The "12 Monkeys" Scenario -- Life Imitates Art

Over the last 25 years (off & on) I have spent a lot of time in the environmental political trenches arguing;

1 For an individuals right to own property.

2 Against Government “takings”

3 Against the destruction of small “resource based” economies & communities.

4 Against “Illegal Wilderness” designation.

5 And against any group whose name begins with “The Friends of..” or “Save the…”.

My dealings with so-called “Environmental Groups” have run the gambit from, save the Spotted (one used to live in my barn) Owl, to the, “Rip down the dams” to save the Northwest (if we were serious, we wouldn’t EAT them) Salmon, to the, “Hell No, you can’t designate a “Wild River” (defacto Wilderness Area) through a town of 180 people.

I have always considered myself a Conservationist (Wise Use), but never a Preservationist (locking up all resources is a sure fire way to ensure their desperate destruction in the future).

In meetings I have had with people from these so-called “Environmental” Groups over the years, one thing has become clear, the modern “Environmental Movement” is no longer about “Clean Air & Clean Water”, it has disintegrated into nothing but a Socioeconomic Political Agenda, with the ultimate goal being; the complete collapse of social, governmental and economic systems on a global scale. If you take away a nation’s ability to feed, provide housing and jobs for its people, can there be any other result?

So what happens when Nations collapse? Starvation… Disease…Murder… and yes…genocide.

I have had the opportunity to talk with “Environmentalists” about what they consider to be the number one threat to our planet, and almost always, the answer is, “Human Overpopulation”. They will say that they don’t have an answer (yet) to this “Problem”, but it’s pretty clear, that there can only be one (the ultimate) solution.

Well, it seems, one of these “Mother Earth” freaks has finally, publicly, stated the answer to all our problems;

DOCTOR DOOM (sorry, not really that funny at all)

But there was a gravely disturbing side to that otherwise scientifically significant meeting, for I watched in amazement as a few hundred members of the Texas Academy of Science rose to their feet and gave a standing ovation to a speech that enthusiastically advocated the elimination of 90 percent of Earth's population by airborne Ebola. The speech was given by Dr. Eric R. Pianka , the University of Texas evolutionary ecologist and lizard expert who the Academy named the 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist.

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Something curious occurred a minute before Pianka began speaking. An official of the Academy approached a video camera operator at the front of the auditorium and engaged him in animated conversation. The camera operator did not look pleased as he pointed the lens of the big camera to the ceiling and slowly walked away.

This curious incident came to mind a few minutes later when Professor Pianka began his speech by explaining that the general public is not yet ready to hear what he was about to tell us. Because of many years of experience as a writer and editor, Pianka's strange introduction and the TV camera incident raised a red flag in my mind. Suddenly I forgot that I was a member of the Texas Academy of Science and chairman of its Environmental Science Section. Instead, I grabbed a notepad so I could take on the role of science reporter.

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Professor Pianka said the Earth as we know it will not survive without drastic measures. Then, and without presenting any data to justify this number, he asserted that the only feasible solution to saving the Earth is to reduce the population to 10 percent of the present number.

He then showed solutions for reducing the world's population in the form of a slide depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. War and famine would not do, he explained. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if the population crisis is to be solved.

Emphasis Mine

Everyone should read this article (through Drudge), and this, and this, and wake up to the fact that the monster (that will eat us all) is crawling out from under the bed.

Not that this one Professor would bring about the destruction of the Human Race, all by himself, but (as is pointed out in the second & third science articles) his “students/disciples” may be the ones to worry about.

......Maybe go rent “12 Monkeys” again, and see how the Human World ends.