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Updates: August 2007
Monster Progress Update (Mostly Falcon 9)
Posted August 17, 2007
This has been an incredibly busy period for SpaceX and for me personally, with one side effect being that non-critical tasks like website updates have been postponed. Now that we have finished submitting materials for the NASA COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services) demonstration program critical design review and have hired some additional resources to help compile information, website updates should be posted every four to six weeks.
Speaking of hiring, the SpaceX team has expanded to about 350 employees. Most are located at our headquarters in California, but an increasing number of people are at our engine and structural development site in Texas, the SpaceX launch complex at Kwajalein, our launch complex at Cape Canaveral or our Washington, DC office. At current growth rates, I expect the personnel count will be between 500 and 600 by the end of 2008.
Financially, this is shaping up to be a pretty good year. Even if we don't sign any additional launch contracts, it looks like we will be both cash flow positive and possibly profitable in 2007, our fifth full year of operation. The incoming cash flow is a combination of payment for the March Falcon 1 flight, mission unique development revenue, NASA COTS milestones and payments for upcoming launches (we have 11 launches on contract right now). GAAP rules specify partial recognition of revenue for long term contracts on a percentage of completion basis, hence the potential for profitability.
Before diving into Falcon 9, let me provide a short update on Falcon 1. Our current schedule shows the next rocket arriving at our Kwajalein launch complex in December and, due to vacation schedules, the first launch opportunity in mid January. This could have happened sooner, but, in addition to addressing the flight anomalies, there were some important performance upgrades that we decided to implement.
Mostly significant is switching from the ablatively cooled Merlin 1A main engine to the regeneratively cooled Merlin 1C, which has higher thrust, higher efficiency and a number of robustness improvements. The Merlin 1C will also be used to power the first and second stages of Falcon 9, giving us flight heritage on that engine well before Falcon 9 lifts off for the first time. We've also switched the second stage tank to a higher strength aluminum alloy and upgraded to our Kestrel 2 upper stage engine (higher efficiency, lighter and better manufacturing tolerances).
Falcon 9 Overview
Reliability comes first
More than anything else, the Falcon 9 design is absolutely focused on reliability. This is one of the few launch vehicles in the world designed to the higher safety and reliability standards required for manned spaceflight. Before carrying astronauts to the International Space Station, the Falcon 9 will undergo an intense NASA safety review and will be required to have far higher structural safety margins and ability to tolerate sub-system failure than are needed simply to launch satellites.
A significant advantage of the Falcon 9 is the ability to lose any engine on the first stage and still safely complete the mission, much as a Boeing 747 can lose an engine and still be ok. Like jet engines, each of our Falcon 9 Merlin engines is wrapped in a Nomex and Kevlar flak jacket, so that even a worst case fire or explosion is contained and cannot affect other engines or the stage itself. In the event of an engine failure, it just means that the first stage will fire for a little longer than would otherwise be the case.
Unlike Falcon 1, where very few systems had flight heritage, the Falcon 9 will have considerable flight heritage. It will use the same engines and much of the same avionics, mission assurance processes and automated health monitoring, as well as hundreds of lessons learned from Falcon 1. The reason SpaceX started out with the Falcon 1 was primarily so that we could learn our lessons at a small scale before transitioning to a much larger vehicle. That said, I should be clear that the Falcon 1 will always be an important part of the SpaceX product line – five of our eleven upcoming missions are on the Falcon 1.
What does it look like?
It is important to appreciate that the Falcon 9 is a *big* vehicle. To give you a sense of scale, it stands about 18 stories (54 meters) tall on the launch pad and has a cargo area in the nose that is 17 feet in diameter and 50 feet long – big enough to carry a bus to orbit. Falcon 9 has a maximum thrust of just over one million pounds, which is four times the maximum thrust of a Boeing 747. The Falcon 9 Heavy, which I expect will fly about two years after the standard Falcon 9, will have over three million pounds of thrust, which is almost halfway to a Saturn V.
Capable of lofting 22,900 pounds (10,400 kilograms) into orbit, the two-stage Falcon 9 launcher has considerable heritage from Falcon 1 design, production, propulsion, and avionics technologies. Our team's focused efforts (sometimes around the clock) have kept us on track to deliver our first Falcon 9 to Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral by the end of 2008 (more on this below).
