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The majority of all my spam and link requests are caught in by either Google or Thunderbird’s spam filters. However, one from Stephan of Top Ranks recently got through. Looking for a good laugh, I clicked through to the “Conservative Blog.” Well, I consider myself to be on the line between conservative and liberal. Although I am a strong advocate of property rights, I also understand the need to combat global warming. Mostly, I decide each issue by investigating it and making a decision based upon the facts and my opinion - not by what party supports it. However, I was raised in a very Like many conservatives, Michael Brito continues to persist that science does not support global warming:

These are the liberals that believe in global warming just because Al Gore said it was a problem. The fact is that those scientists who endorse the global warming theory are in the minority and have no PROVEN evidence whatsoever. It’s the media that hypes it up.

For one thing, I could care less if Al Gore made a movie about global warming or not. In fact, I haven’t even watched it in depth because I don’t care what the media hypes up. I just care that scientists have proven that global warming is real and we can take steps to combat it. Does that make me a flaming liberal or a concerned student? I leave that for you to decide…

He asked for a link: so he got one…

China faces a gender imbalance with many more boys being born than girls. For every 118 boys born in China, there are only 100 girls born. This gap in gender is caused by cultural heritage and government policy. Traditionally, Chinese have favored boys over girls. This cultural favoring is reinforced by government policies which allow only one child per couple. Since couples can only have one child to care for them in their old age, they would prefer a boy since they can make more money and are harder workers. The government is proposing plans to combat this such as a pension for couples who have a girl. Of China’s immense population, the majority are males. (via AP report)

A gender imbalance threatens for long term social and economic issues. China’s economy has been built upon the masses that are willing to work for low wages. If the Chinese government continues to impose these harsh sanctions upon growth, the masses will cease to be masses. If 9% of the population cannot marry, they are likely to be unhappy and will not have children. Unless the government takes strong steps to avoid this imbalance of males and females, there will be a decreasingly small workforce – consisting almost exclusively of men. Even if the government does draft powerful policies, the cultural barrier will remain. Unlike in the United States where girls are valued for their maternal instincts, boys will always be highly valued in China. Due to the economic stability of the United States, families can chose to have girls who will extend the family tree and raise their own families – without having to worry about needing a boy to provide for them. Whether you are a small business or a powerful government, it is important to have a thorough understanding of our competitor’s weaknesses and strengths. Seeing the problems China’s one child policy has created, the U.S. government will be hesitant to create any such policies and thus will continue to have a growing workforce. A gender imbalance threatens to decrease the population of any country; and people are the power.