Word Substitution
When I was a student at Abilene Christian University, I'd listen to James Taylor and substitute "Colorado" for "Carolina." It worked, if only syllalicbly.
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Add comment October 21st, 2008
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WHAT IF AMERICA OPENED ITS BORDERS TO UNLIMITED IMMIGRATION?
By Frosty Wooldridge
What if the U.S. opened its borders to unlimited immigration? What would happen if we invited the world’s poor by the millions?
Let’s face it, California, at one point, housed a mere five million like Colorado. Today, that state features 37.5 million on its way to 60 million. At one point, citizens did not suffer gridlocked traffic, water shortages or air pollution. The same goes for all cities of the United States.
At some point, population growth raced out of control across this great land. At this moment, 150 million Americans, living in cities, feel the pinch, the unease of their predicament and the symptoms of their dilemma. You'll feel it more when gas hits $9.00 a gallon as in Europe.
Since we invite 1.2 million immigrants annually and another 1.1 million illegal migrants into this country annually—what’s the big deal about allowing five or 10 million annually?
If you study international demographics, you know that 82 million people add themselves, net gain to the planet, every year. (Source: www.populationmedia.org and www.worldpopulationbalance.org and www.balance.org )
To put things into perspective, one-third of them cannot find a clean glass of drinking water daily. Out of that 82 million, 18 million starve to death or die of starvation related diseases annually. (Source: World Health Organization) At least two billion humans live on less than $3.00 a day for food.
Thus, if we opened our borders to save humanity from its horrible fate, an immediate 18 million starving souls could find food and shelter in the USA annually. However, after a mere five years, that equals 90 million added to our country. In 10 years, that equals 180 million people and in 20 years…well, you get the picture. If you think Colorado suffers water shortages, air pollution and gridlock today, you ain't seen nothing yet!
William N. Ryerson, director of www.populationmedia.org, said, “I have read with interest the various perspectives presented in the debate on U.S. immigration policy. I pose the following question to anyone who thinks "border control" efforts will not accomplish anything: If the U.S. had no border control (or policing at airports, etc.) what would happen to the number of good people entering this country from the far corners of the world?
“There is no doubt that if there were absolutely no barriers or restrictions at our borders, this great nation would be flooded -- overwhelmed -- inundated -- by MILLIONS of well-meaning, hard-working, honest "tired and poor" people within a matter of months.
“It's hard to know the number who would move to the U.S. if our borders were opened, but surveys in many countries show significant numbers who would like to live in the U.S. If the borders were opened, perhaps 3 billion people would find their way here in a short period of time - ten times the current population of the U.S. The infrastructure would collapse, our water supply (and food supply) would be exhausted, people would be sleeping in the streets, energy would be at a premium, in short, chaos would be the new norm.
“At current rates of growth, in just 15 years the U.S. population will grow by the equivalent of a new Los Angeles, plus New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Francisco, Indianapolis, San Jose, Memphis, Washington, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Boston, Columbus, New Orleans, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, and El Paso. All of these to be added in just 15 years! We have heard a lot about the cost of rebuilding New Orleans. The cost of developing all the new infrastructure that will be required in the next 15 years will be huge - and perhaps not achievable. If we opened our borders, the reality would be much worse.”
Therefore, if you enjoyed the power of the U.S. presidency or controlled the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, what would you do? Open our borders to unlimited immigration—knowing your children could not survive in the long term? Or, would you be smarter, more logical and take actions in order to build a sustainable, long term U.S. sustainable civilization?
Within 30 years, we expect 100 million added to this country at our current level of legal and illegal immigration. Do you want that result for your children? What will they tell you in 30 years if that 100 million comes to pass?
I can tell you this: if we allow our country to remain an open border-- your life, your children and this society don’t stand a chance in the 21st century. Everything will degrade to enormous and irreversible population travesties. What do you think about that for future generations?
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To take action: www.numbersusa.com ; www.thesocialcontract.com ; www.fairus.org ; www.vdare.com ;www.patriotunion.org ; www.alipac.us ; www.firecoalition.com ; www.cairco.org
Become a member of “Frosty’s Press Agent Corps” whereby you volunteer a few hours to send out emails to top TV and radio hosts to offer top speakers on America’s overpopulation crisis driven by unending immigration. Email frostyw@juno.com and receive two informational letters showing you exactly what to do.
