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18 January 2013 , 10:29 AM by Rob Minshull
The Rise and Fall of the House of Bo by John Garnaut
The scope and scale of the Chinese march is enormous. As the ever cerebral David Aaronovitch pointed out in The Australian recently, China is even making sure the march continues by buying up the world's oil and gas reserves, spending almost $40 billion on energy assets last year.
In fact, in terms of both population and economic growth, what is happening in China is like trying to count the stars in the night sky. Seeking to understand what it all means has led to some fascinating theories.
A few years ago, Martin Jacques left his readers in no doubt: the title of his absorbing and provocative book was simply When China Rules The World. The West, he argued, is about to be challenged - economically and also morally, politically and ethically - by a non-Western superpower for the very first time. China has long regarded itself as being at the centre of the world and the West should be prepared as the Chinese seek tribute from others as acknowledgement of their inherent superiority.
Meanwhile, in her book Maonomics: Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do, Loretta Napoleoni argued that China is using profit and its new-found wealth to plan a fairer distribution of wealth and prosperity than we do in the West. In the 21st century, China is at long last realising Marx's goal of an egalitarian society. Western notions of democracy and a harping on about the terrible past, says Napoleoni, miss the point.
Central to both theses is, of course, politics. True, the horrendous crimes committed under Mao are acknowledged by the current Communist Party leadership, but as James Palmer pointed out in his book last year, the scope and origins of those crimes are minimised. All blame is heaped on the Gang of Four and the terror of the Cultural Revolution is treated as an aberration, as an event that came out of nowhere rather than as the logical consequence of Mao's political vision.
In a little over 100 pages, John Garnaut offers a captivating tale of where that vision has taken China today. Garnaut, the China correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, tells the story of Bo Xilai, a charismatic rising star of the Communist Party who until only last year was seen as a serious contender for the presidency. Born into one of the aristocratic families of the Communist Party, Garnaut's story of the fall of Bo has almost everything: a dynasty, a death, adultery, espionage and political intrigue.
As Garnaut writes: "The political explosion of Bo Xilai is blowing open the black box of Chinese politics and layting bare a world of staggering brutality, corruption, hypocrisy and fragility. For the first time, the webs of power and money that bind and also divide China's red aristocracy are being exposed for the world to see."
With his wife serving a life sentence for murder, Bo himself has been charged with defection, abuse of power and corruption. Instead of becoming president, Bo is facing a life in jail while his arch rival Xi Jinping has taken the post instead. Bo, who spoke the language of neo-Maoism and appealed to nostalgic Party elders, uncovered "a purulent mass of corruption, violence and decadence beneath the Communist Party's shiny veneer", was caught using the same web of malevolence as those he denounced.
The Rise and Fall of the House of Bo is a Penguin Special; written and designed to be read in a single sitting, it does just that. Thought-provoking and fascinating, Garnaut tells the tale not just of a spectacular fall from grace: it is an exposure of the brutality of Chinese politics. It is, wrote an ABC colleague recently, an absorbing insight into "the deep fissures in China's leadership as the Communist Party dictatorship battles to shape for a new generation a story that will shore up its hold on power."
What this brilliant book does so well is to show how an ambitious politician can exploit that sense of injustice and alienation among China's young people, can tap into a lingering nostalgia for more certain narratives, and take advantage of the corruption, lack of restraint and great wealth available to Party insiders. What happened to Bo, and what John Garnaut so superbly explains, was nothing less than the 'battering of the Party's public legitimacy and its facade of unity'. "Never before," concludes Garnaut, "had China's evolving kleptocracy been documented and exposed for all to see."
So will China win? Is the West destined for decline or an inevitable clash with the emergent superpower? A final word from the outstanding British economist Will Hutton:
"There is no prospect of China ruling the world. This is a country whose uncertainties of identity and economic frailties prevent it from ever projecting hegemonic hard and soft power. Its authoritarian institutions, far from being a source of strength, are a source of weakness. China is simultaneously big but poor, powerful but weak. And there, until wholesale political change occurs, it will stay, notwithstanding its considerable growth rates and economic achievement. Indeed, its current economic model, dependent on high exports and mountainous savings, is disintegrating, as both insiders and close observers recognise."
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BO by John Garnaut
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What kind of oil do u recomend for break in and what kind after break in? I dont want to use newer oils even if I have to order my oil online. Every oil I use looks burnt after a few 100 miles and always smells burnt. I want to use thicker oil than recomended for my truck which is 10w30. I want good added protection in a oil I use.
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There IS going to be some metal worn off during the process of ring and cam break in. Fot that reason I believe seeing a film of magnetic particles as well as a metallic hue to the oil after the cam break in of a flat tappet engine the norm.
As for the rest of it, if that's your experience then so be it. But it is not going to be something that everyone- including myself- will agree to all of.
