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kimballt@pacbell.net - 27 Aug 2005 05:55 GMT
I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static fire
tests for large SRBs to Edwards Airforce Base to avoid large fees from the
state of california for air permits to cover the smoke we make.

The other day I was reading in the Sacramento BEE (our local newspaper).  It
turns out that California is planning to do the same for farmers.
California is considering requiring diary farmers to pay for permits in
order to let their cows fart!  I'm serious!  That is how far these wako's
have gone.

KT
Scott D. Orr - 27 Aug 2005 06:46 GMT
>I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static fire
>tests for large SRBs to Edwards Airforce Base to avoid large fees from the
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>order to let their cows fart!  I'm serious!  That is how far these wako's
>have gone.

If you do something that hurts other people (and methane produced by
cows is a lot more serious a problem than smoke from rocket engine
tests), why shouldn't you have to pay to compensate for that harm?

Scott Orr
raydunakin@aol.com - 27 Aug 2005 07:16 GMT
> If you do something that hurts other people (and methane produced by
> cows is a lot more serious a problem than smoke from roc ket engine
> tests), why shouldn't you have to pay to compensate for that harm?

This isn't "compensation", it's just plain old government extortion. No
one's been harmed, no one can prove they've been harmed, and the money
isn't going to anyone who's even claimed to have been harmed.
Jerry Irvine - 27 Aug 2005 15:51 GMT
> > If you do something that hurts other people (and methane produced by
> > cows is a lot more serious a problem than smoke from roc ket engine
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> one's been harmed, no one can prove they've been harmed, and the money
> isn't going to anyone who's even claimed to have been harmed.

I see you now have taxes figured out.

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The Rocket Scientist - 28 Aug 2005 22:25 GMT
Lookee what "raydunakin@aol.com" <raydunakin@aol.com>  said!  

>> If you do something that hurts other people (and methane produced by
>> cows is a lot more serious a problem than smoke from roc ket engine
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>one's been harmed, no one can prove they've been harmed, and the money
>isn't going to anyone who's even claimed to have been harmed.

Not harmed?  Have you ever been near a cow when it farts?  Ewwww!

:-)

"Initiating the 'getting the hell out of here' maneuver"
Vince - 27 Aug 2005 14:44 GMT
> If you do something that hurts other people (and methane produced by
> cows is a lot more serious a problem than smoke from rocket engine
> tests), why shouldn't you have to pay to compensate for that harm?

Sir, you are consuming valuable O2, and exhaling copious amounts of CO2,
not to mention expelling ridiculous amounts of methane gas.

I hereby DEMAND that you pay taxes to compensate for this damage.

*It should be noted that I'm a silicon-based life form, and suffer from
none of these disgusting biological impairments.
randyolb@charter.net - 27 Aug 2005 15:54 GMT
> I hereby DEMAND that you pay taxes to compensate for this damage.

See! SEE!!!!!    It's started already!

LARRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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raydunakin@aol.com - 27 Aug 2005 07:11 GMT
> The other day I was reading in the Sacramento BEE (our local newspaper).  It
> turns out that California is planning to do the same for farmers.
> California is considering requiring diary farmers to pay for permits in
> order to let their cows fart!  I'm serious!  That is how far these wako's
> have gone.

Yeah, I heard about that. Every time I think I've seen the stupidest
possible thing ever concocted by CA politicians, they up and do
something even stupider. I dread to think what they'll come up with to
top this one.

n
Dave Grayvis - 27 Aug 2005 07:48 GMT
>>The other day I was reading in the Sacramento BEE (our local newspaper).  It
>>turns out that California is planning to do the same for farmers.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> n

How about bovine smog checks every two years?
The Rocket Scientist - 28 Aug 2005 22:27 GMT
Lookee what Dave Grayvis <davegrayvis3@netscape.net>  said!  

>>>The other day I was reading in the Sacramento BEE (our local newspaper).  It
>>>turns out that California is planning to do the same for farmers.
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
>How about bovine smog checks every two years?

Static or dynamometer tests?

And I'd love to see how they hook up the sensors.
"Initiating the 'getting the hell out of here' maneuver"
David Erbas-White - 27 Aug 2005 07:51 GMT
>  
>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
>  

BATFE will top them by requiring you to keep your cows in a magazine,
lest they be used as a component part of a terrorist weapon...

