America the Mean: President Obama's Science 'Czar'

by Tony Perkins, FRC Washington Update: By one recent count, President Obama has now appointed 34 "czars" to manage a host of projects. One of the most troubling of these is the new White House science czar, Dr. John Holdren. In 1977, Holdren teamed with the long-discredited "population bomb" scientist Paul Ehrlich to write a book titled, Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment. Here are some choice quotes from this landmark work:

"Compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society ... It would even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society ... Adding a sterilant (a drug that would produce infertility) to drinking water or staple foods is a suggestion that seems to horrify people more than most proposals for involuntary fertility control."

And in case anyone thinks Holdren now regrets these statements, consider his comment earlier this year in an exchange with U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) in public testimony: "Population growth brings some benefits and some liabilities; it's a tough question to determine which will prevail in a given time period." "Liabilities?" Of what kind, Dr. Holdren -- and would such liabilities ever justify the kinds of things (coerced abortions, sterilants in the water supply) you advocated in past years? Holdren has even called the United States "the meanest" of industrialized nations. Really? No people are more generous than the American people -- study after study demonstrates how ordinary citizens have sacrificially helped the impoverished and war-torn of other nations. Dr. Holdren is now working in the White House shaping national policy. Find out how you can express your concern to the Obama Administration over this radical appointment.

---

Tags: Czar, czars, FRC, John Holdren, population control, science, Tony Perkins, Washington Update To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!