Roy Beck's "IMMIGRATION BY THE NUMBERS" is the single best educational appreciation of America's future if we allow ourselves to add another 100 million people. Just click on this site for the most sobering experience of your children's future.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094926727128068265&q=roy+beck&hl=en
Roy Beck gives a graphic presentation of our fate if we continue to allow legal and illegal immigration to swamp this country. If you have children, you will be particular unnerved at their fate. I know Roy Beck personally and his integrity and knowledge stand at the top. Pass this web site 14 minute video far and wide across America to educate everyone you know. We either stop this human tsunami or the future of this country will be much like Rome's. We must, as a nation and a civilization, move to secure our country from this massive, unrelenting population overload from a line that never ends. This will be the most compelling 14 minute video of your life.
Once you see it, go to my web site for action items www.frostywooldridge.com and join www.numbersusa.com to become a weekly faxer of pre written letters and join the phone calling teams.
Bob Woodruff of ABC asked input from all citizens concerning the future of our planet. Go to www.earth2100.tv for a sobering reality check as to what we face and to what I have been writing about for the past 20 years. Our ‘window’ to change to a balanced population and non-polluting energy diminishes every day we listen to irresponsible media and thus ignore the blatant symptoms manifesting all over America and the planet.
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
From: Frosty Wooldridge
This three minute interview with Adam Schrager on “Your Show” May 4, 2008, NBC Channel 9 News, addresses the ramifications of adding 120 million people to USA in 35 years and six million people to Colorado as to water shortages, air pollution, loss of farmland, energy costs and degradation of quality of life. In the interview, Frosty Wooldridge explains the ramifications of adding 120 million people to the USA in 35 years. He advances new concepts such as a “Colorado Carrying Capacity Policy”; “Colorado Environmental Impact Policy”; “Colorado Water Usage Policy”; “Colorado Sustainable Population Policy”. Nationally, the USA needs a "National Sustainable Population Policy" to determine the carrying capacity of this nation for the short and long term. Wooldridge is available for interviews on radio and TV having interviewed on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX.
Click the link to view the 3 minute interview with NBC's Adam Schrager:
http://www.9news.com/video/player.aspx?aid=52364
Frosty Wooldridge
Stop this Human Katrina rushing into America--take action: www.numbersusa.com ; www.thesocialcontract.com ; www.fairus.org ; www.cairco.org ; www.frostywooldridge.com ; www.firecoalition.com ; www.patriotunion.org
Add comment October 21st, 2008
Goodbye to Ike
Well it is a little a bit after 1a.m. in the morning here in Houston and within 24 hours I will be back home in Aspen. Sorry no blogs for awhile as It has been a bit busy here. Since Hurricane Ike hit the American Red Cross opened over 241 client shelters where they sheltered over 212,000 people, the American Red Cross also served over 3.6 million meals plus had over 160 mobile feeding units and the American Red Cross opened 22 staff shelters. So as I stated I have been very busy. When Ike hit I was hunkered down in Ft. Worth and I ended up being a shelter manager in Arlington where I dealt with gangs-then I was moved to Houston where I was in charge of coordinating staff for the shelters in Houston, Baytown, Anahuac, Angleton and Galveston. A week ago the Fort Worth and Houston headquarters merged and jobs changed and I ended up assisting various departments. I did get a day off and I visited my 83 year old great-uncle who hunkered down in Houston while Ike hit-he did well over all-he had minimal damage on his apartment building-however he did sustain a fall and had some bruises-his spirit though is full of spunk and we laughed allot during my short visit.
This past weekend we closed the mega-shelter in Houston and currently the American Red Cross is working on closing the Galveston shelter and a shelter in Baytown and Orange. You may wonder why I am heading home-it is due to the fact the operation is winding down and reserves are the first in and the first to go-and so I am being sent home. Just so you know Hurricane Ike was quite devastating. Unfortunately the election coverage has trumped the coverage of Hurricane Ike. There have been very few reports on the devastation on Oak Island and Smith point in Texas where the smell of death is real...so far there have been only 37 deaths confirmed from Hurricane Ike while 300+ still remain missing.
What I have learned from being out here is that teamwork is everything! The American Red Cross partnered with the Southern Baptist kitchens and the Salvation Army to assist the feeding needs plus we have volunteers here from all over the world helping us out. We needed all hands on deck as there were many bumps in the road-I had to remind volunteers when I sent them out-that when they were faced with challenges they may think that the answer is as easy as going from A to B to fix the problem-however sometimes it takes us to go from A to Z in order to get to B... i.e. the politics of it all.
