Finally. we should take a closer look when we talk of overpopulationat what is happening in Haiti. The President takes a ton of flak on that one. But he should not. because either you follow the refugee laws or you change the refugee laws. Our refugee laws and the United Nations refugee laws are quite clear. A refugee is a person fleeing persecution based on race. religion. or because of membership in a national organization or political organization. A refugee under the United Nations and the United States law is not a person fleeing poverty. Get that. You may not like that definition. but that is the present definition of a refugee. So. as the President said. it is not our function to provide solace for every economic refugee. If you did. there would be 16 to 20 million people who would be right here. right now. So you either stick with the definition of refugee or you change it. What do we have there in Haiti? We have a population there wreaking havoc with the environment by chopping down trees by the thousand in order to make products. charcoal that can be sold for a few cents a day.