Development progress
First Stage
Primary Structure – A few months ago, we completed serial number 1 of the first stage primary structure assembly of Falcon 9. As you can see in the pictures, the tank completely filled the production floor, something that won't happen once we move to our new 550,000 square foot building in Hawthorne.
Falcon 9 First Stage on the production line
The Falcon 9 first stage tank alone compares in size to the fuselage of a Boeing 737. It measures 86 feet (25.8 meters) in length, and has a diameter of 12 ft (3.6 m). An internal dome separates it into two chambers; the upper one for liquid oxygen and the lower for RP-1 (rocket propellant grade kerosene) – the same propellants used in the Soyuz and first stage of the Saturn V.
Moving the First Stage Tank from the manufacturing line to the road
Mounted on the transport trailer and about to leave for Texas
Awaiting pressure testing in Texas
A flatbed semi carried the completed tank from SpaceX headquarters in El Segundo, California half way across the USA to the SpaceX Texas development facility, located midway between Dallas and Austin. Upon arrival, it was pressure tested and inspected for structural integrity (X-ray and dye penetration).
The 235 ft tall Test Stand for Falcon 9 stage hold down firing can be seen in the background
Then we lifted the tank off the trailer and lowered it on to the rollers on the floor of the new 10,000 square foot hangar building. We're now cleaning the interior (liquid oxygen tanks require special cleaning), as well as painting and insulating the exterior. When that is done, we will attach the engine bay and lift the stage onto the stand. When ready, the engines will be lifted up and mounted into the engine bay one at a time.
Engine Bay - The Falcon 9 thrust skirt and thrust structure join the giant main tank to the nine Merlin engines. It contains all the structural members that support the enormous weight of the vehicle pressing down, and the thrust of the engines pushing up, as well as the manifolds, wiring and piping needed to operate the nine Merlin 1C engines.
This is arguably the most difficult section of the entire vehicle. It contains extensive shielding to protect both against normal flight conditions and a worst case engine fire or RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly). In the event of an engine shutdown, well protected propellant pre-valves and pressurant fuse valves immediately cut off flow to that engine.
This Structural Test Stand can apply up to 1,500,000 lbs of force to the Engine Bay
We delivered the first engine bay assembly to Texas and installed it into the structural test stand above. The stand applies enormous hydraulic loads to simulate both the weight of a fully loaded Falcon 9, and the dynamic forces from the thrust of the engines during flight, including substantial side loads. For ease of testing, the thrust assembly is placed in the test stand "upside down" from its flight orientation.
The test regimen pushes the "corners of the envelope", and allows us to apply forces to the structure that would never be encountered under nominal flight conditions. The engine bay passed the proof loads without a problem and strain measurements were very close to our finite element model predictions. Back in California, we've almost finished manufacturing the second engine bay and then will be starting on a third. As each part of the Falcon 9 production line activates, it goes into continuous production at a rate of one unit every three months.
For the next phase of Falcon 9 first stage testing, the assembled tank and thrust structure will get lifted up on to the big stand and secured in place. If all goes reasonably well, we should do our first stage hold down firing, starting with one engine, within a few months and our first multi-engine firing in the December timeframe. Since we'll have up to nine engines firing at once on the big test stand, our Texas team has installed extensive propellant management and data collection systems, and built out the flame trenches and related ground systems in preparation.
Falcon 9 will undergo dozens of long duration stage firings on this stand
Merlin Engine – We continue to conduct Merlin engine test firings on our development engine, and have accumulated over 2,200 seconds of operation on a single engine – equivalent to 13 complete first stage flights.
Merlin 1C engine firing on the vertical test stand. The blast extends dozens of feet and is ducted out to the side in a long trench.
Check out the video of a recent Merlin engine test. ( 1.4 MB .mov file)
The engine has exceeded or met its development targets for thrust, Isp (specific impulse), and mass. We are very close to completing the development phase of the Merlin 1C, pending only an improved method of attaching the injector to the manifold. The first "flight ready" Qualification Engine has already been built and is ready to ship to Texas, pending verification of the new injector to manifold attachment method.
The first flight-ready Merlin engine on display at the DARPATech event in Anaheim CA, August 2007, before shipment to Texas for qualification testing.
We are gearing up to produce Merlin engines at a rate approaching one every two weeks by the end of this year. It is worth noting that the SpaceX Merlin engine is the first all-new American hydrocarbon engine for an orbital booster to be flown in forty years, and only the second new American rocket booster engine of any kind in twenty-five years.
