A Brief Look At John Holdren

By Semperpapa

President Obama is a big fan of czars. They give him the ability to generate policy without having to bother with Congressional oversight. One of the czars that this President has placed in position of power is the White House Office of Science and Technology Director John Holdren.

In his capacity, Mr. Holdren is able to exert his influence on many aspects of public policy, from global warming to health care.
But the battle horse for Holdren is his extreme environmental positions and his demonstrated interest for drastic social engineering.
John Holdren co-authored a book in 1973 with Paul and Anne Ehrlich titled Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions. The work is aimed at addressing the question of overpopulation and Holdren is very clear in his suggestions of possible solutions.
The book was penned at a time, 1973, when the concerns over the planet’s overpopulation were at a level of obsession, claiming that inaction would quickly bring the human race to a doomsday end.
But that was 1973, you will say,right?

Well not quite, as just last week Mr. Holdren was asked by CNSNews about the content of some of the man’s writing and by his responses, it looks like his radicalism has not subsided with the wisdom of age.
The CNSNews reporter asked about this statement:

“A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States,”

And should you ask, as I did, what is really “de-development”, here is directly from Holdren’s writing:

“De-development means bringing our economic system (especially patterns of consumption) into line with the realities of ecology and the global resource situation,”

And

“Resources must be diverted from frivolous and wasteful uses in overdeveloped countries to filling the genuine needs of underdeveloped countries, This effort must be largely political, especially with regard to our overexploitation of world resources, but the campaign should be strongly supplemented by legal and boycott action against polluters and others whose activities damage the environment. The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is a much more equitable distribution of wealth than in the present one. Redistribution of wealth both within and among nations is absolutely essential, if a decent life is to be provided for every human being.”

So what Holdren was championing in 1973 was to have the government set the standards about the level of social-economic development our nation can or cannot achieve, all according to the principle of leveling the playing field among all nations in the world, sort of a global centralized agency (or political entity) setting the guidelines Americans should conform to.
And then, just as Obama and all the liberal progressives push so hard for today, the principle of redistribution of wealth appears to be a very strong motivation of Holdren’s philosophy.

But if you think this is extremist, it is actually small potatoes compared to some of Holdren’s other social engineering positions. Example? Ok. These are quotes from Holdren’s writing:

"Indeed, it has been concluded that 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."

So this man is completely dedicated to use any methodology necessary to accomplish the desired goal of population control. The idea of a governmental agency or entity being able to impose the rule of compulsory abortion, should be terrifying for the population at large and should sound alarms across this land. Want more?

"Adding a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods is a suggestion that seems to horrify people more than most proposals for involuntary fertility control. Indeed, this would pose some very difficult political, legal, and social questions, to say nothing of the technical problems. No such sterilant exists today, nor does one appear to be under development. To be acceptable, such a substance would have to meet some rather stiff requirements: it must be uniformly effective, despite widely varying doses received by individuals, and despite varying degrees of fertility and sensitivity among individuals; it must be free of dangerous or unpleasant side effects; and it must have no effect on members of the opposite sex, children, old people, pets, or livestock."

As you can see, Mr. Holdren would even consider dispersing a sterilizing agent to the population at large in order to accomplish a reduction in population growth. Remember that this man is the policy maker for anything that is related to technology and science for the government.
And one last one:

"If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility—just as they can be required to exercise responsibility in their resource-consumption patterns—providing they are not denied equal protection."

And this is the one I find most disconcerting, as it addresses the targeting of his control. It is unclear what would be the parameters by which Holdren, as a policy vehicle of the government, would classify another human as a contributor to general social deterioration. For all we know, that decision could be based on ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or political affiliation, even that person’s taste in colors or their weight or the color of their eyes. And the disclaimer at the bottom of the quote is for pure smoke-screen purpose, because a government that has embarked on such a totalitarian control over the minutia of people’s lives cannot be a government much concerned over the denial of equal protection of the individual.
Also interesting in the opinion of Holdren is the reference to the government ability to legislate the reproductive responsibilities of the individual, but he conveniently places the caveat (…and if the need is compelling…) for those who could have special dispensation from the law, most likely the ruling class.

Ok so the man is a radical lunatic, something that is becoming very common among those embracing the eco-terrorist ideologies and the elitist liberal progressive superiority complex, but the scary part of all this remains the fact that Obama has succeeded in placing this level of radicalism in a position where he is capable of implementing some of his crazy ideas. And to compound the threat to the American people, these czars are operating under the radar, undisturbed and unchecked, except for the resilience of some investigative reporters.

Is Michelle Obama’s latest obsession with salt the first step on the slow road toward a complete take over of the most intimate aspects of our lives? Most people would find the question preposterous, but long wars are won sometime by winning tiny small battles. And if you do not believe me, read the history of Islam in America.

Just my thoughts!