Yes, Overpopulation is the Sword of Damocles over the world

Rush excoriated Al Gore today for his comments on overpopulation, stating that it wasn't a problem.

Sorry, Rush, but in this instance you don't know what you're talking about.

Overpopulation is a real danger, and proof of its existence is all around us.

Rush clearly hasn't visited Pakistan or India, where people are jam-packed together like sardines. He clearly hasn't visited China. Does he think China instituted their one couple-one child policy because that government likes to dictate to people every aspect of their lives? No, it's because they've got a gazillion people and their population could explode exponentially if it were not controlled.

There is only so much arable land, and we're losing lots of that every year due to drought, bad farming practices, etc. Where is the food going to come from to feed all these people?

Is Rush aware of all the people in various African countries who are starving to death? He should know - American money has been pouring into these countries for decades - ostensibly to feed the starving but actually appropriated by the country's governments who keep the money - they don't care if their people starve, or else they'd do something about it.

It's only common sense that over-population is going to be a danger. The earth is not going to get any bigger. As people increase their birthrate, where are all the new children going to go? Florida - and Rush should know this, since he lives there - already has a water shortage. Pretty soon they'll have no choice but to drain the Everglades completely - and once they are gone, what then?

Many states have water shortages...they have to import water from other states for their own populations....

There are a few sparsely populated states in the US, sure - I live in one, Wyoming. Is that because people don't want to move here because of the incessant wind, or is it because there is little arable land here so farming is out of the question. The only thing that can be done on Wyoming soil is build wind farms, or drill for natural gas.

Sorry, Rush, but you're off-base on this one. You apparenlty believe God's stricture to be fruitful and multiply. Well,that was just fine 4,000 years ago, when there was hardly anyone in the world. Now that every country is already as full as it can safely get, we're just dooming our children to a more miserable existence than we have.