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Leroy N. Soetoro
May 17, 2013, 4:14:02 PM5/17/13
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analyst-resigns-over-writings-saying-latinos-have-lower-iq/
A senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation who wrote several
years ago that Hispanics had a lower IQ than American whites, and that
their descendants would too, has resigned, according to several published
reports.
Jason Richwine�s post-doctoral Harvard dissertation on how non-European
immigrants, and Latinos in particular, were intellectually inferior to
American whites, brought a backlash to the Heritage Foundation, an
influential conservative think tank.
Richwine�s dissertation, first reported by The Washington Post this week,
quickly overshadowed a report he co-authored for the think tank asserting
a $6.3 billion pricetag for immigration reform, specifically the
legalization of millions of undocumented immigrants.
Heritage distanced itself from Richwine�s dissertation, saying his views
did not reflect those of the think tank.
Politico reported that �Friday afternoon�s announcement was part of an
urgent damage control effort by the giant conservative think tank,� which
the website had earlier reported was considering hiring a high-profile
public relations firm to deal with the fallout.
According to Politico, Heritage said in a statement: �Jason Richwine let
us know he�s decided to resign from his position. He�s no longer employed
by Heritage. It is our long-standing policy not to discuss internal
personnel matters.�
The late Friday development followed a roller-coaster week for The
Heritage Foundation, which saw its report on the cost of a Senate
immigration reform bill come under fire from both liberals and
conservatives � many of whom called the study biased and inaccurate.
No sooner did The Heritage Foundation release the report than it found
itself under attack for Richwine's comments from several years ago at
Harvard.
Richwine said in his Harvard public policy dissertation that the IQ
difference between white Americans and immigrants needs to factor in to
decisions about which immigrants will be admitted to the United States to
live.
�No one knows whether Hispanics will ever reach IQ parity with whites,"
Richwine wrote, "but the prediction that new Hispanic immigrants will have
low-IQ children and grandchildren is difficult to argue against.�
In a blog post, a spokesman for the think tank had stressed Richwine�s
secondary role in the report, depicting Robert Rector as the lead author.
A Politico story said that Michael Gonzalez, The Heritage Foundation�s
vice president of communications, would not say whether or not the think
tank was considering hiring a public relations firm.
�If Heritage does hire an outside consulting firm, it would be a
significant move,� the publication said. �The fact that outside help is
under consideration suggests that the group, which has publicly rejected
criticisms of the report and one of its coauthors, is seriously concerned
about potential damage to its reputation.�
The think tank firmly defended, however, the report about the cost of
reforming the immigration system � particularly allowing millions of
undocumented immigrants to legalize their status. The Republican-led
organization said the predicted $6.3 trillion pricetag comes from more
than $9 trillion in government benefits to newly legalized immigrants over
their lifetimes � only partially counterbalanced by $3 trillion they would
pay in taxes.
That pricetag is being disputed by leaders on both sides of the
immigration debate, many of whom say that, among other things, it fails to
take into account the economic benefits of immigration reform.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is part of a bipartisan
measure to reform U.S. immigration laws, has been particularly critical of
the report.
But in the last few days, the Richwine controversy overshadowed the
findings of the report.
During Congress' last immigration debate, in 2007, a Heritage report said
the bill under consideration at the time would cost $2.6 trillion. The
conclusion was criticized, but carried weight with Republicans and the
bill was defeated.
�Amnesty is unfair to those who come here lawfully and those who are
waiting,� former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Heritage�s president, said
during a presentation Monday. �It will cost the American taxpayer
trillions of dollars over the next several decades and it will make our
immigration problems worse.�
The Washington Post story that first reported on the dissertation said
vestiges of Richwine's controversial view of today's immigrants are echoed
in the Heritage Foundation report.
It cited an excerpt: �The legal immigration system should be altered to
greatly reduce the number of low-skill immigrants entering the country and
increase the number of new entrants with high levels of education and
skills that are in demand by U.S. firms."
--
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America.
Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
has his job.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases
insurance premiums 200% and leaves millions without health care.
Obama helped bankrupt Illinois. Democrat run Chicago closes 54 public
schools.
