Fences? Fences? Don't Need No Stinkin' Fences

America's Population Set to Top 300 Million
Immigration Fuels Much of Growth

By Blaine Harden
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 12, 2006; Page A01

Clicking upward at a rate of one person every 11 seconds, the U.S. population will officially surpass 300 million in the next week or so.

The milestone is a reminder that the United States remains a remarkable demographic specimen, 230 years old (since the Declaration of Independence) and still in a growth spurt.

Behind only China and India, it is the planet's third most populous nation. For a rich, highly developed country, it is anomalously fertile, with a population that is increasing briskly, in sharp contrast to anemic growth or decline in Western Europe and Japan. Some demographers say this continued growth is essential to support an aging population in retirement and a sign of the continued allure of the United States even at a time when its image around the world has been sullied by the war in Iraq.

Yet, how will the momentous 300-million marker be celebrated in Washington?

"Those plans, believe it or not, are still being finalized," said Robert B. Bernstein, a Census Bureau spokesman. "I don't yet know what, if anything, we are going to do in the way of an event."

Why in the heck would we want to celebrate the slow demise of the United States of America? What's so great about America becoming another third world country?

Our nation is being invaded by a huge wave of uneducated, unemployed, illegal aliens; this is a reason to celebrate? This is a time to mourn the passing of a great beacon or freedom and wealth. This is a time to mourn the demise of our great national Republic as it is gradually transformed into some sort of pseudo-democracy on its way to becoming another socialist failure.

I don't object to immigration, that has been and should always be part of the American culture. I don't care where those immigrants come from, whether it is from Mexico, Botswana, or the Czech Republic. I only care that those immigrants get here LEGALLY and in a controllable number. The unrestricted influx of people across the Southern border is an invitation to disaster and is having disasterous effects on our tax-payers.

It is way passed time for the Republicans in Congress to act on this. It's a cinch that the Democrats, who are only interested in achieving power, are not going to lift a finger to help the American tax-payer/citizen, so it is up to the Republican leadership to cudgel or cajole its membership into line and get something done.

By the way Mr. Bernstein, I suggest distributing black armbands to all American taxpayers, and tolling the church bells nation-wide to mourn the passing of our once great nation.

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