Your bearings are worn out. Make sure that the wear is even all across the surface. If it is not, then you should line bore/hone the block and straighten the crank. Don't do this yourself. Crank straightening is an art. Mike the crank to be sure it is still round, then buy new bearings to provide the proper clearance. The more clearance you run, the lower your oil pressure will be. I like to see oil pressure in my V-8 Vega (350 four bolt main early LT-1), so I use .001" on the rods and .0015" on the mains. It carries 40 psi at hot idle on a 100 degree day with the air on full blast. It also revs to 8,000 rpm. My 327 small journal ran for 300,000 miles and still didn't get down to the copper. I give the credit to Valvoline 40w Racing oil and STP. The STP stays on the bearing surface when you shut the engine off, while the hot oil drips back into the pan. The next time you start up, the STP gives some lubrication until the oil pump can start delivering oil again. I also suggest a magnetic drain plug so that you can check to see if you are having undue engine wear. After break-in, your engine should not have ANY hair (metal particles) on the drain plug. if it does, then your oil is not doing its job. I recommend NOT using Pennsylvania based oils because they have a high ash content and cause excess wear. Paraffin based oils are much better (Valvoline, Havoline, etc.). Valvoline 40w Racing oil is the Army's first choice for their aircraft piston engines. They also suggest the STP "if you can find it". Stay away from anything purple.
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JUST REMEMBER TO GO BY THE PISTON MANUFACTURES SPECS (they may differ Quite a bit)!!!
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cam-ground piston: .
A piston with a skirt that is ground slightly egg-shaped or oval-shaped. The widest diameter of the skirt is at right angles to the piston-pin axis. When it is heated, it becomes round. The design allows for a closer fit in the cylinder so that there is a reduction of blowby gas, cylinder scuffing, and piston slap ."
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Fig 7.7
Using a micrometer, measure the piston skirt across the thrust faces as shown in Figure 7.7. In most cases, the measurement is taken at a point which is approximately one-third of the skirt height. This is the nominal diameter of the piston and should be the greatest dimension.
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All modern cam-ground pistons, measured for clearance 90 degrees (right angled) to the wrist pin. and measured for clearance this way.
Thus, if the block is bored exactly .030" oversize, the clearance will be what the manufacturer intended, usually around .004" to .005" at a point perpendicular to the wrist pin.
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Clearances for forged aluminum pistons:
SAE 4032 aluminum ...high performance street, .002" - .0035"
SAE 2618 aluminum... competition, boosted, scuffs easily, .004" - .0065"
If your engine has 400 - 450 HP, driven on the street and want durability, use pistons that are made of SAE 4032 aluminum. Engine with more than 450 HP should use pistons made of SAE 2618 aluminum. SAE 2618 aluminum is low silicon and is softer and need to checked for wear, scuffing and are replaced more often.
|My machinist could of told me that. At least Ill have a fresh block when I get it for free and Ill have to just pay to get the final hone. Thanks for that article jester. Thanks everyone for the help. Ill scratch the idea of doing the other engine myself. Ill save it for a big project
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"What do you mean by piston to bore clearence. Is that the gap inbetween the two."
Aluminum expands about 1.7 times the rate of cast iron so there has to be room for that expansion. Rather then me typing this I'll just add this attachment! Remember: Different manufacturers and piston types(forged, cast,ETC,ETC, have different recommended clearances ) dont just open a repair manual and think that's correct!!!! you should always have the pistons before the block gets bored..That way the machine shop can do the final hone to get the exact piston clearance you need.. Most pistons you measure the skirts with a micrometer 90deg from the pin, just below the oil rings.
Measure the cylinder bore and subtract to get the clearance.
The piston is larger at the bottom of the skirt and smaller at the compression rings to allow for expansion of the piston dome. Pistons are also "cam-ground" (egg shaped, not perfectly round) as well so measuring somewhere other than the piston mfgr's. recommendations will give you an inaccurate number.
This is one way to check!
|Hey Im just saying what I said I wanted done before I took the stuff off my truck. I didnt have caps and he had a **** load so he gave me some and said he would line hone it. The blocks I had were all 305s and he wanted the blocks. If they were 350 or bigger I would of kept every one of them. Actually I did keep one 305 to replace my 350 in my truck. As far as the crank for the motor I was going with new everything. Were starting to get off track some. The block Cobalt327, Hcompton and myself were talking about in the last two posts is not the one I took the bearings out of. Also I would never reuse main bearings. The cylinder walls actually look like they were just redone. Its crazy to me how good this block looks. Well I did baby it when it was in the truck but still its beautiful. What do you mean by piston to bore clearence. Is that the gap inbetween the two. Im gonna go take some pics of my 94 chevy block
New parts in machined block.
To this post, I would have no problem putting in new parts the sizes the machienest stated he did work for. The coviot is make sure his work is correct and sizes he states are correct.
cas in point had work domne on one of my 400SBCs and crank was stated as a 10-10 under.
He gave me bearings for a 10-10 crank, and I did not check.
After assembeling 3 Main caps (Torque could not spin crank. Checked and hasd 20-20 crank. So if the machine work is correctly sized, makes no difference if you put different parts in as long as sized for that motor.
Always check clearences on assembely.
