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Empty Cradles, Demographic Destiny and the Death of the West
American Thinker ^
| August 12, 2009
| Selwyn Duke
Posted on 08/12/2009 12:50:46 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem
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posted on
08/12/2009 10:26:30 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("A cultural problem cannot be solved with a political solution." --Mark Steyn)
To: neverdem
I have graduated from abortion being “just” a moral issue to it being a National Security issue.
We need to stop killing our future.
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posted on
08/12/2009 10:30:31 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Do we have a Plan B?)
To: Albion Wilde
Oops! New tagline correction. Selwyn Duke is writing on a topic also well-explored by Mark Steyn in America Alone.
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posted on
08/12/2009 10:32:30 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("A cultural problem cannot be solved with a political solution." -- Selwyn Duke)
To: Tax-chick
Mark Steyn suggested that it should be "My Big Uptight Protestant Wedding," since conservative Protestants are among the groups still having large families.I'm wondering if that shouldn't be "Evangelical Wedding" instead of Protestant, since the mainstream Protties are onboard the "divorce/IVF/abortion/gay rights" train... that would be Epissypalians, Methodists, Lutherans, Presbys...
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posted on
08/12/2009 10:37:29 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("A cultural problem cannot be solved with a political solution." -- Selwyn Duke)
To: Nosterrex
Europe will become a Muslim nation.Make that "continent."
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posted on
08/12/2009 10:38:38 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("A cultural problem cannot be solved with a political solution." -- Selwyn Duke)
To: Albion Wilde
Maybe Western Europe, but our Slavic brothers in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, etc., will have none of it.
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posted on
08/12/2009 10:40:01 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Maybe Western Europe, but our Slavic brothers in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, etc., will have none of it.Aren't they mostly Catholic?
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posted on
08/12/2009 11:03:45 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("A cultural problem cannot be solved with a political solution." -- Selwyn Duke)
To: Albion Wilde
I'm wondering if that shouldn't be "Evangelical Wedding" instead of ProtestantSure, but that would be too persnickety for a throwaway quip. Anyhow, evangelicals are a subset of Protestants.
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posted on
08/12/2009 12:01:48 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Good intentions mean nothing. Incentives and constraints mean everything.)
To: dfwgator; Albion Wilde
Sorry, but the statistics suggest that Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia are toast without massive immigration. I was surprised to find Poland had the lowest level of births, of the three, and with a falling trend.
2005-2010 (projected) fertility rate:
Poland: 1.23 (down from 1.25 in 2000-2005)
Czech Republic: 1.24 (up from 1.18)
Slovakia: 1.25 (up from 1.22)
source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_fertility_rate
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posted on
08/12/2009 12:11:01 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Good intentions mean nothing. Incentives and constraints mean everything.)
To: Albion Wilde
Oops. You’re right. Thanks for catching my error.
To: Nosterrex
Thanks for catching my error.I certainly make my share of hasty inaccuracies. Thank you for not flaming about the "grammar police!" LOL!! :-)
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posted on
08/12/2009 2:58:32 PM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("A cultural problem cannot be solved with a political solution." -- Selwyn Duke)
To: Tax-chick
I was surprised to find Poland had the lowest level of births, of the three, and with a falling trend.I've read many mentions in the UK press of Polish immigrants for jobs in those countries. Presumably they are the reproductive age, as well. Maybe that's a factor. Sad for the host country, so valiant in its struggle of the last century to throw off communism.
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posted on
08/12/2009 3:02:05 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("A cultural problem cannot be solved with a political solution." -- Selwyn Duke)
To: Albion Wilde
Good point. It’s possible that Polish children are being born in England and Ireland instead of Poland.
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posted on
08/12/2009 3:03:10 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Good intentions mean nothing. Incentives and constraints mean everything.)
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