Without Fanfare, America Nears 300 Million Milestone

HuntingtonNewsNet ^ | June 17, 2006 | Thomas Hargrove

[axes_of_weezles]

Dane's happy he has some more cheap workers.

[axes_of_weezles]

"Foremost among the Bush administration's fears of the coming landmark are concerns it will fuel renewed anger among conservatives over federal immigration and border-security policies. Immigrants accounted for about 40 percent of population growth in recent years, and about half of them entered the United States illegally."

[oblomov]

The value of a literate population is wayyy overrated.

[The_Reader_David]

". . .loss of open space. . ." another nit-wit comment from the coast-bound.

We've got plenty of open space here in Kansas (and Nebraska and Oklahoma, or that matter), and seem to be getting more, given that we're loosing population.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that if the state of Texas was turned into an average density American suburban subdivision, all of humanity could live in single-family homes there (leave aside the logistics of getting services to them--it's a thought experiement to show the absurity of the 'OMG we're running out of land' nonsense). That was a while back, no we'd probably need a bit of Oklahoma, too.

[Mr. Mojo]

Add the illegals and the number is more like 330 mil.

[rottndog]

Aware of the anxieties, the Bush administration is low-key about the approaching population landmark.

Even Bush knows where the vast majority of Americans stand on illegal immigration. He just doesn't give a damn.

[Hoplite]

I'm going to go through one of those new-agey rebirthing processes, so I can have a shot at being the 300 millionth American.

'Cause let's face it - 195,760,851 is, well, boring.

[rottndog]

The real number is that all of humanity (6 billion people) could live in the state of Texas at the population density of New York City.

Nowhere near running out of space.

[the invisib1e hand]

I'm going to go through one of those new-agey rebirthing processes, so I can have a shot at being

You could always be born again.

[the invisib1e hand]

I'm going to go through one of those new-agey rebirthing processes, so I can have a shot at being

You could always be born again.

[dakine]

And they were all in line ahead of me at the DMV...

[The_Reader_David]

Well, then, let's use Texas and all the neighboring states to get it down to suburban density. :-)

[RedWhiteAndBlueBlood]

I don't know...I'm thinking all we really need is a wall like Israel has...to hell with "working with Mexico".

[patton]

The US has more forest land today, than it did in 1900.

[rottndog]

If I didn't live in Southern CA I would agree with you.

[WatchingInAmazement]

Nowhere near running out of space.

"space" isn't the problem. What are we going to do when we run out of water? They've been fighting water wars in this country for years already. I don't want to pay for the upkeep of our infrastructure to accomodate 20 or 30 more illegal aliens. Do you?

[Cinnamon]

are they factoring the 12 million illegals into the 300 mark?

[axes_of_weezles]

Immigrants accounted for about 40 percent of population growth in recent years, and about half of them entered the United States illegally.


This is the Census, so they probably underreported/undercounted.

[rottndog]

What are we going to do when we run out of water?

Who is going to run out of water? I live right next to the biggest reservoir on the planet, the Pacific Ocean, and I don't see signs of its' abatement. And if you believe Al Gore, the level is going to rise.

Plenty of water, plenty of land.

[DoughtyOne]

If our elected officials admit to the 10 to 11 million figure, we can pretty well dismiss it's validity.