Crankshaft bearings
This could go on forever.
I am responding as I see it.
The question to me was would I have the block line bored. My experiences.
Racing ? Yes to correct any alignment problems and eliminate friction.
Probibly not if indeed this engine has 150,000 miles. If block has this much wear on bearings it probibly has ridges in cylinder the size of the grand cannon. Id insytall new bearings, that fit crank whatever the undersize may be as long as crank is round and true and even.
Bore block for new pistons.
normal other replacement parts that would be worn out. CAm Timing chain, gears, Head rebuild.
The indecater to me to line hone block is if you spun a main bearing. Line hone would be mandentory on any bearing spin.
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
TSA Pre✓™ Through Global Entry: One Sweet Deal!
71 comments:
- Anonymous said...
How does this help you at airports that don't participate in the Precheck process?
How does this help you with Agents who, in spite of your spiffy new pass, select you for the random enhanced security check?
And how does this do anything to improve security at the airport? I mean you could have lied on your application and really be a sleeper agent for some evil terrorist organization who can know smuggle who knows how many kinds of explosives in the souls of your shoes.
- July 5, 2012 at 10:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
Bob, the idea that by paying $100 a citizen can have a shot at having one's Fourth Amendment rights better preserved at an airport -- notice that I say a shot, because as you have repeatedly told us, there is no guarantee of expedited screening -- is an insult to the meaning of this country.
Let me guess: I bet that yesterday, you were one of those flag-waving "patriots" squealing, "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free."
You know how people say, "Freedom isn't free"? The TSA brings new meaning to that saying.
Your employer is an insult too this country's very core. And by accepting a paycheck from said employer, you are a part of the problem.
I don't know whether you will post this comment, but maybe it will get you to start thinking about the disgusting government agency known as the TSA.
- July 5, 2012 at 10:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
>> If you see me in an airport, be sure to say hi.
>> I'll be the one with my shoes on.
Unless you're not chosen to play the game that flight.
As this blog has repeatedly said, "Random and unpredictable security measures are a part of everything we do. This is to ensure that terrorists and anyone with bad intentions will have a hard time gaming the system. To that end, no one who opts in should expect to get expedited screening every time they fly through a TSA Pre✓™ airport."
Then who will be the one laughing?
- July 5, 2012 at 10:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
Paying $100 to keep our shoes on - how American. It (and we) used to be Free.
TSA Security is a sham. How much more can I pay to make you simply go back simple WTMD and focusing on cargo screening?
- July 5, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
$100 to keep our shoes on? Lisa it used to be free.
How perfectly TSAmerican of you.
- July 5, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
I applied on May 8, 2012, and my application is still pending. Don't know whether yours went through fast or if mine is slow.
- July 5, 2012 at 10:57 AM
- Branden Williams said...
I like the program, when I am selected. I am a Global Entry participant and find it easer to clear customers than to get selected to go through the PreCheck lately. In the last 10K miles I have flown, I have not been selected once.
- July 5, 2012 at 11:02 AM
- Chris Boyce said...
"My back-of-the-envelope math told me that for 36 cents per trip in an average year, I could leave my shoes on, keep my jacket on, not have to bother to remove my laptop from my knapsack, and allow my 3-1-1 liquids bag to remain tucked into my carry-on. PLUS I wouldn't have to wait in line for others to take off their shoes and fill up the checkpoint bins. I had two words to describe that outcome: Sweet deal!"
You know what? NOBODY should have to pay ANYTHING for these "privileges" at an airport. The TSA rubbed our noses in the Constitution and is selling it back to the American People, one sentence at a time.
The Communists were masters at selling "privileges" that they could withdraw at any time for any reason as a means of creating a privileged class and ensuring loyalty among this privileged class.
This is nothing more than extortion, and, you, as a TSA employee, are as guilty of extortion as Administrator Pistole.
How can you sleep at night?
- July 5, 2012 at 11:12 AM
- RB said...
Pre Check does nothing for the vast majority of travelers and should be scrapped.
If TSA has any desire for real Risked Based Screening TSA would develop a plan that worked for all travelers.
TSA Pre Check is just another TSA Failure.
- July 5, 2012 at 11:26 AM
- Anonymous said...
How is Pre✓ any different than a mob racket?
"Pay us (the government) $100 and you may be able to do something (leave on shoes and jackets) that everyone used to do by default. But we have to keep it random so we cannot assure you that you will ever get these benefits, and we won't tell you until you actually get to the airport. We can also change the rules at any time."
If this were a private business, the attorney general would be investigating.
- July 5, 2012 at 12:54 PM
- Curtis said...
Please stop acting like this in any way helps the vast majority of travelers. In fact, at SLC, where I regularly fly out of, it makes my experience worse, because the dedicated lane for those willing to buy back their rights makes the wait times in all the other lanes longer. It's a bad system and you should feel bad about it.
- July 5, 2012 at 1:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
In the criminal world such a scheme would be called a protection racket.
Please explain, Ms. Farbstein, why this government-run scheme is any different.
