An inconvenient population "we don't want too many of"

Even as the world turns and our homo sapient species' totalitarian instinct runs rampant over our better angels, Tiny and Earl Grey clowder cheek to cheek.

"This guy makes Gore look good" we twittered re Obama's new Science Czar, John Holdren, who appears to share SCOTUS judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg's unspeakably eugenistic world view that it's okay to force some of our fellow Americans — "populations we don't want too many of" in Ginsburg's words — to abort their babies against their will, to "save the planet" [via Little Green Footballs]:

Zombie has a report on the book Ecoscience, co-authored by Barack Obama’s “science czar” John Holdren (with Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich) in 1977, and its radical advocacy of mass sterilization and forced abortion to solve a looming overpopulation crisis — that never actually materialized: John Holdren, Obama’s Science Czar, says: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet.

We should note that the book was written 32 years ago, Holdren was not the only author (and the other authors are known for radical opinions on these issues), and the context — as far as I can tell from reading Zombie’s excerpts — is that these extreme measures would be taken in response to a massive crisis situation.

Still, these are pretty outrageous opinions by most people’s standards, and Holdren should be given a chance to explain or renounce them.

In response to a massive crisis situation? Rahm Emanuel's "Never let a serious crisis go to waste" comes to mind. The Founding Fathers are turning in their graves.

Update: And speaking of "populations we don't want too many of," judges who legislate from the bench come to mind.

Comments

[goomp]

Let us face it. When life becomes too easy, intelligent but ignorant persons such as much of our teaching intelligencia and "modern liberals" loose touch with reality. Let us hope that the wisdom of the founding fathers can return to save their country, which reached its peak in the late 20th century.

[Gayle Miller]

What a bunch of dimbulbs we have serving in high places! The slippery slope they seem to invoke could easily claim their sorry butts somewhere down the line when it is decided that Mrs. Ginsberg is no longer a cost-effective person to receive treatment for her cancer. There is a total disconnect from intelligent and rational thinking among this crowd!

[HNAV]

Goomp states it well.

Great post as usual.

I grow with a depression, as the joke in the Democratic Party is one big lie, taking us all down.

But the vapid parody we see, like Nancy Pelosi's lies about the CIA and the Bush Administration, is not what is truly making me depressed.

It is the self destructive nature of those who wisely oppose the disastrous, corrupt Democratic Political Machine, continue to debase their own interests.

So many conservative pundits are foolishly diminishing the GOP, and a third party dream is a false fantasy, especially in regards to the essential check in 2010.

I continue to see a lack of objectivity from many in regards to many fine Republicans, and find this divide of those pushing a 'pure' conservative fashion to be part of the problem. It reminds one of the hyperbolic, emotive, reactionary mindset that overwhelmed many after 2004, which viewed the fine efforts of the Bush Administration unfairly, and eventually empowered the likes of Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, etc. Advocating for sound policy is one thing, undermining your own interests (yet again) is pure suicide.

We need a team, and it will take patience, resolve, honesty, objectivity, strength, etc.

Celebrity imagery can help, but star power rarely gets the job done.

We must come together and work hard, for the deck is stacked against the reasoned in this case.

[Sissy Willis]

HNAV: Check out "Jim DeMint's Lonely Quest" in today's WaPo. He's not talking about leaving the party:

"I've found no one listens," DeMint said of his old approach during a recent interview with the Fix as part of our "Rising" series. "My role in the Senate is to come up with the right ideas and take them directly to the American people."

I'm following him -- and Sarah Palin -- on Twitter. Maybe you should too. It will give you courage!

[Gayle Miller]

I agree, HNAV. Following DeMint and Palin will make you feel better. Remember too that your intellect is appreciated and admired by many people. And what you say, matters!