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analyst-resigns-over-writings-saying-latinos-have-lower-iq/
A senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation who wrote several
years ago that Hispanics had a lower IQ than American whites, and that
their descendants would too, has resigned, according to several published
reports.
Jason Richwine�s post-doctoral Harvard dissertation on how non-European
immigrants, and Latinos in particular, were intellectually inferior to
American whites, brought a backlash to the Heritage Foundation, an
influential conservative think tank.
Richwine�s dissertation, first reported by The Washington Post this week,
quickly overshadowed a report he co-authored for the think tank asserting
a $6.3 billion pricetag for immigration reform, specifically the
legalization of millions of undocumented immigrants.
Heritage distanced itself from Richwine�s dissertation, saying his views
did not reflect those of the think tank.
Politico reported that �Friday afternoon�s announcement was part of an
urgent damage control effort by the giant conservative think tank,� which
the website had earlier reported was considering hiring a high-profile
public relations firm to deal with the fallout.
According to Politico, Heritage said in a statement: �Jason Richwine let
us know he�s decided to resign from his position. He�s no longer employed
by Heritage. It is our long-standing policy not to discuss internal
personnel matters.�
The late Friday development followed a roller-coaster week for The
Heritage Foundation, which saw its report on the cost of a Senate
immigration reform bill come under fire from both liberals and
conservatives � many of whom called the study biased and inaccurate.
No sooner did The Heritage Foundation release the report than it found
itself under attack for Richwine's comments from several years ago at
Harvard.
Richwine said in his Harvard public policy dissertation that the IQ
difference between white Americans and immigrants needs to factor in to
decisions about which immigrants will be admitted to the United States to
live.
�No one knows whether Hispanics will ever reach IQ parity with whites,"
Richwine wrote, "but the prediction that new Hispanic immigrants will have
low-IQ children and grandchildren is difficult to argue against.�
In a blog post, a spokesman for the think tank had stressed Richwine�s
secondary role in the report, depicting Robert Rector as the lead author.
A Politico story said that Michael Gonzalez, The Heritage Foundation�s
vice president of communications, would not say whether or not the think
tank was considering hiring a public relations firm.
�If Heritage does hire an outside consulting firm, it would be a
significant move,� the publication said. �The fact that outside help is
under consideration suggests that the group, which has publicly rejected
criticisms of the report and one of its coauthors, is seriously concerned
about potential damage to its reputation.�
The think tank firmly defended, however, the report about the cost of
reforming the immigration system � particularly allowing millions of
undocumented immigrants to legalize their status. The Republican-led
organization said the predicted $6.3 trillion pricetag comes from more
than $9 trillion in government benefits to newly legalized immigrants over
their lifetimes � only partially counterbalanced by $3 trillion they would
pay in taxes.
That pricetag is being disputed by leaders on both sides of the
immigration debate, many of whom say that, among other things, it fails to
take into account the economic benefits of immigration reform.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is part of a bipartisan
measure to reform U.S. immigration laws, has been particularly critical of
the report.
But in the last few days, the Richwine controversy overshadowed the
findings of the report.
During Congress' last immigration debate, in 2007, a Heritage report said
the bill under consideration at the time would cost $2.6 trillion. The
conclusion was criticized, but carried weight with Republicans and the
bill was defeated.
�Amnesty is unfair to those who come here lawfully and those who are
waiting,� former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Heritage�s president, said
during a presentation Monday. �It will cost the American taxpayer
trillions of dollars over the next several decades and it will make our
immigration problems worse.�
The Washington Post story that first reported on the dissertation said
vestiges of Richwine's controversial view of today's immigrants are echoed
in the Heritage Foundation report.
It cited an excerpt: �The legal immigration system should be altered to
greatly reduce the number of low-skill immigrants entering the country and
increase the number of new entrants with high levels of education and
skills that are in demand by U.S. firms."
--
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America.
Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
has his job.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases
insurance premiums 200% and leaves millions without health care.
Obama helped bankrupt Illinois. Democrat run Chicago closes 54 public
schools.