The Falcon 9 avionics and software have a great deal of flight heritage carryover from Falcon 1. The biggest differences are that Falcon 9 has a triple redundant voting architecture, compared with the primarily single string Falcon 1. This means that any component can fail, even in subtle ways such as a slight data corruption, without affecting the mission success.
Another change relative to Falcon 1 is increased radiation tolerance. Falcon 9 is capable of missions to geosynchronous orbit and beyond. Missions of long duration or that travel through the Van Allen belts require increased resistance to radiation damage, as compared with low Earth orbit missions.
Falcon 9 Launch Sites
In April of this year, the Air Force awarded Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) at Cape Canaveral to SpaceX. This is a world class heavy lift launch pad, capable of supporting both the Falcon 9 and Falcon 9 Heavy. To be awarded what is arguably the best available launch pad at the Cape is in effect a significant endorsement of SpaceX and the Falcon 9. We owe a debt of gratitude to those within the government that fought hard for us to be granted this facility.
Until last year, LC-40 was home to the heavy lift Titan IV launch vehicle. It lies just south of LC-39, used for Saturn V and Space Shuttle missions. Our Florida operations are already very busy preparing to outfit LC-40 with state-of-the-art launch support systems.
To further expand the launch options we offer our customers, SpaceX will establish a Falcon 9 launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Polar and other high inclination launches cannot be performed from Florida, as the vehicle would pass over highly populated portions of either Canada or South America during the early phases of ascent. From Vandenberg however, rockets can fly south over the Pacific Ocean until finally crossing Antarctica. High inclination orbits provide coverage of nearly the entire globe for many types of Earth monitoring and communications satellites.
We are also looking into flying Falcon 9 from our Kwajalein facility in the middle of the Pacific, the site of our next Falcon 1 launch. Located just a few degrees north of the equator, it provides an excellent starting point for flights to geosynchronous orbit – a major destination for weather, communications and broadcast satellites. Our Omelek island site already houses satellite processing facilities, equipped with a 10K clean room, tight temperature and humidity controls, and dedicated guest offices for our customers.
The combination of Florida, California and Kwajalein launch sites will also give us launch site redundancy. We can almost always get to any orbit from multiple locations. That means if there is a hurricane in Florida or a hold up of some kind in Kwajalein, we can still ensure that our customers launch without delay.
Our Customers
We now have six Falcon 9 flights on our launch manifest, in addition to five Falcon 1 missions. We have scheduled the debut Falcon 9 demonstration launch for late 2008. Then will come the first of three demonstration flights under the NASA COTS program, followed by a satellite launch for MDA Corp. of Canada (developer of the Shuttle's robotic arm and many other satellite systems), our first commercial satellite launch for Falcon 9.
The NASA COTS flight demonstrations will culminate in delivery of cargo to the International Space Station and return of cargo safely back to Earth. Much as early commercial airplane flights began by delivering air mail for the U.S. government and later opened up the world of regular passenger air travel, frequent resupply missions to the Space Station may one day lead to opening up orbital spaceflight to the general public.
Our Need for "Space"
But getting back to Earth, as I mentioned at the beginning of this update we're preparing for a big move to our new location in Hawthorne, just down the road from our present headquarters in El Segundo. Our new facility is adjacent to the Hawthorne Airport, and within sight of the 105 Freeway. Previously, this building was used to build 747 fuselage sections, which gives an idea of its epic size.
Aerial view of the new Hawthorne HQ of SpaceX, covering nearly 7 acres
Interior of the new building – just one "small" portion of it
These images don't convey its true scale – we can fit two Falcon 9s or five Falcon 1s, nose to tail, along the *short* side of the building! We are working hard at upgrading the facility with a cool, modern esthetic and Silicon Valley style amenities, such as free soda and snacks and a game room.
Borrowing a page from Google, we will have a free cafeteria with food prepared by a first rate chef. Once settled, we plan on running comfortable SpaceX shuttle buses with built in WiFi on daily trips east, south and north to alleviate a commute that can be pretty awful for some people. The overarching goal is that people really look forward to coming to work in the morning and regret leaving the office. :)
We're Looking for Great People
SpaceX is always looking for world class people to join the team. Most of our needs are in California, but we're also growing our Florida team in preparation for increased Falcon 9 activities at Cape Canaveral, and are expanding our Texas team. Besides a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits and significant stock options, joining SpaceX offers the opportunity to help open up space for humanity.


