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Immigration's Impact
I wish my engineering profession was
as adept in blocking unlicensed prac-
titioners as are lawyers and doctors.
Journalists and rabbis wouldn't think
of dishing out legal advice, but they
don't hesitate to pontificate on science.
Some wise person once said that a
half-truth is worse than a bald face lie.
Such are many of the statements made
about global warming.
For example:
Industrial pollution in America is a
fraction of what is was before the EPA.
Unfortunately, to compete globally,
most smoke stack industries, like steel
and foundries, have moved to China
rather than install equipment that
would price them out of business. The
result is that pollution in California
is increasing due to that which the
wind carries across the Pacific. While
we worry about one new coal plant
in Michigan, China averages one new
plant every two months.
Rabbi Steve Gutow ("Economy
And Environment," Jan. 15, page A27)
claims that a 7 percent reduction in
carbon emissions is modest. What
actually is going on in America is
that the average per-capita energy
consumption has gone down about 16
percent. All of the increases are due
to population growth even though the
birth rate of the indigenous popula-
tion is near a maintenance level.
Therefore, the growth in energy con-
sumption is due entirely to immigra-
tion! The simplest solution is to reduce
immigration by 7 percent. Or you
could turn your heat down 15 degrees
to match your 2006 consumption level
despite the sub-zero weather we have
been having.

Dennis L.. Green

Farmington Hills

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Memo To Jihadists
Attention all Jihadists: I know that
about now with Israel letting Hamas'
terrorists off the hook in Gaza, you're
thumping your chests and whoopin' it
up. But before the party gets rolling,
let's do a reality check.
You're pretty good at killing Jewish
women, children and defenseless men,
and at using your own women and
children as shields. But in a real fight
when you dare to come out of your rat
holes, you're pretty mediocre. You talk
a good game and your propaganda is
outstanding. However, that has more
to do with the news media and the left
wing in the West doing your public rela-
tions for you.
More importantly, though, how is this

going down with the Big Guy Upstairs?
Jihadists, you pretend to be pious.
You look seriously at the camera and
spout pseudo-religious nonsense. But
when it comes to values, things that the
Big Guy Upstairs counts, you thugs are
rock-bottom deficient. You teach your
children to hate and to kill people who
are different from you. You oppress and
abuse women and minorities. You use
God's name to justify territorial expan-
sion, mass murder, torture, slavery,
theft, immorality, dishonesty, brutality,
bigotry and discrimination. And the
list goes on and on. He can't possibly
be happy with you.
Jihadists, you may be having fun
now, but you got a world of hurt wait-
ing for you when your time is done.

Douglas Miller

Franklin

In Every Generation
Americans celebrated on Jan. 19, what
would have been the 80th birthday of
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil
rights fighter slain in the prime of his
life ("Showing Solidarity:' Jan. 22, page
A25). This year holds greater signifi-
cance; the day before was the historic
inauguration of Barack Obama as our
first African American president.
For years, I've taken part in MLK
Day activities, most notably at West
Bloomfield High School, this year held
Jan. 18. The next day, I was invited by
a dear African American friend and
neighbor to a commemorative inter-
faith breakfast in honor of MLK at the
Birmingham Community House. We
then headed to another commemora-
tion at Covenant Baptist Church. At
both places, I held hands with African
Americans seated beside me as we sang
the African American anthem, "We
Shall Overcome."
Although an Israeli native and
Jewish American, I, on that day, felt at
one with my African American breth-
ren and celebrated the magnificent
and blessed life of Dr. King, a great
friend of the Jewish people.
Every year at Passover, as we read
the Haggadah, we declare together: In
every generation, a person should see
himself as if he himself came out of
Egypt.
That is actually the reason why we
Jews continue to celebrate Passover
after so many years. And that is why
we celebrate MLK Day. We should not
forget the past and what brought us to
this day.

Rachel Kapen
West Bloomfield