Thank you.
- July 5, 2012 at 1:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
For my next trip I am keeping my shoes on as well. I'll also run my risk of a TSA groping down to zero.
Even though I qualify for Pre-check, I'm driving between DC and Atlanta. It's the ultimate opt-out, and it protects me from the TSA much better than Pre-check.
- July 5, 2012 at 1:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
If someone is regularly exempted from the civil rights violations, he/she is less likely to be a vocal critic of TSA. That is the danger that programs like PreCheck present.
- July 5, 2012 at 1:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
Lisa, that $100 you spent won't prevent a fellow employee of your agency from demanding at the gate that you hand over your drink -- purchased inside the so-called sterile area -- for testing.
Your agency is a dysfunctional assault on all that was once good about this country.
- July 5, 2012 at 2:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Why should it cost $100 for this? 99.9999999999+% of all passengers are not a risk. We should all be able to keep our shoes on, just like almost every other country in the world. I can't say much about taking by baggie of liquids out since most airports don't care if it's taken out anymore. Laptops should be allowed to stay in their bags mostly so they aren't as likely to be stolen.
Everybody should get this type of treatment, unless something triggers additional screening. Imagine how much faster this process would be if most people didn't have to remove shoes, liquids, or laptops. They can go through the metal detectors and keep the scanners for secondary screening. You could even lessen the restrictions on liquids. There is no reason to prohibit water bottles when that same amount of liquid could be divided up into 3.4 oz containers and carried through.
Why are we still removing shoes in this country? I've flown internationally and did not remove my shoes. No planes fell from the sky while everyone's shoes stayed on.
- July 5, 2012 at 2:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
I know a lot of people like to post "the sky is falling" and some impending police state is upon us, but this program is great. Congress keeps pushing for expansion, and I believe that this program will encompass most travelers someday. From someone who uses this program often, keep it up.
- July 5, 2012 at 3:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
So, how does $100 and an interview make you any less dangerous than anyone else? Oh...sorry...I guess it is the pay off that makes you safe.
- July 5, 2012 at 3:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Lisa Farbstein said:
"If you see me in an airport, be sure to say hi. I'll be the one with my shoes on."
I won't be seeing you at the airport because I avoid flying to avoid the TSA. I get to keep my shoes on too.
The Pre Check program is nothing but a Public Relations program for frequent fliers. No background check can find all possible terrorists. The program is based on lies.
- July 5, 2012 at 3:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Lisa, you have just experienced first-hand what it's like to hand over money in response to an act of extortion. And by the way, you spent a lot more than $100, if you apply any kind of value to your time and usage of your vehicle (50 miles round-trip!).
extortion |ikˈstôrSHən|
the practice of obtaining something, esp. money, through force or threats.
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Extortion (also called blackmail, shakedown, outwresting, and exaction) is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through coercion.
- July 5, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
If I see you at the airport and know that you are a TSA employee I will not speak unless I am required by law. I reserve my "hellos" for persons who respect the dignity and privacy of their fellow Americans - unlike those employed at the TSA.
- July 5, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Lisa Farbstein said...
UPDATE: My Customs and Border Protection personal interview was conducted on Monday afternoon and my Global Entry identification card was in my mailbox on Thursday morning. From Monday to Thursday (with Wednesday being the July 4th holiday) is pretty good service from both CBP and the U.S. Postal Service!
- July 5, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- Lisa Farbstein said...
UPDATE: My Customs and Border Protection personal interview was conducted on Monday afternoon and my Global Entry identification card was in my mailbox on Thursday morning. From Monday to Thursday (with Wednesday being the July 4th holiday) is pretty good service from both CBP and the U.S. Postal Service!
- July 5, 2012 at 5:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
I for one think the TSA does a real good job, the safety of my family comes first and foremost, some people act like little kids crying all the time, would you prefer the alternative?
- July 5, 2012 at 10:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
To all the Anonymi complaining above... do you have any constructive suggestions? The same way you're always looking over your shoulder in the "scary" parts of town and almost never in the not-so-scary parts doesn't mean you never double-check in the "safe" parts, does it? Sometimes, your Spidey Sense tingles and you look. And sometimes, common sense tells you to be generally aware. Similarly, TSA cannot not periodically look at even the well-dressed passengers. (Otherwise, it would be called profiling!) And god forbid, something bad happens, do you think TSA can say to Congress: "Anonymous told me to stop looking?!"
Get a grip folks! Freedom isn't cheap. Part of that freedom is not being singled out because of how you look... or don't look. And part of the cost of freedom is having security at airports so that we don't have another 9/11 occur. With that said... what are your constructive solutions?
- July 6, 2012 at 3:23 AM
- Anonymous said...
Bravo. More people should do the same. The TSA is more of a deterrent to flying than any terrorism activity ever has been.
- July 6, 2012 at 7:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
Everyone should get to keep their shoes on, not just a few privileged persons.
- July 6, 2012 at 7:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
>> some people act like little kids crying
>> all the time, would you prefer the alternative?
