[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.

[dakine]

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

[RedWhiteAndBlueBlood]

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

[Cinnamon]

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

[DumpsterDiver]

I'd like to smack this little smart ass:

[Census Director Louis] Kincannon joked that immigration opponents this year may try to repeat Life magazine's publicity stunt by seeking to identify someone who illegally crosses the U.S-Mexican border at about the time the milestone is reached. "The Minutemen, if they've got an intellectual arm, might say: 'Well, here's Miguel, who is the 300 millionth American!' "

It's more like this, Kincannon:

'Well, here's Miguel, who is the 300 millionth American anchor baby!'

[Pelham]

A third of the way to the goal. If we can just get the Guest Worker Program we'll make it to that one billion mark yet.