tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post6145118530565620160..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: The Core Concept Behind the Assault on Your FreedomFerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-39957504134987396732014-09-23T08:55:56.058-07:002014-09-23T08:55:56.058-07:0054Maybe Americans should trade their green lawns f...54Maybe Americans should trade their green lawns for vegetable gardens? Suburban developments with the lawns use more fertilizer and water resources which would be better used for food production.<br /><br />"But history offers a glimmer of hope in the midst of this darkness...The more profound truth is that violence rarely has the final word." USATODAY - Christianity will live on in Iraq by David SkeelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-39169207079917136312014-09-19T13:30:49.858-07:002014-09-19T13:30:49.858-07:00The whole point of Ferfal's first book is that...The whole point of Ferfal's first book is that when an economy declines, large masses of desperate , dependent people can become dangerous enemies. Yes, good people, humane values and kindness abide to some extent. But those morals are an unaffordable luxury to a father with hungery children.<br /><br />Again: we are in a lifeboat. And there is nothing but absolute cold and vacuum for light years in all directions.Don Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-42924210793983625272014-09-19T12:16:35.341-07:002014-09-19T12:16:35.341-07:001) The 1932-33 Soviet famine did not just hit Ukra...1) The 1932-33 Soviet famine did not just hit Ukraine -- it hit large areas of the Soviet Union as well (Kazakhstan,etc) and would have hit Soviet cities as well if the food had not been confiscated from the farmers.<br /><br />2) Yes, the famine was partly due to the incompetence of Stalin -- and probably to his cruelty as well. And there was no excuse for wealthy, peacetime Victorian England letting Ireland starve.<br /><br />3) But thinking that our 7 billion population will be watched over, protected and fed by humane, competent overlords in government in the future is even more of a stretch than thinking we will be rescued by miracles from Science.<br /><br />4) Ad hominem insults re leftists, fascists, etc simply ignore an honest discussion of what is in the best interest of the People of the United States. Borlaug and the Ford Foundation encouraging a massive explosion of population growth in Asia was not to the benefit of their fellow Americans. We have no obligation to rescue the people of foreign countries from their stupidity and irresponsibility.<br /><br />5) Yes -- Americans here in the US are blessed with many resources. The result --I might note -- of the badly flawed immigration and defense policies of the original inhabitants. Who no longer exist.Don Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-80207943713257268062014-09-19T10:29:24.284-07:002014-09-19T10:29:24.284-07:00Holdomor and the Potato famine, both were genocide...Holdomor and the Potato famine, both were genocides.Ukranian farmers had their crops stolen and banned from escaping the territroy by the Soviets, the Irish where masacred in a similar way, the blight was a problem only because the food was being exported out of Ireland at record numbers. Basically they were starved to death by the English elite. FerFALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-47626044070253213082014-09-19T07:30:53.805-07:002014-09-19T07:30:53.805-07:00The American Southwest is facing severe water shor...The American Southwest is facing severe water shortages due to a prolonged drought -- and it could get much worse if the drought continues. The huge Lake Mead --which supplies water to sustain Las Vegas and southern California -- is at its lowest level since 1937. When the level drops below the water intakes, it is functionally dry.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11094232/Super-rich-make-last-stand-against-California-drought.html<br /><br />http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/aug/20/lake-mead-levels-not-just-vegas-problem/<br /><br />http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/26/lake-mead-falling-in-sign-of-drought/13079009/ Don Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-9465965356657699562014-09-18T20:54:48.326-07:002014-09-18T20:54:48.326-07:00PS - the potato blight is a bad example. Bad thing...PS - the potato blight is a bad example. Bad things to happen. A better example, if you go down that route, is the Black Plague, or - even worse - the fact that, per Dr. RJ Rummel of Univ. of Hawaii, 160 MILLION were murdered by the left last century (google him for your own reference). Nor is science a "god." It is merely a tool. But the key point is that, whether you wish to call it God or not, there always appears to be an equilibrium long term where human creativity - IF left unbridled by the left -comes up with creative . Too bad the left has to routinely destroy the very thing that provides the greatest good for the most people. Just visit Ferfal's Argentina or socialist created Detroit if you need oome boots on the ground evidence. