Have you ever seen a tsunami? Probably not! Fact is, no one ever saw a tsunami--until it hit!
Earthquakes deep under the ocean occur when tectonic plates shift, crash and reposition. In the process, a huge energy wave releases. That energy rips under the ocean's surface for hours and countless miles until, as you saw in Sri Lanka last year, it slams into beaches with astonishing force. No one could sense, touch, feel, hear or see it. In Sri Lanka, over 100,000 people died in a few minutes.
While living in Hawaii as a kid, I saw a tidal wave while my dad and I stood on high ground. The one I saw rose out of the surf like a giant 60 foot high watery claw. It slammed down on the beach with a sickening "whomp" while it smashed palm trees and demolished an entire campground. Once it hit, nothing could be saved. It destroyed everything in its path.
Hurricanes, Natural Forces and Bad Decisions
Have you experienced a Category 5 hurricane? Do you remember Katrina? Do you remember different personal actions by Americans along the coast? They knew it was coming 10 days before it hit. They saw it on TV swirling ominously in the Gulf of Mexico. They heard about its 200 mile per hour winds. Television, radio and newspapers warned residents of the coast to move inland away from its deadly clutches.
Nonetheless, some hoped it would downgrade to a Category 1; others prayed it would change direction; still others felt they could ride it out; thousands of others waited until two days or even one day before they decided to flee; smart Americans fled a week before and enjoyed their safety out of harms way.
What happened? It hit! Those who stayed died or suffered horrible consequences. Those who were too poor to leave became victims with no way out. Those who waited until the last two days suffered traffic jams, panic, no gas, burning busses, hopelessness on freeways, accidents from sheer frustration, angry fellow Americans and complete chaos.
What do the Sri Lanka tsunami and Katrina have to do with population? Let's connect the dots!
More Bad Decisions, Indifference and other Un-Natural Forces
As with everything in this series, it pertains to the national nightmare caused by adding 100 million Americans to the United States by 2040--which is 34 years from now. What if, much like Katrina, we added those 100 million people in the next 14 days? Or next year? Or even five years? Any takers? You'd have to be a fool or an idiot to choose adding 100 million people in the next five years or less. Or, ever!
Yet, no one utters a peep about the "Human Katrina" of the next added 100 million Americans that will hit in the blink of 34 years! It's not "if" it's going to hit folks; it's "when" it's going to hit. And, once it hits, you won't be able to run, hide, escape or hope it vanishes. Once 100 million added Americans settle into this country to create 400 million of us, we all become victims.
In history such as Hitler's rise to power, no one stood up against him. On this issue everyone waits for the first person to stand up. I'm standing up! I'm speaking out. Meanwhile the media, your president and Congress accelerate this "Human Katrina." I invite you to stand with me and speak out with me. Why? If not you, then who? If not now, then when? Everything you do, counts!
CROWDING OF AMERICA
Each year close to where I live, Rocky Mountain National Park entertains 1,000,000 people on the highest continuous highway in America, Trail Ridge Road at 12,082 feet, with a total length of 30 miles. It's jammed, crammed and hammered all summer long. People pack into campgrounds and motels with no relief. You must reserve a spot months ahead. The "wilderness experience" is a joke! The animals run for their lives to get away from hordes of tourists. Boom-box noise ricochets off mountain sides. Fumes coalesce into killer smog in paradise.
Can you imagine 100 million people added to America when they try to visit all our national parks to get away from it all?
Frosty Wooldridge Bio:
Frosty Wooldridge possesses a unique view of the world, cultures and families in that he has bicycled around the globe 100,000 miles, on six continents and six times across the United States in the past 30 years. His books include, "HANDBOOK FOR TOURING BICYCLISTS"; "STRIKE THREE! TAKE YOUR BASE"; "BICYCLING AROUND THE WORLD"; "MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURE TO ALASKA: INTO THE WIND-A TEEN NOVEL"; "AN EXTREME ENCOUNTER: ANTARCTICA"; "IMMIGRATION'S UNARMED INVASION: DEADLY CONSEQUENCES."
www.frostywooldridge.com
During the last twenty five years America has been bombarded with free market propaganda from corporate funded think tanks. This propaganda also encourages open borders so business can obtain cheap labor. Basically the job of the corporate funded think tank is to demonize or label as racist anything or anyone who might disagree
with their opinions or theories.
Corporate interests now have a great deal of clout in Washington and their goal is to pass legislation that will completely destroy anything in government that was designed to help the poor or working class people. Lawsuits, social security, health care, minumum wage, trade agreements, ignoring illegal immigration, tax cuts for the wealthy etc. are all aimed at helping business and the wealthy elite at the expense of the middle class.
Its time Americans rolled up their sleeves to fight for their interests. This country is supposed to be a democracy not a corporate dictatorship.
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Gary Denson (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 208 comments)
on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 10:14:10 AM
Better start with the Quill-whatever brigade, you know the ones who think that birth control is demeaning to the woman ? They are piling out 8-9 brats, and at last reckoning their was like 27k families like them. The average American family is too busy slaving away to breed like that. BTW these are American families since the gist of your article seemingly was immigration (let me know if I was mistaken).
In the 1970's the 'population zero growth movement'caused an up roar among many, who felt this would be the ultimate in government intrusion.
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Brenda Walters (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 59 comments)
on Monday, February 12, 2007 at 12:19:33 AM