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Billy
May 18, 2013, 12:35:58 AM5/18/13
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In article <XnsA1C387672F...@202.177.16.121>,
"Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroyt...@usurper.org> wrote:
The Heritage Foundations vice president of communications is Michael
Gonzalez. A fine Irish name that.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is part of a bipartisan
measure to reform U.S. immigration laws, has been particularly critical
of the report.
Dems must be ROFLAO. The Guardians of Privilege are already a club of
phosphorescent males.
<http://www.gallup.com/poll/160373/democrats-racially-diverse-republicans
-mostly-white.aspx>
If the Guardians of Privilege don't distance themselves from this crap,
they will go the way of the Whig Party.
August 27, 2000
UV light, skin color linked
Variations due to geography
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO Two San Francisco scientists using data from a NASA
satellite say they have discovered why people come in different colors.
Variations in human skin color are the result of adaptations to the
amount of ultraviolet light from the sun falling on different regions of
Earth, according to Nina Jablonski and George Chaplin, scientists with
the California Academy of Science.
People's bodies change their skin color over time to let in just the
right amount of UV light, which is key to having healthy babies.
UV light affects the skin's production of folate, part of the B vitamin
complex, and vitamin D-3, both of which are essential for having healthy
children.
Folate is necessary for the proper development of the nervous system in
fetuses and for sperm production in adult males. Vitamin D-3 helps build
and maintain strong bones and a healthy immune system.
But too much solar UV light can not only cause skin cancer, it can also
damage those chemicals, thereby hurting a person's chances for
reproductive success.
The scientists' finding may also explain why women tend to be
lighter-skinned than men. Lighter skin lets in more solar UV light,
increasing a woman's vitamin D-3 production, which helps the fetus grow
during pregnancy and helps nourish newborns through breast feeding.
UV light from the sun varies from region to region for reasons including
latitude, humidity and cloudiness.
Jablonski and Chaplin's discovery isn't entirely new. For a long time,
scientists have thought there was a correlation between UV light and
skin color, and they knew the light helped produce vitamin D and that it
could cause cancer.
"But this explanation was considered weak by some scientists because
skin cancer has little or no effect on people's ability to reproduce,
which is really the bottom line of every evolutionary spreadsheet,"
Jablonski said.
Jablonski developed the hypothesis that links UV light to reproduction
in 1991. The scientists analyzed published measurements of human skin
color from around the world and data from NASA's Total Ozone Mapping
Spectrometer satellite, which orbited Earth from 1978 to 1993 and
gathered direct UV measurements for the entire globe to find the
correlation between skin color and UV light.
Jablonski and Chaplin found that dark skin acts as a natural sunscreen
to help prevent UV light from breaking down folate, so it is helpful in
areas with a lot of sun. But in less sunny areas, dark skin screens out
too much sunlight, and can inhibit the production of vitamin D-3, so
lighter skin is helpful for reproductive success.
Skin color is based on the level of melanin, an organic molecule with an
undetermined chemical structure. Those with more melanin have darker
skin, and melanin levels are genetic. But the variations in skin color
are adaptations to solar UV light, not biological differences among
people, according to Jablonski and Chaplin.
"We're all the same under the skin," Jablonski said.
=======
We now return you to the idiot in progress.
> http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/community/2013/05/10/heritage-foundation-
> analyst-resigns-over-writings-saying-latinos-have-lower-iq/
======
One more thing.
<http://voices.yahoo.com/university-maryland-study-shows-watching-fox-new
s-7432098.html>
University of Maryland Study Shows Watching Fox News Makes You Ignorant
A study conducted by the University of Maryland gives credence to the
view that Fox News is anything but, and is really a propaganda machine
meant to further a right wing agenda.
======
Remember Rachel Corrie
<http://www.rachelcorrie.org/>
Welcome to the New America.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg>
"Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroyt...@usurper.org> wrote:
The Heritage Foundations vice president of communications is Michael
Gonzalez. A fine Irish name that.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is part of a bipartisan
measure to reform U.S. immigration laws, has been particularly critical
of the report.
phosphorescent males.