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The Best 2013 Internet Security Programs
If you are looking for a 2013 internet security program then you won't need to wait until the new year.
The leading vendors will already be working on their new lineups and we can probably expect to see the first 2013 products appearing from around June onwards.
Have you decided which one you will buy for the coming year? If not, then my reviews of each of the best internet security packages will appear very soon after each is released…
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G Data Internet Security 2013 offers good quality protection and a decent range of features. With free Android security and a competitive price its definitely worthy of your consideration.
Read my full review: G Data Internet Security 2013
Having just finished conducting a thorough review I have to say that I am mightily impressed with it. Not only is it intuitive and easy to use but the protection it offers is excellent as well.
Its packed with many great and genuinely useful features and is suitable for technophobes and accomplished computer users alike.
I highly recommend it.
Read all my thoughts on this program: BitDefender Internet Security 2013
Not only are traditional aspects, such as antivirus, present, but new innovations such as SafePay (secure online banking) and Device Anti-Theft really do put this product on the map.
Even though its early days and there are many more 2013 products set to be released, I suspect this one may top the pile all year round.
Learn more: BitDefender Total Security 2013
There are, however, what I believe to be a couple of pressing issues that need resolution.
What do you think?
Read more: ESET Smart Security 6
This suite does an excellent job of blocking and removing malware whilst using minimal system resources in the process.
In fact, I like it so much, that I'll be leaving it on my laptop for the coming year.
Find out why: F-Secure Internet Security 2013
System resource usage is very low considering the level of scanning that takes place here but initial scans can be relatively time consuming when compared with alternative programs.
Also, the price is a little higher than other security suites which I believe are equally good.
Find out more: Kaspersky Internet Security 2013
Then add on a newer look interface and throw in a few extra features that are Windows 8 specific (integration with the Security Centre as well as support for Microsoft's Early Launch Anti-Malware feature)
And what you have is an absolutely top draw internet security suite specifically designed for Microsoft's latest operating system
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This program is clear and easy to use and also comes with free Android protection.
Also comes with a strong firewall.
Symantec also offer an excellent level of customer service 24/7 which is, most importantly, free.
Read my thoughts on Norton Internet Security 2013.
Which is the top security suite for 2013?
This is a question I get asked all the time but the answer is never simple. First of all, the best program for any person is, well, a personal choice. Depending on your particular needs and skill level, different programs will serve you better than others. Also my reviews, whilst impartial as possible, do reflect my own opinion which may of course differ from yours.
That said, I will try to give you some guidance as I review more and more programs, by highlighting which I think are best based on the following criteria:
Best for blocking malware
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BitDefender / Norton
Easiest to use
Lowest use of system resources
Best additional features
Best Value
Best for Windows 8
BitDefender Windows 8 Security
Of course the above may change as I review more programs so I'll update accordingly.
For now though, which do you think is best and why?
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- March 15, 2013 at 8:57 pm
Norton 2013 is by far the best for windows 8 and with its pulse updates your hard drive is not being hammered by large definition updates.
bitdefender 2013-2014 is good but does seem to be a resource hog and when gaming mode on it still updates.
webroot does not detect everything to many fp
trend micro to high in cpu/memory
comodo 2013 for the paranoid and seems not to run at all in windows 8
avast got to be kidding me everyone says this is great the scans are extremely slow bloatware startup is slow.
future ones to look at in april
G-data 2014
Norton 2014
mcafee 2014 I know what your saying you got to be kidding me but they are going to redo their whole line of defense and with intel now apart of it there suppose to change how it detects viruses/malaware with a different approach then the typical way everyone else detects viruses/malaware.relying on signatures.windows defender in windows 8 is probably good but you cant trust them if it updated a lot more during the day and at least told you your updated or have that option it would be nice to use and why it does not go to the cloud everything Microsoft else is.
they would be used more.just does not feel safe. - December 30, 2012 at 2:03 am
You forgot one. One of the better performing suites. And it just so happens to be FREE (and often overlooked).
Comodo Internet Security Premium 2013, version 6.
Quality, performance, and good protection. For no charge. Why pay the high subscription costs of the "big boys?"