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-90190072476768108702014-09-18T20:47:44.181-07:002014-09-18T20:47:44.181-07:00Unfortunately, Don, as the author of the article, ...Unfortunately, Don, as the author of the article, I think you mis-read the main thesis. First, I am agnostic as to extent of population growth - i.e., it is simply not the central point. My main point was primarily the Simon/Ehrlich wager, which you studiously ignored - and is central to the whole article. But, speaking of "religion," I certainly am NOT agnostic on the green fascism, which is just Nazism dressed in green shirts instead of brown shirts. Is it not enough that you leftists murdered over 100 *million* last century? Moreover, you have your own religion. Specifically, religion is anything that tells us where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going. By any stretch, what I read as your green religion meets that criteria. And it is an anti-human one to put it mildly. <br /><br />You speak, e.g., about water. As noted in the article, if you misread this work to see it as something encouraging profligacy with resources, then I really cannot help you, relative to your ability to read. But let's look at water: I discussed one prof from MIT who might be able to create energy from ANY water. That means desalination. Another alternative, presented by the former premier of Quebec would be to put dikes at the mouth of James Bay, which is fed by massive amounts of fresh water rivers. This would create a fresh water bay, and this MASSIVE amount of water could be then piped to the Southwest. Or, perhaps we will make advancements in the use or thorium for energy, which would provide virtually unlimted power. Or what if we make quantum leaps in solar power efficiency? Or something completely off the radar at present? <br /><br />I am afraid you mis-read the main thesis of the article. But I will tell you this: Freedom lovers are fully aware of the Agenda 21 leftists and their Nazi-like control for world domination. Your socialism has killed people and destroyed economies since the days or Robespierre, up to today's Argentina, Venezuela, and yes, the now $20 freaking TRILLION dollars spent in the War on Poverty, which turned 50 - and has resulted in 48 MILLION on food stamps, and cities like Detroit (which was the first city to adopt the socialist Model Cities programme... yet after each failure, your types say "Well, they didn't do it right, but next time we will." The good on' manana /"the cheques's in the mail" scam. <br /><br />No, we aren't buying it. We don't buy your *religion* of humanism, or the Cult of Al Gore (and BTW, I would LOVE to cross pen-swords with you on THAT scam! I have a 400 page paper with over 700 footnotes any time you are ready for that). <br /><br />I will repeat: I am NOT advocating profligacy. My only point is that it appears Malthusianism is a cult - and one that refuses to look at scientific fact. I would encourage you to review your presuppositions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-16499387235256722132014-09-18T16:38:33.636-07:002014-09-18T16:38:33.636-07:00Come on Don...
Malthus? The guy said the world wou...Come on Don...<br />Malthus? The guy said the world would end due to overpopulation in 1890 and said we should kill poor people.<br />There's enough food today to feed everyone if we just stop wasting it. There's enough being produced TODAY to feed 2x the current population if we stop throwing food away and stop feeding grains to cattle and consume the grains ourselves, which by the way would be healtheir anyway. FerFALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-87066219063558547422014-09-17T18:16:23.637-07:002014-09-17T18:16:23.637-07:00Okay, Don can speak for the Malthusian side of the...Okay, Don can speak for the Malthusian side of the debate.<br /><br />You say that people are the problem, Don. What is your proposed solution? A one child policy? Euthanasia? Space exploration?