You mean baggage x-rays and walk-through metal detectors as the only screening, the way checkpoints operated for decades, without having to pay an extortion fee of $100?
Absolutely, sign me up.
- July 6, 2012 at 7:23 AM
- Anonymous said...
To those who are whining about all the serious complaints posted here and on other threads:
A true patriot is one who questions his government at every turn, and does not just take at face value what he is told.
Being a patriot is hard work. It entails a lot more than just waving the flag and wearing red, white and blue, and singing songs such as, "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free."
- July 6, 2012 at 8:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
"...what are your constructive solutions?"
I do have one constructive solution to offer the TSA...Start Over. The TSA can not repair their well-earned disgraced reputation by simply "tweaking" their current failed system (people, process and technology). I, like many other Americans, have come to associate TSA employees with repeated deviant behavior - that unfortunate association can't be fixed until the entire organization is overhauled.
- July 6, 2012 at 8:35 AM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
"And part of the cost of freedom is having security at airports so that we don't have another 9/11 occur."
No, airport security is not the price of freedom, it's the loss of freedom.
The price of freedom is accepting personal risk to make sure freedom is protected. You want to give away freedom to try and protect yourself.
- July 6, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- Anonymous said...
If there are indeed any "bad guys" out there with a plot to use liquids in a harmful way, these tactics to prevent such an incident will work 0% of the time. Here's why:
I would guess you're testing beverages that are out in the open -- in someone's hands, or maybe in a mesh compartment on the side of luggage. You don't mention that you'll be opening luggage and going through all compartments in search of containers. Even if you did, luggage could have some hidden compartments with no zippers to store containers of liquid. These containers would be found with x-ray equipment but not with a hand-search.
You'll be testing the innocent, traveling public with their water and other consumable liquids because they were visible. The dangerous liquids, IF THEY EXIST (they don't really), won't be found.
- July 6, 2012 at 9:12 AM
- Chip and Andy said...
"...what are your constructive solutions?"
That's easy!
Walk-through Metal Detectors.
Better quality baggage x-ray/imaging machines and better trained operators on those machines next to the WTMD.
Better quality x-ray/imaging machines, and more of them, scanning all the checked baggage.
In this post-9/11 world there is almost nothing that could get through a metal detector that could be dangerous enough to take over or take down an aircraft.
And the stuff in my carry-on... x-ray it so much that it glows in the dark if that is what it takes to make sure there's nothing bad in there. Same with my checked baggage.
That is my first suggestion.
My second suggestion, go back to private companies. A private company is going to find the most efficient and effective balance between customer service and protecting the aircraft and traveler. The airlines who hire the companies are going to hire only the best because those hired are going to be protecting the airlines primary method of doing business (the airplane).
That is my second suggestion.
My third, and last, suggestion is to disband the TSA and divert the 8 billion dollars annually to the other Agencies that actually do something to keep this Country safe, like the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard.
Is that a specific enough set of suggestions for you?
- July 6, 2012 at 9:55 AM
- RB said...
Get a grip folks! Freedom isn't cheap. Part of that freedom is not being singled out because of how you look... or don't look. And part of the cost of freedom is having security at airports so that we don't have another 9/11 occur. With that said... what are your constructive solutions?
July 6, 2012 3:23 AM
Giving away you freedom is even more expensive.
TSA offers nothing of value.
People who work for TSA offer nothing of value.
- July 6, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- Wintermute said...
Anonymous said...
"I for one think the TSA does a real good job, the safety of my family comes first and foremost, some people act like little kids crying all the time, would you prefer the alternative?"
Yes, please. Also, no need for insults.
- July 6, 2012 at 12:22 PM
- Wintermute said...
Anonymous said...
"Get a grip folks! Freedom isn't cheap. Part of that freedom is not being singled out because of how you look... or don't look. And part of the cost of freedom is having security at airports so that we don't have another 9/11 occur. With that said... what are your constructive solutions?"
However, you do not pay for freedom by giving up freedom. That makes no sense at all.
Construction solutions? Already implemented. Hardened cockpit doors and passenger awareness ensure the safety of air travel more than the TSA does (given their 70% failure rate and all). We could easily go back to pre-9/11 screening levels and be as safe, if not more so, than we are under the TSA, as all they do is provide a false sense of security to those who know nothing about security to begin with.
- July 6, 2012 at 12:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
Why do TSA propaganda posts have to be condescending to their readers? This one is definitely demeaning to the 99.999+% of passengers who are neither interested in nor eligible for the Pre Check program.
It appears that contempt for the traveling public so thoroughly permeates all layers of the TSA that even a PR writer intent on selling a "beneficial" program can't avoid spotlighting that contempt.
And to the Anonymous poster of the July 6, 2012 3:23 AM comment: Many people have posted many constructive suggestions for improvement as comments to this blog over the years. Except for the few times that TSA representatives have explicitly dismissed both the suggestion and the person who submitted it, all of them have been ignored. This consistent behavior shows that the TSA doesn't care what anyone outside their agency has to say.