- December 8, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Hello, I was considering trend micro's titanium premium security 2013. What is your opinion on this product? It has a five user version that would be very convenient.
L. Tucker - August 13, 2012 at 3:05 am
hello Lee..
whats your opinion about eset smart security 6 RC … I'm using it almost for a month now… I'm always confused b/w it and kaspersky… but I feel that on the long run eset might be lil bit better.. and definitely lighter… but not sure though… - July 30, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Hello, I brought a Dell laptop which had McAfee already installed. I've had no issues with the program but is it the best total internet security out there? How does the Bitdefender compare? Shawn
- July 1, 2012 at 1:37 pm
i have AVG.. is AVG good for your opinion??? i very confuse about what AV should i install that have very good protection
- December 1, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Avg is not good
- May 4, 2012 at 9:56 pm
I currently have AVG free internet security suite. It will last 21 more days. I have two computers net and notebook. I had avast on them but I cancelled as there was to much hassle when you had to contact them. AVG is working quite nicely but the 2013 will come out soon. I believe my choice will be between AVG and Bitdefender. How soon will they be on the market? Do not have alot of time. Thanks Timothy
- January 20, 2013 at 3:15 pm
I would go with bitdefender hough i heard their customer care is not good
I would recommend you to use eset nod32 antivirus .. its good and fast
- May 4, 2012 at 6:32 pm
NPAV- Netprotector Antivirus 2012 – The perfect security for any virus! Test it and say me. It dose not slow down any computer and it can scan fast ever .
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Last Saturday, Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld reported that the Los Angeles Lakers have "expressed interest" in signing Gilbert Arenas. On Sunday, ESPN's Chris Broussard confirmed the report, saying the Lakers have "considered the idea" of adding the guard to their roster. On Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Lakers had yet to interview or work out Arenas. On Tuesday, via Kevin Ding the Orange County Register, Lakers coach Mike Brown acknowledged that team personnel had "just conversation" about the former Wizard, also confirming that there had been no workout, nor a review of Arenas' past game video by Brown.
After Monday's Wizards-Bulls game, I spoke with Nick Young, a good friend of Arenas, about how his former teammate was doing and about his prospects of joining the Lakers.
You said you talk to Gilbert just about every day. How is he doing? Is he just down in Orlando working out?
"Yea, he's been working out. He said he got the — I don't know if I'm supposed to say this — but he got that Kobe treatment on his knees…"
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The Conscience
-François Chifflart (1825-1901)
"A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One dog is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, the one I feed the most."
-George Bernard Shaw
(Native American, unknown)
"The roots of violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles."
(Young India, 22 October 2 1925)
-Monhandas K. Gandhi
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it."
-Leo Tolstoy
It seems to me that, if there were a "God", or is a god, that it would either not want us to know of its existence, or would not want us to have a conscience. The are three dominant views of "God." "God" does exist. "God" may exist. And the third, god does not exist. In my life, I have moved from the first category to the second. I don't "believe" that the first or the third are possible, even with conceding the definition of "God" as westerners do. If "God" does exist, I suspect the flaw is in understanding "God's" essence. That is where the issue is tabled for me.
Conversely, while science does not recognize, nor has it been able to measure conscience, I do "believe" that conscience exists. This is not generally disputed. The definitions of, and functions of conscience tend to agree over time, and across cultures. Conscience is not self serving, and therefore avoids suspicion, where various definitions of "God" can be profoundly self serving, and highly suspicious. An omniscient and omnipotent "God" supplants the need for conscience entirely. Therefore "God" supplants the need for self. Therefore, the self is heretical. Therefore, acting "in good conscience" is heretical.
I've been to Arizona many times. I know it exists. I never really had a doubt about this, and I have never heard one expressed. Many of "us" have been to Arizona, and I doubt any of "us" doubt its existence. Lots of "them" come to Arizona because they believe it, and America, the "United States", to exist. To the chagrin of many, "they" keep finding it, Arizona, geographically, so a good case for its existence can be made. In New York we have a goddess of liberty standing out in New York Harbor on Liberty Island. I've been to it. I've gone up in it. I believe it to exist. Its existence is generally not disputed. Millions have borne personal witness to it, as I have. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France, and most specifically some French dude who spent years creating it. (Frederic Auguste Bartholdi) Thanks, dude.
