http://www.paulchefurka.ca/

The graphic at the top of the page,'The Age of Oil', pretty much says it all.

Well, okay, maybe not all. Read or download the pdf: World Energy and Population - The WEAP Model.

How fast? Pretty damned fast indeed. Brick wall. Splat.

"The world simply does not have the resources, renewable or otherwise, to sustain Western lifestyles across the globe." - Eamon O'Hara

I went to a site which matches up with the candidates based on a host of issues. It came up with Dennis K.

I was cruising right along, strong correspondence on every point, until we got to immigration.

Big oops.

BIG. Brick wall at speed splat.

His position on this issue makes a complete hash of every other issue he purports to stand for whether it is education, the vast and increasing disparity of wealth, health care, social justice, civil rights, economic insecurity, the environmental degradation and so forth.

Every single one of these things are negatively impacted by excess immigration and illegal immigration in particular.

I'd so like to sit down with Sen. K over a couple of pitchers of good ale and try my damnedest to dissuade him from supporting yet another self defeating amnesty and 'guest workers' and the whole shooting match.

>sigh<

rom: http://www.growthism.com/

Immigration-to-Ruin

"It is apparent that despite the opposition of the great majority, our ruling elites and corporate oligarchs force upon us a predatory immigration policy - i.e., the idea is to continually lower wages, terrorize existing labor forces with a continual supply of new entrants willing to work for less, and prevent unions, etc.

In effect, Mexican and Latin American workers leave their villages, remove manpower and brainpower from building their own communities, leave behind families, destroy family structure, and allow Catholic nations to export their surplus humanity and facilitate corrupt regimes. Given the huge numbers of people involved year after year, they migrate to live in overcrowded surroundings, lower property values, overwhelm the environment and schools, and lower wages.

To complete the domestic devastation immigrants send billions back to Mexico and do not spend it in the local economy. At the same time we are forced to pay the immense social costs of education, births, and medical care of non-citizens and illegal immigrants. The idea that we, the vast majority, are somehow benefiting from this situation is absurd.

Today, we hear the Social Security excuse for immigration-to-ruin. The premise is that we have to import more workers to offset the post WWII demographic bulge. This implies that older generations wish to inflict endless population growth and eco-ruin on their own children and grandchildren. Nothing could be further from the truth. The solutions to Social Security funding problems are relatively easy but the plan of the one-world corporate masters is to increase immigration and birth rates for "growth" demands it."

Say it ain't so, Joan.

You got to a man I so genuinely admire on so many levels: Jacques Pepin

What a mensch.

Some time ago - year, year and half or so, ago at least...

That it was the intersection of Federally insured banks (ditto pension funds) with hedge funds, LBO jackals, and huge leverage ratios on derivatives and such which was going to be the TNT.

Sub-prime mortgages merely lit the fuse.

Kaboom.

I wrote here about the approach of the Wile E. Coyote Moment waaaaayyy before Krugman and company. It's an excellent meme and I'm pleased as punch to see it spread and prosper.

“How can one defend a system that creates wealth by making the majority poor?”

--Henry C. K. Liu

And yeah, okay, I concede that I misspelled it as 'Wily E.' but still...

Monday, September 11, 2006 10:11 AM

http://letters.salon.com/

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'It is unclear how much longer the world will trade Americans real goods for pieces of paper that the US economy cannot redeem with tradable goods and services.' - Paul Craig Roberts

"Economics exists to make astrology look respectable."

J. K. Galbraith

'Which the unemployed guy fully expects to flip in 3 weeks for $750k and get tax free capgains and instant entry into the 'rentier class.'

H.L. Mencken: "In this world of sin and sorrow there is much to be thankful for. As for me, I am thankful I am not a Republican."