- July 6, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
To Anyonymous at July 6, 2012 3:23 AM, who said...
To all the Anonymi complaining above... do you have any constructive suggestions?
My constructive solution? Go back to the security that existed on September 10, 2001. It worked. It worked well. It was not breached on September 11th (as boxcutters were allowed onto planes). Incidents that did occur (like Pan Am 103), similarly to the failed "underwear" and "shoe" bombings, occurred inbound to the US from foreign airports. Additionally, security holes that remained pre-9/11 still exist post-9/11 (the security hole that resulted in PSA flight 1771 could occur again today)
Nothing that TSA has done has made us measurably safer. Most things they have done have degraded us and have violated our rights.
- July 6, 2012 at 3:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous at July 6, 2012 3:23 AM said: "...part of the cost of freedom is having security at airports so that we don't have another 9/11 occur"
So let me get this straight - the cost of freedom is to give up our freedom. Sounds like a fair trade to me (/sarcasm). Benjamin Franklin where are you when we need you, I fear for the future of this country. Sigh.
- July 6, 2012 at 3:47 PM
- Jim Huggins said...
Anonymous asks: what are your constructive solutions?
We've been offering them on this blog for years. Mostly, they're ignored. Go back and read many of them, especially from the early days of the blog.
- July 6, 2012 at 4:23 PM
- JoJo said...
Anonymous said...
To all the Anonymi complaining above... do you have any constructive suggestions? [...]
Get a grip folks! Freedom isn't cheap. Part of that freedom is not being singled out because of how you look... or don't look. And part of the cost of freedom is having security at airports so that we don't have another 9/11 occur. With that said... what are your constructive solutions?
The cost of freedom is surrendering your freedom? That makes no sense. Constructive solutions? Anything that doesn't violate the 4th amendment would be a good start. I'll assume you're new here. If you aren't new, you haven't been paying attention to the myriad of of better ideas people have been suggesting from the start of this blog. I know bomb-sniffing dogs have been thrown out there many times. It is not for lack of people making suggestions.
- July 6, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
"You can pay me now, or pay me later!!!'
"Pay the $100 for your 'freedom,' or if you don't, we will just take some out of your wallet while it goes through the x-ray screening."
Sincerely, really!
Your "protectors"
- July 6, 2012 at 5:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
"And part of the cost of freedom is having security at airports so that we don't have another 9/11 occur. With that said... what are your constructive solutions?"
Fortify cockpit doors and educate passengers to fight back in the event of an attempted hijacking. (Both of which were done in 2001.)
There. No need for any special screening beyond normal metal detectors.
- July 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
To all the Anonymi complaining above... do you have any constructive suggestions?
Sure. We've mentioned them over and over and over, for years and years and years... only to be ignored.
Freedom isn't cheap. Part of that freedom is not being singled out because of how you look... or don't look.
No- that Freedom is not being detained and electronically strip-searched.
And part of the cost of freedom is having security at airports so that we don't have another 9/11 occur.
And, as has been pointed out many, Many, MANY times, another 9/11 cannot happen, for several reasons. Passengers will not just sit there anymore, like they did before 9/11. And there are more Federal Air Marshals on planes. And cockpit doors are reinforced and locked.
Those things alone would stop another 9/11. The TSA is unneeded.
With that said... what are your constructive solutions?
Get rid of the TSA. Yes, we need security, but no more that we had before 9/11. Walk-through metal detector and carry-on baggage scan to make sure there are no guns/bombs brought on board, and an explosive scanner for checked baggage. That's it. No more taking off shoes, no more confiscating water bottles. No more nudie-scans. No more making women drink their breast milk, or handing them pliers to remove their nipple rings. No more squeezing urine out of ostomy bags, or putting your hands down little kids pants.
There you go. A 'constructive solution'. Ball's in your court.
- July 6, 2012 at 10:32 PM
- RB said...
TSA Pre Check: The real truth!
TSA can hype Pre Check all they want but the simple truth is the program is flawed from the start.
- July 9, 2012 at 11:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
"I for one think the TSA does a real good job"
Prove it.
- July 9, 2012 at 3:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
"A few days later"?!?!?!
Apparently you have to know someone to get this process expedited. I applied over a month ago and my application is still "pending review".
Thanks for letting us know that TSA employees get special treatment. Regular people who try to play by DHS's ever-changing rules still get screwed.
- July 11, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- Roland Allen said...
HI - I have my Known Traveler number in my Delta Airlines record. Yesterday, when I went to screening at Salt Lake City, I was told that I was not qualified to use the TSA pre line for screening - even though I was on Delta, and my Known Traveler number was in my record for the flight. The curious thing is that prior to getting my number, I always had the TSA pre clearance when it was available. Do I need to carry my passport with me on domestic travel or my Global Entry card in order to use the TSA Pre line? Thanks for your response.
- July 13, 2012 at 8:05 AM
- Malcolm Smith said...
