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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (495760)	7/16/2009 5:31:37 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573923

BIZARRE CZAR "Dr. John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy - better known as the 'science czar' - has been a longtime prophet of environmental catastrophes. Never discouraged but never right," Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi writes. "And thanks to resourceful bloggers, you can read excerpts from a hard-to-find book co-authored by Holdren in the late 1970s, called 'Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment,' online," Mr. Harsanyi said. "In it, you will find the czar wading into some unpleasant talk about mass sterilizations and abortions. "It's not surprising. Holdren spent the '70s boogying down to the vibes of an imaginary population catastrophe and global cooling. He also participated in the famous wager between scientist Paul Ehrlich, the now-discredited 'Population Bomb' theorist (and co-author of 'Ecoscience'), and economist Julian Simon, who believed human ingenuity would overcome demand. "Holdren was asked by Ehrlich to pick five natural resources that would experience shortages because of human consumption. He lost the bet on all counts, as the composite price index for the commodities he picked, including copper and chromium, fell by more than 40 percent. "Then again, it's one thing to be a bumbling soothsayer but quite another to underestimate the resourcefulness of mankind enough to ponder how 'population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution,' as Holdren did in 'Ecoscience' in 1977. "The book, in fact, is sprinkled with comparable statements that passively discuss how coercive population control methods might rescue the world from ... well, humans. "When I called Holdren's office, I was told that the czar 'does not now and never has been an advocate of compulsory abortions or other repressive measures to limit fertility.' "If that is so, I wondered, why is his name on a textbook that brought up such policy? Did he not write that part? Did he change his mind? Was it theoretical? No straightforward answer was forthcoming."

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (495760)	7/16/2009 5:44:17 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573923

JFShepard, > They are supposed to be a way of applying pressure on a particular country........See how well it worked on Cuba???? The Castros are blaming their economic hardships on America. So are Venezuela and North Korea. Iran is no different. "Blame America" has always been an effective rallying cry. Just ask liberals in this country. Even Obama going out of his way to kiss up to the Middle East isn't stopping Mahmoud Imanutjob. Tenchusatsu