challenge and invite people to join the campaign for a sustainable global population. 

“Population Matters marketing manager Matt Williams explains that, “We wanted to reach as many people as possible in a limited time and talk to them in an environment that itself highlights the problem of overpopulation, the overcrowded transport system.”

“Population Matters’ London Underground campaign is being supported by peer-to-peer activity across the city.  Local groups will use the opportunity to demonstrate how population growth adversely impacts people’s lives and makes the pursuit of sustainability ever more problematic.

“In a recent news release, Population Matters reminds us that humanity depends on “the world’s ecosystems and rich biodiversity for everything we need to exist, from the regulation of our atmosphere and the pollination of plants to the creation of important new medicines and crops.”  What biologists term biodiversity signifies the range and number of species and other taxa (genera, families, orders, etc.) as well as the genetic differences within given species.  Population growth diminishes biodiversity through development, encroachment, exploitation and pollution. 

“According to Population Matters chief executive Simon Ross, “The United Nations 7 billion day is a date no one should ignore. Everyone agrees that we need to find ways to create a sustainable world for future generations….Population Matters and other population concern organizations are calling for improved overseas aid for women’s education and family planning services to enable women to have more choice in career options and family formation.  Where people have choices, such as the UK, we are asking them to have ‘two or fewer’ children as part of a sustainable lifestyle.”

“In an odd sort of way, it is fitting that the designated 7 Billion Day falls on Halloween.  But whereas the frightful spectacles out and about on that night are merely fun and fake, the U.N.’s demographic projections – 9 billion of us by 2050 and 10 billion by 2085 – are truly frightening.

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Leon Kolankiewicz is a Senior Writing Fellow for Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) [email protected] or [email protected].

You may contact Gretchen Pfaff, Marketing Communications Director, Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS)1129 State Street, Suite 3D, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 564-6626

www.CAPSweb.org

Fast Fact: 61% of likely U.S. voters believe that a child born in the United States to a woman who is here illegally should not automatically become a U.S. citizen. — Rasmussen Reports

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In a five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video, “Immigration, Poverty, and Gum Balls”, Roy Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates the impact of overpopulation.  Take five minutes to see for yourself:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE&feature=player_embedded

“Immigration by the numbers—off the chart” by Roy Beck

This 10 minute demonstration shows Americans the results of unending mass immigration on the quality of life and sustainability for future generations: in a word “Mind boggling!”  www.NumbersUSA.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ

This is the best website to start:  www.numbersusa.org ; watch Roy Beck’s “Immigration by the Numbers” at 14 minutes. Bi-partisan and very effective. Become a faxer of pre-written letters to your reps to make positive  change.

Visit www.TheSocialContract.com for the best information on what we face as a civilization as to overpopulation, energy, immigration and much more.

Canada www.immigrationwatchcanada.org ; in Australia www.population.org.au and[email protected]; in Great Britain www.populationmatters.org ; and dozens of other sites accessed at www.frostywooldridge.com.   In Florida, www.flimen.org .

Must see DVD: “Blind Spot” www.snagfilms.com/films/title/blind_spot/ , This movie illustrates America’s future without oil, water and other resources to keep this civilization functioning. It’s a brilliant educational movie! www.blindspotdoc.com

Must see: Rapid Population Decline, seven minute video by Dr. Jack Alpert-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTWduFB_RX0

Must see and funny: www.growthbusters.org ; www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXSTrW_dARc
Dave Gardner’s Polar Bear in Bedroom:

growthbusters.org/2010/03/save-the-polar-bear-in-your-bedroom ; Dave Gardner, President, Citizen-Powered Media ; Producing the Documentary, GROWTH BUSTERS; presents Hooked on Growth: Our Misguided Quest for Prosperity, Join the cause at www.growthbusters.org ;760 Wycliffe Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 USA; +1 719-576-5565

Check out this link with Wooldridge on bicycle and Lester Brown and panel discussion:

www.upnorthmedia.org/watchupnorthtv.asp?SDBFid=1631

Tomorrow’s Americaproject on www.youtube.com/contemporarylearning.

Producer: GEORGE A. COLBURNwww.tomorrowsamerica.com

DC: 202-258-4887

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Link to www.tomorrowsamerica.com for more discussions on America’s predicament.

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Frosty Wooldridge has bicycled across six continents – from the Arctic to the South Pole – as well as six times across the USA, coast to coast and border to border. In 2005, he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. He presents “The Coming Population Crisis in America: and what you can do about it” to civic clubs, church groups, high schools and colleges. He works to bring about sensible world population balance at www.frostywooldridge.com He is the author of: America on the Brink: The Next Added 100 Million Americans. Copies available: 1 888 280 7715