U.S. Population Hits 300 Million 492
ChrisK87 writes "The United States' population will hit 300 million on Tuesday morning, just 39 years after it reached 200 million, the US Census Bureau estimates. A 'population clock' will record the milestone at 0746 (1146 GMT) — a timing based on calculations that factor birth and death rates and migration." From the article: "But it is not possible to say if the 300-millionth American was a new-born or crossed one of the US borders. Correspondents say that there is not expected to be the same hullabaloo as when the figure of 100 million was reached in 1915, or the double century in 1967 when President Johnson gave a speech and newborn Robert Ken Woo Jr was hailed the 200-millionth American by Life magazine. Today, the population figure is mired in the divisive politics of immigration — a hot-button issue ahead of the 7 November mid-term elections, they say." The story has lots of interesting stats and graphs, for those of us so inclined.
Hola (Score:5, Funny)
All because of me ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One thing I would like to know... (Score:5, Funny)
Meanwhile in El Paso... (Score:5, Funny)
Just 300M? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:One thing I would like to know... (Score:5, Funny)
How does that saying go?
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night; light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
300 million... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:400 million (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:400 million (Score:4, Funny)
Yea but, in Tokyo a hotel room is a 4' shelf and your feet hang off the end. We're far too fat in this country to ever sardine ourselves together like they do in Japan.
~Rebecca
Plenty of Room (Score:4, Funny)
It is a defense mechanism that all animals possess. When your survival is in jeopardy, start popping out offspring with the slim hope that some will actually survive to adulthood. In the animal kingdom all but the most fit just die off. But in our world of welfare, the rest of us keep them alive and make the problem worse.
It is just a problem of morality. I could never look at a 1 year old baby that is starving and say that we should just let it die. But to fix most of our societies problems, we shouldnt be helping them. But because most of us are not immoral monsters, the lowest class of our citizens will continue to reproduce rapidly.
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Re:One thing I would like to know... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Speaking as a Catholic... (Score:3, Funny)
Soylent Fuel! (Score:3, Funny)
RayaVerticalPunto! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nuclear (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hola (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Speaking as a Catholic... (Score:3, Funny)
Unless you believe in jesus christ, it doesn't matter how "nice" or "righteous" you are, you are going to hell or at least be denied god's presence (really their alternate definition of hell= being denied god's grace), or perhaps your soul will just cease to exist (NVP).
Of course as a zen buddist, you have no soul and conciousness is transient.
As an ancient norse person, you'll either go to valhalla if a warrior who dies well or some other place if not.
And Augustinian, Thomist, Lutheran, and Calvinist theological traditions all say god has to want you to be saved for no particular reason and there's not squat you can do it about it through your "works"
Diests (like those that founded america) would say that belief in rewards or punishment after you die is necessary for a good and well functioning society.
Unless you are reincarnated (tho one wonders why some bodies get recycled souls but others generate their own souls- does the old soul *KILL* the new soul to take over the body of a newborn?)
And I'm not even sure about all the indian faiths, islam (other than paradise with all those virgins-- where the heck do they come from? but at least you get nasty after you die- which is odd since they are SO straightlaced while they are alive- and what's the point of all that sex without procreation- and if it is so good after they die, then why is it not good NOW while they are alive?), shinto, native american, aztec, egyption, yada yada yada.
But... out of all the world, I guess the only valid faith *is* judaism and everyone else is goin straight to hell while the jews go to Olam Haba or Gan Eden. On the other hand- it looks like if I lead a nasty life I still don't stay in Gehinom forever. It's not so pointlessly sadistic as Xtian faiths. More like purgatory in catholocism.
I like the robin williams version- you make your own hell to punish yourself and you are stuck there until you feel you have paid enough.
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1) A lot of this is rephrased from the wiki.
Congratulations!!! you are our 300,000,000th... (Score:2, Funny)
"Congratulations!!! You are our 300,000,000th person!!! Please click here to claim your special prize!!
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Re:Hola (Score:2, Funny)
"I can breed throu my nose."
Re:Would this be with or without illegal aliens .. (Score:3, Funny)
Females aged 18 to 40. They're waaaay ahead of any other group.