This particular goddess represents liberty, and welcoming the "huddled masses yearning to breathe free." The "wretched refuse" of other "teeming shores..." One caveat though. That shore had better not be the banks of the Rio Grande, or none of that sweet smelling shit applies. Just ask Arizona. "We" would really like it if you would self deport. Just ask Mitt Romney. If you wont "self deport, Mr. Obama will toss you over the border like a three pointer from way downtown. Bang! He's the reigning national champion and record holder of deportation.
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court struck down three portions of Arizona's immigration law, but upheld a fourth. The portion that remains is what is commonly referred to as the "show me your papers" provision which allowed police officers to step into a function previously only done by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and for states to join with the federal government, or compete with, in making immigration policy. This is a "B.F.D." as our V.P. Joe Biden would say. This provision is subject to further review because it has not actually been implemented yet. Thank goodness for small favors.
So like Neil Diamond once said, "they're coming to America..." We seem to have a starkly different view of that fact these days. "Give us your huddle masses..."? Right. Today's America says, the masses are asses. "I am the way, the truth, and the light." I don't care what that broad in the sheet standing in the harbor says. The U.S. Supreme Court says, whether your masses are migrating, or metastasizing, they are not "our" problem. All of that lamp lifting "beside the golden door" stuff is America's pre-existing condition, and we are none to fond of those these days.
So, does "God" exist? Could be. I certainly can't say otherwise. Does Arizona exist. Pretty sure about that. I've been there. Does the Statue of Liberty exist? Uh huh. Do "United States" exist? That is a matter for further review.
It's dark reading inside a dog.
Conscience is a divine inner:
as in a:`
Good inner:
It Awakens.
Listen to 'it'
Divine may go away.
Muse no inform you.
Me/you be depraved.
I no mean Bill Beck.
Ya stretch a`Mind.
You not a `Stench.
I call White House.
The Pastry Chef?
He seems nice.
No smoke a corn-cob pipe in a White House backyard Garden. I cigar smell is worst than corn-cob silk in a pipe. On the streets of DC's K- Street run with pipe.
Use iron plumber pipe?
Call Plumber to fix stuff.
Plumber clean outhouse.
In `Nam DC drafted 'grunts'
(still) had no flush indoor
Some plutocrats wobble dizzy in DC.
They got two-groundhogs in pockets?
They wear pink shaw at congressional?
Maybe politico eat puffy-cheese-twist?
I see orange lips and no real facial grin.
They pretend cheese-puff is goat tale.
I go reread the
Diamond Sutra
I just a human.
You Human too.
No jog in DC dung.
I hope this is fun
I dont see what the big deal is about carrying ID. If you are legally residing or visitng on a visa, you should have nothing to hide or be nervous about.
I dont see what the big deal is about carrying ID. If you are legally residing or visitng on a visa, you should have nothing to hide or be nervous about.
It means a whole lot more though when a state requires you co carry I.D. They don't give a fat rats ass if you are Lori's boyfriend. They want to have preeminence over you. Carrying an I.D. is a convenience. Being required to carry one makes you a subject to a higher authority. Americans don't seem to get that these days.
I loved the Gandhi and Shaw quotes.
There are 10 million mexicans living in this country illegally. This wouldn't be a problem if the unemployment rate wasnt more than 10 million.
I have nothing against mexicans. But I'd like to see unemployed black youth get jobs - their unemployment rate is like 70%. I betcha the unemployment rate for mexicans in america is closer to zero.
Poppie Iceland, you have always been subject to being asked for I.D. in this country. I did it on thousands of occasions as a cop. That is not the same as requiring someone to have it. There is a philosophical distinction for which this country once stood. Now, since our principles have devolved from what they once were, this view is mutating too.
I see that "physical examination" and fear of disease bit as kind of a silly excuse. We are not fearing disease any less, and certainly not subject to it any more than we once were. If we needed labor, or if we were not receiving immigrants who did not match the reigning demographic in this country which is declining, this would not be an issue. Disease did not wipe us out before and medicine is better than it once was.
Oh yeah, that education stuff is deadly too. We gotta cut that out ASAP!
That said, I can foresee a time in the near future when some kind of internal passport -- like those once issued in the Soviet Union -- will be needed in both our countries. A sad day, should it come to pass.