I'm in Global Entry and still don't get to go through the Pre Check line! My number is saved in my Delta profile and I still don't clear. I can't find any way to contact TSA on their website. So note, being in Global Entry does NOT guarantee you will get pre check!
- July 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM
- Malcolm Smith said...
I'm in the same situation....Global Entry, Known Traveler number in profile, Delta Gold and still no Pre-Check! I can't find any way to contact TSA to inquire, thus my post on this blog.
- July 25, 2012 at 7:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
Just tried to add my pass id from global entry in the known traveler field on my delta skymiles account, but it wouldn't accept it. It seems the format requires 2 letters before the numbers, and 2 letters after (based on the example on the form). My pass id has no letters; my login for global entry does, but the directions are specific about it using your pass id... any one else encounter this?
- July 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM
- Aubree said...
Just tried to add my pass id from global entry in the known traveler field on my delta skymiles account, but it wouldn't accept it. It seems the format requires 2 letters before the numbers, and 2 letters after (based on the example on the form). My pass id has no letters; my login for global entry does, but the directions are specific about it using your pass id... any one else encounter this?
- July 26, 2012 at 9:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
If I see you at the airport and know that you are a TSA employee I will not speak unless I am required by law. I reserve my "hellos" for persons who respect the dignity and privacy of their fellow Americans - unlike those employed at the TSA.
Oh Yes we see your such a respectful person by ignoring others that say hi.
- July 29, 2012 at 10:28 AM
- Barry Graham said...
This is great, but since you've written about this I would like to draw your attention to a major issue with the system. I too had the same great idea as you, to be able to use TSA Pre anywhere, not just where I can use it as an American Airlines Platinum customer, by applying for Global Entry.
So I went to the web site and applied, and just to make sure I didn't miss out on anything, I clicked the "Nexus" box too. I should have guessed something was up when it only asked me for $50. However I learned the hard way when I got to choose my interview location and I could only pick places along the US/Canada border, I live near DC.
You'd think that considering Nexus and Global Entry systems are linked (they were able to tell me the status of my application at the Dulles Airport office before I got to schedule) they would be able to do a Nexus interview there too. You'd think that having been an INSPass customer for years, they could have used that information to clear me. You'd think that having gone through the Green Card and Naturalization process, and having worked as a DHS contractor for 2 years (even having a DHS badge) that this would be sufficient to clear me! You'd think that it would be simple to pay the extra $50 to "upgrade" (which is really downgrading) to Global Entry only so that I could interview anywhere! No such luck. It's either travel to the border or throw away the $50 and pay $100.
I have used TSA Pre and it was great, so I am prepared to travel to Buffalo just for an interview, but it seems a shame that we live in an age where a service provider, especially one run by the guardians of our country, doesn't feel any remorse or shame making people fork out extra money because of bad processes.
- August 17, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
Disappointment is the only word which describes my experience with TSA PreCheck.
I travel for business on a weekly basis, so I figured that spending the $100.00 for the Trusted Traveler program was a great deal.
So I went to the airport, did my interview and got my Trusted Traveler ID. I added my Known Travaler number to my airline profile. At this point I was all excited to go thru the TSA PreCheck line.
The first 2 trips after I got my Number, I got selected for the PreCheck line. It was a wonderful experience. Reminded me of the old days...before 2001.
However, after those first 2 trips which i got selected for PreCheck, I have completed 8 round trips and have not been selected a single time for the pre-checks.
It feels as if being selected for PreCheck is the exception and not the rule. Even if you are a known traveler.
I love to stand at JFK in the Regular screening line. Watching the empty TSA PreCheck where an occasional lucky traveler is allowed to go thru. This TSA line employs 3 TSA offices which sit there with nothing to do. Simply waiting for the TSA random selection algorithms to send someone their way. As I watch them, I envy those lucky few while my Known Traveler Number and ID gather dust in my briefcase.
- September 13, 2012 at 11:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
I have taken 10 round trips since receiving my Global Entry card AND noting that in my United profile. I have been selected for TSA Pre check once. That's right, once. I feel like I got jobbed.
What a joke
- October 5, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- Barry Graham said...
As a follow up to my comment, they actually did change the process to allow an "upgrade" from Nexus to Global Entry for $50. So I did that, and have been able to use TSA Pre as a result.
We should really be able to just flash our Global Entry cards at any airport that has TSA Pre - just like Military personnel can flash their CAC card. On one occasion I had to wait in line for 15 minutes in the line next to the empty TSA Pre line that I could have been using had I been flying a different airline.
Also isn't it a little odd that since GE is for allowing expedited prescreened entry into the USA, that TSA Pre is specifically NOT ALLOWED if you are flying internationally or domestically as part of an international trip - even if you are a GE card holder?
- December 6, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
I applied to the Global Entry for the benefit of clearing Customs quickly on international travel. My timeline from application to receipt of my card was 3.5 weeks. The fee for appying to GOES: $100. Clearing customs as quickly as ths flight crew does: PRICELESS.
