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91 [lbo-talk] Bulletin of Atomic Scientists -- rank: 1000
On May 7, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > Marta Russell wrote: > > >> euthanasia >> > > By the way, in any campaign for population reduction, you knwo who > would be the first as marked for elimination, right? The sick and > disabled. > > Doug Yes, of course, history tells us that, but I am not advocating for any such thing as "population reduction" in the sense of knocking people off. Never said that, never implied that. Marta ------ ...
Document Size: 5360
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sun May 7 14:13:58 PDT 2006
92 [lbo-talk] Bulletin of Atomic Scientists -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 8:29 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: > Gar Lipow wrote: > > >> Just to emphasize what you are saying; the U.S. with ~5% of the >> worlds population consumes about 23% of the world's energy. >> > > So if we were to approach this as a population problem, if we got > it back to about 65 million (where it was in 1892), we'd be in > balance! > > Doug You must be for euthanasia Doug. That's about as fair a shot as you gave me. Marta ---------- ...
Document Size: 5366
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sun May 7 08:54:47 PDT 2006
93 [lbo-talk] Bulletin of Atomic Scientists -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 7:48 PM, Gar Lipow wrote: > On 5/6/06, jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> they don't use anywhere near what the US does. The US uses 4 times >> as much as China. >> >> John Thornton >> ___________________________________ >> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk >> >> > > Just to emphasize what you are saying; the U.S. with ~5% of the > worlds population consumes ...
Document Size: 5652
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sun May 7 08:53:26 PDT 2006
94 [lbo-talk] Bulletin of Atomic Scientists -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 7:16 PM, jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote: > On 6 May 2006 at 21:13, ravi wrote: > > >> At around 6/5/06 6:43 pm, Doug Henwood wrote: >> > > >>> No it's a serious point. The population of the earth is 6 >>> billion, and >>> there's nothing we can do more quickly than a decade to get that >>> down >>> even a bit. If you believe climate change is urgent, then >>> something must >>> be done r ...
Document Size: 6541
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sun May 7 08:51:51 PDT 2006
95 [lbo-talk] Doing the math -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: > John Adams wrote: > > >> A more reasonable version, which one of those dear friends put >> into a non-unreadable novel, is for each couple to have only one >> child. >> > > That's fine with me, but having one has made me a lot fonder of the > young of our species. Like you, I couldn't handle two or more, but > just having some distant collective claim to 1/10 of a child would > depress me, and I thi ...
Document Size: 5405
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sun May 7 08:50:31 PDT 2006
96 [lbo-talk] Doing the math -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 5:45 PM, John Adams wrote: > On May 6, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Marta Russell wrote: > > >> On May 6, 2006, at 3:13 PM, John Adams wrote: >> >> >>> On May 6, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Marta Russell wrote: >>> >>> >>>> As my friend who IS a lefty here in LA says the world needs to >>>> realize that at this point we need a ratio of 10 adults per one >>>> child. He's done the math over years of study. > ...
Document Size: 6019
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sun May 7 08:49:46 PDT 2006
97 [lbo-talk] Doing the math -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: > John Adams wrote: > > >> A more reasonable version, which one of those dear friends put >> into a non-unreadable novel, is for each couple to have only one >> child. >> > > That's fine with me, but having one has made me a lot fonder of the > young of our species. Like you, I couldn't handle two or more, but > just having some distant collective claim to 1/10 of a child would > depress me, and I thi ...
Document Size: 5381
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sun May 7 08:43:49 PDT 2006
98 [lbo-talk] Doing the math -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 3:13 PM, John Adams wrote: > On May 6, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Marta Russell wrote: > > >> As my friend who IS a lefty here in LA says the world needs to >> realize that at this point we need a ratio of 10 adults per one >> child. He's done the math over years of study. >> > > For how long do we need that? Thank you for a civilized question. I don't know the answer. Brian is working on a paper which he hopes to publish. I could ask him ne ...
Document Size: 5080
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sat May 6 15:19:16 PDT 2006
99 [lbo-talk] Bulletin of Atomic Scientists -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 11:43 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > Marta Russell wrote: > > >> If one cannot see the need for population control after reading >> this, well its hopeless LBOsters. >> > > I'd say emissions control is more urgent, unless we want to do away > with a few billion people. Emissions control and population growth slow down are both necessary. > I thought you opposed euthanasia. Oh man, who said anything about "doing away with a few billion pe ...
Document Size: 5322
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sat May 6 15:10:41 PDT 2006
100 [lbo-talk] Bulletin of Atomic Scientists -- rank: 1000
On May 6, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > > That's a non sequitur, Martha. If population leveled tomorrow, but > we left our energy patterns unchanged, we'd still boil in our own > juice. Conversely, if we do nothing about population growth (which > on current trends is projected to level off at 9 in 2050 IIRC) but > drastically change our energy patterns, we'll be okay. Global > warming is scary and might be literally apocalyptic but it's got > nothing to do ...
Document Size: 7196
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sat May 6 15:04:38 PDT 2006
101 [lbo-talk] Bulletin of Atomic Scientists -- rank: 1000
If one cannot see the need for population control after reading this, well its hopeless LBOsters. marta Bulletin of Atomic Scientists July/August 2000, Volume 56, No. 4 Energy 2050 By Steve Fetter Although the evidence for human-induced global warming is still the subject of intense debate, the majority of the world's climate researchers believe that the process is well under way. http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=ja00fetter
Document Size: 5191
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Sat May 6 09:53:34 PDT 2006
102 [lbo-talk] jobs for the disabled & microenterprises -- rank: 1000
On May 2, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Jim Devine wrote: > > right. the employers need education & pressure. > -- > Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence > of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles The ADA was not followed up with Affirmative Action like the civil rights movement of the 60s was. Since there were and continue to be so many Repugnants in influence in the disability movement, affirmative action was a dirty word and not pushed a ...
Document Size: 6001
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Tue May 2 15:59:49 PDT 2006
103 [lbo-talk][Shiavo and Eastwood [was Immigration and Disability] -- rank: 1000
I guess it was a case of hit and run. Marta On May 1, 2006, at 9:18 AM, Marta Russell wrote: > Hi Anne, > > While you are on the list it would be nice for you to share your > views about Terri Schiavo and Clint Eastwood's film, "Million > Dollar Baby." > > best, > Marta > > > On Apr 29, 2006, at 10:32 AM, anniedigit at mindspring.com wrote: > >> I have not been part of this list in the past; I joined >> specifically so that I could re ...
Document Size: 6543
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Tue May 2 10:25:42 PDT 2006
104 [lbo-talk] jobs for the disabled & microenterprises -- rank: 1000
On May 2, 2006, at 8:28 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > > Marta Russell wrote: > >> >> Programs to create jobs for disabled help only fraction >> >> By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY, October 20, 2005 >> >> WASHINGTON Two programs established nearly 70 years ago to create >> jobs >> for the disabled have made millions of dollars for a handful of >> companies >> but helped only a fraction of those who were supposed to benefit, a >> Sena ...
Document Size: 6296
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Tue May 2 10:21:16 PDT 2006
105 [lbo-talk] jobs for the disabled & microenterprises -- rank: 1000
On May 1, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > > I favor helping the disabled as much as possible with training and the > like. It's something that can help not only with (largely illusory) > goal of setting up microenterprises but also with getting a regular > old job. The more general (and practical) the help, the more > flexibility the person with disabilities will have. > -- > Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence > of economic ...
Document Size: 9140
Author: Marta Russell
Date: Mon May 1 16:25:25 PDT 2006
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