I also learned global warming has a place in all this mess...as I was in Galveston and on the seawall and the water felt as warm as a hot tub-which was truly strange to me as I have visited the gulf before on vacation back in the 90's and the water was never that warm! Plus yesterday the paper reported that Army Corps of Engineers stated that this year's all time record-warm autumn temperature is almost 9 degrees above average.
Anyway my challenge now is to pack a back pack and a duffle bag-I've been out since Hurricane Gustav-was managing shelters in Kilgore, Texas...then was sent to the Carolina's to assist a region in shelter management for Hurricane Hannah-then was back here for Hurricane Ike-and if you know me packing is not my thing-as I always say "should've brought a bigger bag"...anyway as I was driving away from work tonight the Queen song "Another one bites the dust" was playing on the radio and thought it was fitting for my goodbye to Ike...
Add comment October 20th, 2008
CON GAMES: Right Wing, Left Wing, Single Wing
The fate of the unrepentant synergist is to see the seeds of all things in all other things and that goes double for your friendly neighborhood Con Man. In the spirit of everything telling us something about something else, I give you my trenchant analysis from the trenches—or, how football as we now know it is no different now than our national politics on the cusp of a major realignment.
Let’s go into the huddle and I’ll draw ’er up for you.
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How About Affordable Eating
Ever since I got here the big debate has been about affordable housing. While that is an important topic, maybe we could also turn our attention to the high prices of food in Aspen. Restaurants are extremely expensive in Aspen and I come from New York. In New York you could pick your spots and find bargains. So far I have found none in Aspen. If you know of any please let me know, I love good food. It's great to enjoy a good meal without putting a whole in your wallet.
8 comments October 20th, 2008
Kasabach Is The One
Kasabach has a long history of service in Aspen. She is currently retired but worked for 28 years as a manager at The Gant in Aspen. She is a former Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Board member. She worked on the Civic Master Plan and was also a member of the Economic Sustainability Committee with the city. She currently serves on the Burlingame Housing Inc. Board, the Aspen Historical Society Board and the Aspen Response Board. She is also on the City Arts and Non-profit Grant Review Committee.
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Let's Get It Right This Time
With the Presidential election just weeks away, important decisions on the Iraq War have come up. Some people want us to pull out of Iraq and there are others who believe we need to stay the course. I personally don't know what the answer is. Every time I think we should leave I start to think Iraq will become a hot bed for terrorists, and when I think we should stay I look at all the soldiers coming home in body bags and some with no limbs.
I do know this though. I know that if we could find a way to get all of our allies to send troops and help in the rebuilding process we would be much better off. Even without troops, if we could get all of our allies to help out that would be a huge boost. Five years ago when President Bush decided to invade Iraq he did so without all of our main allies. I think this was a huge mistake because the world wasn't saying that Saddam Hussein was good and should stay in power. The only argument was about the method the world should use to get rid of the awful dictator.
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This Library Rocks
Moving to a new place is not to the easiest thing to do. As you are all well aware I moved from New York to Aspen. There have been things that have made the transition difficult and other things that have made it easy. So far the place that has made me feel the most at home and comfortable is the Pitkin County Library.
The workers there are always helpful and every time I walk through the door they ask if there is any way they could help me. Part of my job here at Post Time News is to update the the Web site and since I am still in between places I don't have the internet yet. So I have had to rely on the library. They helped me set up my computer so I could get the internet and do my job.
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Take Back The Streets
Since I have arrived in Aspen I have had to adjust to the way people cross the street. I am from New York and spent a lot of time in New York City. There the pedestrians own the streets and a lot of times the cars are at the mercy of the pedestrians. There is no reason it can't be the same in Aspen. So I am calling for a pedestrian revolution in Aspen and hope all who walk the streets will join me and not be a slave to the traffic lights.
Continue Reading 3 comments October 16th, 2008
Finally Someone Said It
First off, before I start this blog I want to let the readers know that I am a former teacher and got my Masters in Education from Columbia University. With that said here is my blog.
During last night's Presidential debate between Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain the topic of education came up. Both Obama and McCain pledged to spend more on education and to make sure that every American child received a good education to compete in this global economy. They both debated about school vouchers, recruiting new teachers, the no child left behind policy and all the usual topics that come with the education debate.
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