GLOBAL WARMING

I believe in taking care of the earth. It is our responsibility. But.....Who do people like this think they are? Not only is this pathetic and mostly wrong, but it is frightening. The more I read about things that are going on around the world, and put it together with Obamas ideas, hang on, we are in for a really bumpy ride.

Global-Warming Alarmist Advocates Abortion

by Jennifer Mesko, editor

U.S. population expert calls hyped-up report an 'economic death warrant.'

The British government’s "green adviser" says couples who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment, The (London) Times reported.

Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming.

“I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate,” Porritt told The Times.

“I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible. It is the ghost at the table."

A report by the commission, to be published next month, follows a similar one out of Australia (article below) that claimed babies harm the economy.

Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, called the British report an "economic death warrant."

"The British are already not replacing themselves," he said. "They’d better decide who they want to give their country to, because they obviously don’t want it themselves."

Mosher said people do not equal pollution.

"People in the right economic circumstances generate wealth; you need wealth to protect the environment," he said. "Poverty, not people, is the great enemy of the environment. Poverty is what leads people to cut down the last tree for fuel, to plant the last square foot of land for food."

While the Left claims to be concerned about democracy and human rights, Mosher said, "They’re proposing child-bearing limits that will lead to the very opposite."

Australian Report Says Babies Harm the Economy

by Devon Williams, associate editor

Family advocates argue, 'Babies are blessings, not burdens.'

Australia's fertility rate is at its highest in 25 years, but the nation's Productivity Commission warned last week that more babies may harm the economy.

Nearly 300,000 babies were born last year, and the commission said new mothers leaving the workforce will weaken the economy, aggravate the aging-population problem and deplete the taxation base.

Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, called the report a gross exaggeration. In fact, he said, people typically contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars more to the economy than they consume in a lifetime.

"Babies are blessings, not burdens," he said. "People come into this world not just as stomachs, not just as consumers — they come with brains and hands, and they make contributions."

Mosher said the only way to counter an aging population is to have lots of children.

"Since children become workers, any reduction in the tax base would be short-lived, soon to be offset by the increased numbers of young workers," he said.

Jenny Tyree, associate marriage analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said marriage and parenting play a vital role in the success of the economy.

"Married mother-and-father families tend to use economies of scale and the division of labor in highly efficient ways," she said. "Children contribute positively to the economy — and society as a whole."

Many nations are experiencing below-replacement fertility rates because of population-control programs. Tyree said Australia is in a unique position to demonstrate the value of life.

"The leaders of most European countries and Russia would love to have Australia's so-called problem of a high rate of fertility," she said. "Australia's leaders have an opportunity to show the rest of the world how to capitalize on a country's greatest natural resource — the next generation."