<http://www.gallup.com/poll/160373/democrats-racially-diverse-republicans
-mostly-white.aspx>
If the Guardians of Privilege don't distance themselves from this crap,
they will go the way of the Whig Party.
August 27, 2000
UV light, skin color linked
Variations due to geography
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO Two San Francisco scientists using data from a NASA
satellite say they have discovered why people come in different colors.
Variations in human skin color are the result of adaptations to the
amount of ultraviolet light from the sun falling on different regions of
Earth, according to Nina Jablonski and George Chaplin, scientists with
the California Academy of Science.
People's bodies change their skin color over time to let in just the
right amount of UV light, which is key to having healthy babies.
UV light affects the skin's production of folate, part of the B vitamin
complex, and vitamin D-3, both of which are essential for having healthy
children.
Folate is necessary for the proper development of the nervous system in
fetuses and for sperm production in adult males. Vitamin D-3 helps build
and maintain strong bones and a healthy immune system.
But too much solar UV light can not only cause skin cancer, it can also
damage those chemicals, thereby hurting a person's chances for
reproductive success.
The scientists' finding may also explain why women tend to be
lighter-skinned than men. Lighter skin lets in more solar UV light,
increasing a woman's vitamin D-3 production, which helps the fetus grow
during pregnancy and helps nourish newborns through breast feeding.
UV light from the sun varies from region to region for reasons including
latitude, humidity and cloudiness.
Jablonski and Chaplin's discovery isn't entirely new. For a long time,
scientists have thought there was a correlation between UV light and
skin color, and they knew the light helped produce vitamin D and that it
could cause cancer.
"But this explanation was considered weak by some scientists because
skin cancer has little or no effect on people's ability to reproduce,
which is really the bottom line of every evolutionary spreadsheet,"
Jablonski said.
Jablonski developed the hypothesis that links UV light to reproduction
in 1991. The scientists analyzed published measurements of human skin
color from around the world and data from NASA's Total Ozone Mapping
Spectrometer satellite, which orbited Earth from 1978 to 1993 and
gathered direct UV measurements for the entire globe to find the
correlation between skin color and UV light.
Jablonski and Chaplin found that dark skin acts as a natural sunscreen
to help prevent UV light from breaking down folate, so it is helpful in
areas with a lot of sun. But in less sunny areas, dark skin screens out
too much sunlight, and can inhibit the production of vitamin D-3, so
lighter skin is helpful for reproductive success.
Skin color is based on the level of melanin, an organic molecule with an
undetermined chemical structure. Those with more melanin have darker
skin, and melanin levels are genetic. But the variations in skin color
are adaptations to solar UV light, not biological differences among
people, according to Jablonski and Chaplin.
"We're all the same under the skin," Jablonski said.
=======
We now return you to the idiot in progress.
> http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/community/2013/05/10/heritage-foundation-
> analyst-resigns-over-writings-saying-latinos-have-lower-iq/
======
One more thing.
<http://voices.yahoo.com/university-maryland-study-shows-watching-fox-new
s-7432098.html>
University of Maryland Study Shows Watching Fox News Makes You Ignorant
A study conducted by the University of Maryland gives credence to the
view that Fox News is anything but, and is really a propaganda machine
meant to further a right wing agenda.
======
<http://www.rachelcorrie.org/>
Welcome to the New America.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg>
God's Debris
May 18, 2013, 3:21:22 AM5/18/13
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I always find it interesting that no one has a problem with the idea
that there are differences between what are commonly called the
"races" in terms of such things as height, skin color, certain disease
propensity, ability to jump, etc. But if you suggest there might also
be differences in terms of IQ or anything similar to "smarts" you are
a racist and no discussion is possible.
On Fri, 17 May 2013 21:35:58 -0700, Billy <wild...@withouta.net>
wrote:
that there are differences between what are commonly called the
"races" in terms of such things as height, skin color, certain disease
propensity, ability to jump, etc. But if you suggest there might also
be differences in terms of IQ or anything similar to "smarts" you are
a racist and no discussion is possible.
On Fri, 17 May 2013 21:35:58 -0700, Billy <wild...@withouta.net>
wrote:
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