People will come for jobs. As long as it is in people's interests to hire illegals, they will; and as long as they do, illegals will come. You want to accomplish something? Make it illegal to hire illegals so that the penalties apply not primarily to those seeking a better life but to those who attract them. Those hiring illegals are too powerful, though; they want cheap labor and to have their cake and eat it. They can complain about illegals and profit from them while taking none of the risks. The problem will mostly go away when those most worried about it become willing to take on those who profit most from it. Until that happens, build all the fences you want and search everyone in Arizona. Won't do much good.
My advice. Learn Spanish. We are one of the few cultures that doesn't teach languages at a young age. Why? Cultural pride? That's just stupid. I think difference in language perpetuates false barriers. But then Americans didn't like my ancestors either. :p~~ I'm here fuckers, and we're interbreeding with you, and ARE you mwwhhahahhhahhahahahh
People will commonly say that one must not compare anything to Nazi Germany. While I agree the comparisons should be rare, I disagree about forbidding all comparison. For example, I think we bear many, many similarities to 1930's Germany here, and the conditions abroad are similar. Understanding the pressures can help to predict the possible outcomes. This is not to say that genocide is the likely result, but economic pressures in Europe and making various aspects of lives illegal for various groups of people here is the pattern that was used in 1930's Germany. The comparisons are important, albeit not yet to the same degree.
The thing - for me anyway - is not immigration, it's Illegal immigration. Poppi didn't go on into her reasoning here like she did on another's blog, but she has valid points.
Shifting the responsibility onto those who actually deserve it - those who employ those who are illegal would be the ideal.
But as Kosh points out, that ain't gonna happen either.
Rated for we're going to bleed out before a medic gets here.
Drive Licenses have pictures, but are not required. Student I.D.'s have pictures, but are not required. Citizenship identification is an entirely new level. Mind you, I am not (I have issue with the term "illegal" also) an alien, nor am I undocumented. I was ben here. This is not my issue more than it is for anyone else. But consider your question. If it is no different, why do you think it is an issue at the highest level of courts? Even this right wing court stuck down 3 of the 4 provisions of the Arizona law.
Until this court case, only the federal government could make immigration law. Now, to some small degree which still may be reviewed later, states can individually set immigration policy. This has potential to be a rather big deal IF ONLY for the massive change that the U.S. will undergo. This could make us very much more like Europe in the ways that made Europe less stable than the U.S. throughout the past two centuries. It goes way beyond hiring "illegals", etc.
And raise you this one : when did the process of immigration become a process? And why? When did it stop becoming alright to simply walk across the (north or south) border and go to work and live in peace forever and ever amen? And why?
Why do we have the difference between people who follow the process, and those who don't? And why is one way 'right' and the other not? My thoughts on the answers for these questions?
Numbers. Great numbers.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point (probably) but all I can see is that A) we have immigrants here who follow the process and are proud to do so successfully, and B) we have immigrants here who want all of the benefits without any of the effort expended.
And C) we have folks like myself (and too many others who are much worse off, at least I'm reasonably healthy, if past the educational issue) who were born citizens but don't merit the same resources (assistance) available to those who don't care to become citizens (at least that's my assumption when they can't be bothered to follow the process that will let them do so).
I can't keep up with this, it's not making sense to me, maybe I'm just too tired or stupid to grasp the finer points. All I know is the US is seriously wounded in so many ways that it's approaching mortal, and all any of us seem to be able to do is stand arguing over the cooling almost-corpse :(.
That aside, the Arizona law where you can be asked for your papers is the end result of a pile of failures of immigration law. Long ago there should have been a more expansive temporary worker program to accommodate folks seeking work and employers seeking folks who were willing to do crappy jobs for low pay. That should have been coupled with some sort of eased immigration or naturalization path for longer term temps. With more accommodating policies in place it's subsequently easier and cheaper to enforce the stricter controls against illegal immigration.
I don't believe in a god, and I do believe in conscience. I'm not sure how I have done a disservice to those who feel like WE do.
The people who will and are suffering ARE AMERICANS! They happen to be of Hispanic origin, who, by the way, were there before America ever was (same for California and Texas). If I were stopped for no GOOD reason (besides my crappy car and brown skin is all you need to get pulled over in Phoenix) I would be beyond pissed off. But that will never happen to me because I am white and over 50. No threat to anybody (so they think!)
