Lets start off the new year with this interesting post from American thinker commenting on this story from the old grey lady herself the New York Times.
Welcome to Rutland.
It was one of many preparations this remote city in central Vermont is making before 100 refugees from Syria and Iraq arrive here over the next year, with the first expected to come later this month.
The plan’s fiercest advocate has been the mayor of Rutland, Christopher Louras, who has cited not the moral argument for resettling refugees, but an economic one: This shrinking city, long removed from its heyday as a marble producer and regional railroad hub, needs every new resident it can get. Syrian refugees, he has said, are an opportunity
“Rutland’s demographic condition right now is not just one of a declining population, but it’s also a graying population,” said Mr. Louras, who became the mayor about 10 years ago as a Republican, but has since become an independent. “We need people,” he added
Vermont has a declining and aging population. Gee it wasn’t that long ago when everyone was worried about overpopulation. Not long ago at all when you read article after article here, here, and here, here overpopulation was a very bad thing. Sir Paul McCartney even wrote a song about it.
So after years of liberals preaching about the evils of overpopulation. Creating an economy where people can’t find good paying jobs, the result of high taxes and overregulation. Turning the State of Vermont into the most carbon neutral of all fifty states. Creating a secular society where certain “mistakes” can be corrected by a trip to planed parenthood. Where public education has morphed in indoctrination, and opiate addiction has become an epidemic. Apparently local businesses can’t find enough decent employees. We just have too many old white people.
So Vermont, like the “progressive” countries of Sweden, England an Germany are going to import diversity, which means that they do not have to assimilate to there new home. You better assimilate to them. And the people who brought this about are more then likely not going to be living anywhere near them.
Ah diversity
I can see empty churches becoming mosques. with minarets to call to prayer
I assume schools and employers will provide pray rooms.
The local girls will find the Muslim boys fascinating. I know it’s winter girls but make sure your covered from head to toe this summer also.
It’s going to be a very interesting year in Rutland Vt. in 2017.