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-41021765119093998202014-09-17T07:14:03.183-07:002014-09-17T07:14:03.183-07:00And the people who panic most when famine threaten...And the people who panic most when famine threatens overpopulated areas are the wealthy oligarchs who rule us. <br /><br />They know how vulnerable their wealth , power and lives are if food riots start. Starting a war on some pretense is the traditional method for handling surplus population -- and allows the creation of an army to suppress the rabble if enough of them aren't killed off on the battlefield.Don Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-14428012930559221282014-09-17T07:08:47.125-07:002014-09-17T07:08:47.125-07:00People ARE the problem. When food gets short from...People ARE the problem. When food gets short from overcrowding they get desperate and you get dictatorial government and after that war. You get 24 million Russians, 8 million Germans and 15 million Chinese killed in WWII.<br /><br />Not only the USA --but the world depends upon the US Midwest grain harvest that in turn depends upon irrigation from deep wells sunk into the Ogallala Aquifer.<br /><br />That Aquifer was created millions of years ago and current low rainfall is not enough to replenish it. It is shrinking -- and when it runs out in 2040 we will be back to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.<br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/12/how-long-before-the-midwest-runs-out-of-water/<br /><br />Civilizations die. Look at the Anasazi ruins in New Mexico , the <br />Harappan civilization in Pakistan, and Egypt's Old Kingdom for examples of what happens when the climate changes and long droughts hit overpopulated regions.Don Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-1348410626021806362014-09-16T19:08:44.396-07:002014-09-16T19:08:44.396-07:001) The author of the article provides NO EVIDENCE ...1) The author of the article provides NO EVIDENCE that the Earth can support 7 billion people indefinitely -- much less 10 billion. He simply makes a religious argument -- a statement of faith the the God Science will provide before catastrophe strikes.<br /><br />2) Who wants America to become as overcrowded as India? You get fascism when you have overpopulation and people place security, suppression of social unrest, and avoidance of the ensuing famine at a higher priority than freedom. <br /><br />3) It is no accident that the Nazis came to power in overpopulated Germany --after 1 million+ Germans and Austians were starved to death in WWI by the British blockade. Or that it was Germany that developed the Haber synthetic fertizer process on which roughly 40% of the world's population now depends.<br />4) And the author takes no notice of the massive numbers of animals that have died due to loss of habitat. The large numbers of species which have disappeared forever. The Bible tells us to be stewards of the Earth --not to take a crap on Nature.Don Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-47148965989520599522014-09-16T06:40:23.949-07:002014-09-16T06:40:23.949-07:00Thank you for the post. A good brief on the Green ...Thank you for the post. A good brief on the Green Movement. The post brought back memories of 70's class in U.W. state school that was a required class, "Man and the Environment". We classmates were so full of optimism entering the lecture room. All full of environmental ideas to save the world. This Professor wouldn't have any of it. He always constrained thinking to the futile per over population. This guy was dead and depressing. We needed to enjoy ourselves per sin, but only if promising not to have kids. People the problem. Also, he claimed we would be out of crude oil within 20 years and after that event, mass chaos. That twenty years and the next twenty gone as well. Today we have more oil reserves then when he first made the statement. The class was worthless as well as the prof. What is wrong with our colleges? I can only image the current required classes per environmental concern. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-21461167163193066372014-09-15T21:49:41.806-07:002014-09-15T21:49:41.806-07:00Those are some scary quotes from well-known names....Those are some scary quotes from well-known names. Too many people in charge are so frighteningly insane, it's tempting to ignore the news around us.<br /><br />I'd rather watch football than deal with the various nutball fanatics who want to kill those who aren't green enough, Muslim enough, anti-Capitalist, etc. <br /><br />It's particularly unpleasant how many of those quotes were from scientists (who may have access to research labs) praying for a plague on the human race. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-80192571739969867362014-09-15T18:38:31.724-07:002014-09-15T18:38:31.724-07:00Just excellent. Reminds me of the fear that civili...Just excellent. Reminds me of the fear that civilization will collapse when petroleum runs out. Just like the panic when the whales were being killed off and we were going to run out of whale oil, which ran the machinery and lighting at the time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com