Two: Sherriff Joe Arpio and his notorious "Tent City Prison" He is famous for saying, "If you don't like my jail, don't commit a crime in my county." Sounds good huh? Not for the prisoners (half are in for DUIs) who live in tents, while the guards are in an air conditioned bubble. The State of Arizona has paid out multi-million dollar law suits against him for neglect (prisons dying without medical care, or being beaten to death with the steel re-bar they use to hold down the tents). They get two meals a day, with lunch being a baloney sandwich and a cup of kool-aide.
If you want to watch time go backward, keep watching Arizona, it's damn near the Middle-Ages there now.
Chris Rock made this movie about running for President. I can't recall the name. The movie was not that good, but it had one memorable, and hilarious part. His conservative GOP candidate had a tag line that went, "God bless America...and no place else." I think that is a great bit of satire because it illuminates something very real. The American Exceptionalism junkies mean this. Also, David Bowie has a song titled, "I'm Afraid of Americans." One of the lines within it states, "God is an American."
the rest is easy....having to prove i'm a citizen doesn't bother me at all....
don't care about any god,he leaves me alone,i'll leave him alone....
My view is that these people are largely Indian, and after all our ancestors were the original illegal immigrants (well, yours were involuntary immigrants!) And Arizona et al can spasm all they want, but demographics seem to indicate the Indians are taking the continent back. Hard to work up a *moral* objection to this process, and it doesn't matter anyway because it looks inevitable. Indeed, American schools should teach Spanish.
Thank you for saying that. I wanted to, but I preferred that someone else say that. it wont be heard if I say it because what I say gets filtered thru some sort of sensitivity filter. Your point is entirely accurate. This immigration view in the modern sense is entirely arbitrary. King George actually forbade his people from going west of the Appalachians. They did, of course, which was essentially "illegal" emigration. Also, like you said, the people were already in place on the continent. This is like having a restrictive immigration policy for water in the Pacific and Atlantic basins. You may succeed in moving water, but it fowls back around you, under you, and over you into the basin. It belongs there.
And the third, god does not exist. In my life, I have moved from the first category to the second. I don't "believe" that the first or the third are possible,
Sorry if I misread you.
I put very little stock in the word "believe." I used it in quotes in the section that you mentioned. I can state the notion differently. I know that "God" as he is generally perceived, and discussed in the Bible does not exist. I am quite certain of that. I ever think I can prove that. I think physics explains how "God" as described is not possible. I "believe" that some other concept of god is possible. And finally, I "believe" that the knowledge that god does not exist is also not possible. At that point it is a choice, which may also be accurate, but our collective knowledge of the universe is not such that it can state conclusively that god in any form cannot possibly exist.
I also refer to "God" and god. "God" refers to the exclusive, orthodox view of "The" deity. The god, and Christopher Hitchens referred to it is open, inclusive, and may be all of the blades of grass, or shrimp and gorillas, or whatever. Emerson called it the collective conscience of all things that live and have ever lived. That's kind of where I am with it...if it even exists.
As far as increases in disease...its happening because illegals are not screened for tuberculosis, hepatitis etc. They are not vaccinated against childhood diseases. Polio and measles are back. TB is now drug resistant. hospitals have to eat the cost of this care, then they lose money and have to let workers go. Its a downward spiral.
A country can only hold so many people, provide so many jobs, so much health care, housing etc. You can only take in so many strays, sooner or later you reach a tipping point and everyone is affected.
Im sorry if people dont want to go through the process legally, but it should not be encouraged to come to the US or any country illegally.
There's a group in Iceland called "without borders" they believe that getting rid of borders would make everything nice and harmonious because we should all love each other, blah blah blah. I dont think these kids have ever left their little village.
Can you imagine the social and economic chaos that would create? There are too many people on the planet to start with. What would you do if this happened in the US?? Could the US support the majority of the African continent, Southeast Asia or Central and South America "Coming to America" It would be anarchy!
Some may see this response as racist. It isn't. Here are a few facts for you. White Europeans brought smallpox to this continent. The U.S. Army used it as a weapon. Europeans had a relative resistance to it from living with cattle in Europe for centuries. And yes, I mean living with. Many had them in their homes. Their domiciles. Communicable diseases are not specific to, or invented by Latinos. It happens. It has happened before and it will happen again. This selective finger pointing about disease and groups of people is disgusting. This has more to do with socio-economics than anything. You'll never quarantine all disease by leaving "them" out. It won't work that way.


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