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300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:23 am
by Souichiro
American poulation to hit 300 million today!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6057004.stm

Congrats to all that is U.S.A.

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:51 am
by Fozzer
There are some very interesting (and worrying!)* statistics there..... 8)...!

Thanks for the link Soui, very interesting...;)...!

Paul...;)...!

* (Ethnic group crime statistics).

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:21 am
by Saitek
The Uk has not long hit 60 million I believe. When one looks at the land size, political power, economics magnitude of the US it seems weird that it has only 5 times as many people as the UK.

EDIT: United Kingdom

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:50 am
by Wing Nut
That's odd, the clock just turned a few minutes ago.

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:20 am
by Fozzer
That's odd, the clock just turned a few minutes ago.  I was watching it as it changed.  ??? ::) :P

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I guess the story was ready and waiting to go...


...Breedin' time again, Kev...?

Paul...;)...!

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:32 am
by Wing Nut
I'm good, but even I can't do it every 11 seconds...

At least not for more than a day...  ;D

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:02 am
by Jakemaster
No offense to anyone, but I have a feeling there were 300,000,000 people in America a long time ago, just not 300,000,000 legal citizens.

Again, no offense intended, just an observation.

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:39 am
by expat
No offense to anyone, but I have a feeling there were 300,000,000 people in America a long time ago, just not 300,000,000 legal citizens.

Again, no offense intended, just an observation.



When you concider that the UK is smaller than North and South Carolina put together,and has  population of 60 million, there is room for a lot more than that.

Matt

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:58 pm
by Chris_F
The Uk has not long hit 60 million I believe. When one looks at the land size, political power, economics magnitude of the US it seems weird that it has only 5 times as many people as the UK.


The politics probably follows the economics more than the population.  Consider that if just one of the states in the US (California) were an independant country (and many of us wish this was the case :)  ) it would have the world's fifth largest GDP.  The US obviously has the largest GDP, and second runner up, Japan, is a factor of 3 smaller than the US.

It's hard to say what drives the economics to be so different.  My libertarian self likes to think it's economic freedom (tax and business law).  But I'm sure compelling arguments could be made for any number of factors.

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:23 pm
by flyboy 28
No offense to anyone, but I have a feeling there were 300,000,000 people in America a long time ago, just not 300,000,000 legal citizens.

Again, no offense intended, just an observation.


You mean American Indians? There were a lot less than that, bud.

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:52 pm
by gijake

You mean American Indians? There were a lot less than that, bud.


No he means undocumented imigrents, not natives.

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:54 pm
by beefhole
American poulation to hit 300 million today!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6057004.stm

Congrats to all that is U.S.A.

Actually 300 million is rather worrying, there aren't many people celebrating-we were at 200 million just 40 years ago.

Immigrants have been taken into account (both legal and illegal) on the clock.

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:28 am
by Woodlouse2002
Actually 300 million is rather worrying, there aren't many people celebrating-we were at 200 million just 40 years ago.

Immigrants have been taken into account (both legal and illegal) on the clock.

So when America going to take out a one child policy then? ;D

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:04 am
by Politically Incorrect
That's odd, the clock just turned a few minutes ago.  I was watching it as it changed.


Wonder if that one came over on a elephant?

Re: 300 million Americans!!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:56 am
by Chris_F
The population of America would still be exceedingly small if it wasn't for the imigrants.