- December 9, 2012 at 1:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
Same thing happened to me at a Pre airport/airline today. Global Entry works great when returning to the US after an international trip, but so far that's it. I asked at TSA and the airline service counter and they tried to help but were not well informed. I was handed the airline's step by step process for adding my preferred number to my airline profile, which I had already done last year.
Pre is not a viable program yet. It will be awhile judging from the responses I got from the above.
Take care fellow travelers. I see I am not alone when it comes to Pre.
- January 8, 2013 at 7:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank you for a great post. I just applied and I was hoping someone can help me. I reached the last question on the CBP online application which has the following choices:
2- Global Entry
Which one do I chose. All I'm looking for is the expedited Pre TSA line within the USA.
Thank you
- February 28, 2013 at 11:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
I wonder if anyone at TSA would consider that it could save costs by making this program less costly. TSA saves by not having to have as many screeners. So, lower the cost to make it reasonable for poor people like myself to consider applying. $100 is a lot of money. I would pay $20 for sure. If I spend 5 minutes of TSA staff time for each trip I make and I make 2 trups a year for 5 years, that is one hour of staff time. I am sure the overhead loaded rate for each TSA checker is at least $50/hour. So the TSA actually saves money. And, in fact, could make the program free. However I don't expect that to happen because someone is making a lot of profits selling the service only to "rich" people.
- March 10, 2013 at 9:08 AM
- Anonymous said...
What a bunch of whiners! Either pay the $100 (..."but I can't afford that", as you type on your new Ipad/Iphone)or don't. No one is making you do it! If you want to wait in line, get your lazy butt out of bed 20 minutes earlier...and quit your whining! Do you not have a life? Perhaps some of you shouldn't be traveling in public with such mentality!
- March 27, 2013 at 10:02 PM
- Lance said...
Check and done. Just applied! Now, waiting for my interview. Thanks for sharing your experience!
- April 8, 2013 at 12:20 AM
- Whimsey said...
Looking for a one-page overview of what you 'gain' by obtaining a Global Entry card (which we have done). I have also entered the number in the appropriate Known Traveler ID of airlines - now where can I see the EXACT benefits in a quick snapshot view?
- July 22, 2013 at 4:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
hmmm. I think its a stupid idea. ffs. so yes someone pays to have the privrllage of getting through quicker and less security cchecks. ...all because said perdon had passed prechecks....yeah as if thats complrtly safe. fingerprints and identity can be stolen and people can be persuaded to do wrong quite easily . everyone to be treated equal and have the same security checked. if you wsnt to psy more then have it done in a first class speedy place awsy from the rest of us....but they should still get checked
- October 3, 2014 at 3:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
And what happens once that PreCheck line swells to a massive degree because everyone signs up? Will TSA have a new pre-pre check for another $100? I'm sure the subscriptions will only continue to up the ante and make it that much harder to get anywhere efficiently, no matter what line you stand in.
- January 20, 2015 at 7:27 PM
- JohannWorld said...
Very Bad Experience with Global Entry (GE). As a university professor and researcher, I traveled a lot and eventually received Pre-Check. This worked well when available at a particular airport. When I retired, my wife and I decided to get Global Entry. This has not been a success for us. The scanner does not always recognize one's finger prints and the staff at these stations does not know how to deal with this. They are generally rude and uncooperative. The lanes used for GE is not clearly marked resulting in people standing in wrong lines for long times. When we returned to the US from Madrid at DWF on March 10th, 2015, the scanner did not recognize my GE pass. No one helped, after waiting around for 15 minutes, I went through a regular immigration line. The agent said he could see nothing wrong with my document or scan. When we got to customs, they said the agent did not stamp my passport; my wife's was fine. We were sent to stand in a long line of mostly non-US passport holders with huge amounts of baggage. After about 45 minutes we got to the front of the line only to be told that there is nothing wrong with the GE and we are cleared to go! We almost missed our connection. On this same trip, we were twice not able to use TSA lines as they were closed. Standing in one of these lines a TSA agent was extremely abusive to my wife. It was frankly a nightmare compared to the foreign airports we went through. We are reluctant to use GE and the TSA lines again.
- May 28, 2015 at 4:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Agreed. I am not one to defend the TSA but it is clear to me the bigger issues are making efficient security lines in busy and poorly designed airports like ATL. And for the record there is no such thing as a utopian democracy with freedom. There are too many stupid, damaged people for that to happpen.
- June 7, 2015 at 8:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
Oh and now with clearme and tsa precheck it is guaranteed to at least have a fast security entry. Exit will be the same. Although clearme is not every where and more expensive worth it if it's in your home airport and you fly out on Monday mornings.
- June 7, 2015 at 8:49 AM
- Kate said...
I recently learned about the Global Entry program and am stoked to get approved! Even if its just for a few trips, $100 over 5 years is worth the reduced pain in the butt at the airport.
And even better, I'm using a credit card that covers the fee for me :).
Don't forget this helps you get into the US more quickly from Canada and Mexico as well!
- April 26, 2016 at 12:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
How come there is a 7 month wait to get appointment after signing up for global access?
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