David Erbas-White
Reece Talley - 27 Aug 2005 09:51 GMT
The height of stupidity is that we continue to elect Feinstein and Boxer to
the Senate as well as that bunch of crooks running our state legislature.
The PRK is an entitlement state. Every misfit and weirdo you can think of
has his or her hand out for some form of compensation. Bovine flatulence is
just another venue for raising taxes and redistributing the wealth from
those who work at something productive to those who either do nothing
productive or who fail to work all together.  The latest little episode
revolves around some shmuck who got in the way of a gangster's gun. One
round to the body and another to the head..complete with brain tissue on the
sidewalk. Paramedics pronounced him dead...no pulse no respiration no pupil
response, covered him with a sheet and moved on to a wounded party.  The
crowd saw movement under the sheet and figured the paramedics made a
mistake. (since none of these idiots ever passed a basic biology class,
death movements from major head trauma never even occurred to them) A minor
riot broke out that had the local Nation of Islam chief arrested for
attacking two cops. Now the NoI is aligned with the local gangs and is
threatening a riot if the LAPD doesn't apologize and ante up some loot. LA
is a s#%$hole and the PRK is nothing more than a breeding ground for thugs,
racial extortionists and frustrated socialist/communists.

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Starlord - 27 Aug 2005 14:02 GMT
And there's the grovernator who has pissed off just about everyone one way
or another and I'm happy to say I did NOT vote for him. I think HE should
pay for the special election that he's got the state to hold in Oct.

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> The height of stupidity is that we continue to elect Feinstein and Boxer
> to the Senate as well as that bunch of crooks running our state
> legislature. The PRK is an entitlement state.
Reece Talley - 27 Aug 2005 15:25 GMT
"And there's the grovernator who has pissed off just about everyone one way
or another and I'm happy to say I did NOT vote for him"

I did vote for him and would gladly do so again. He has pissed off folks
because he won't kowtow to the unions and the special interest groups. That
special election he's calling for is a direct result of the unwillingness of
the legislature to act on anything that limits entitlement spending.  Why do
you think Kalifornians have so many initiatives on the ballot? It's because
our elected officials are either chicken s$%*^ or owned by special interest
groups. Since they refuse to act, the people in desperation are compelled to
rely upon initiatives, referendums and special elections. This is no way to
run a state and it's costly as hell. We should have better but
unfortunately, we have exactly what we tend to elect.

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D&JWatkins - 27 Aug 2005 16:08 GMT
   There is only one way to get them to listen. With the pocketbook. How
long will it take for the businesses there to get tired of the overtaxation
& regulations before they move out? How about the people like your self who
continue to live there and pay those ridiculous fees and live under these
oppressive laws. All so you can live in an over crowded, smog filled
Kremlin.

   Dennis

> "And there's the grovernator who has pissed off just about everyone one
> way
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> costly as hell. We should have better but unfortunately, we have exactly
> what we tend to elect.
Starlord - 27 Aug 2005 20:33 GMT
I don't live down in L.A., I'm out in the High Mojave Desert in Kern county
where I can fly my rockets and do other things without having to worry about
all the L.A.County/City rules.

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>    There is only one way to get them to listen. With the pocketbook. How
> long will it take for the businesses there to get tired of the
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>> costly as hell. We should have better but unfortunately, we have exactly
>> what we tend to elect.
Bob Kaplow - 28 Aug 2005 13:28 GMT
>     There is only one way to get them to listen. With the pocketbook. How
> long will it take for the businesses there to get tired of the overtaxation
> & regulations before they move out? How about the people like your self who
> continue to live there and pay those ridiculous fees and live under these
> oppressive laws. All so you can live in an over crowded, smog filled
> Kremlin.

In a way it's a GOOD thing. Now if we could just get the rest of the
socialist nuts, flakes, and kooks in this country to ALL move to the PRK,
and out of the rest of the country.

Then wait for the big one when it sinks into the ocean.

I once heard that California has more lawyers per capita than any other
state, while New Jersey had more toxic waste dumps per capits than any other
state.

NJ got first choice!

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Starlord - 28 Aug 2005 17:06 GMT
And someday some people who have failed to study the movement of the land
mass's will see that the Pac. Plate is moving towards the Northeast, while
the US Plate is moving southwest, that someday the habor city of Long Beach
will be many miles inland and higher up too.

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> Then wait for the big one when it sinks into the ocean.
shockwaveriderz - 27 Aug 2005 18:18 GMT
well I wish he would "piss off" more people by:

1. closing the border and declaring a state of emergency like AZ and NM have
done

2. Removing the "sanctuary" city statutes from both LA and San Fran...

LA and SF are the Sodom and gonorrhea of our times....

where the heck is that GIANT earthquake when you need it most....

as George carling said: that's entertainment folks......

shockie B)

> "And there's the grovernator who has pissed off just about everyone one
> way
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> costly as hell. We should have better but unfortunately, we have exactly
> what we tend to elect.
Starlord - 27 Aug 2005 20:31 GMT
Ya right, he goes to NYC to raise megabucks for pushing his chickensh*t
bills onto a special election which uses up taxpayer moneys that could have
been used to support some of the things he's so fast to try and kill off.

There are at lest 2 small countys which are NOT going to have the election
at all, because they are small and can not afford the $3 million it'd cost
them. As I said HE should be made to pay for the whole operation and then
when his bills get shot down, maybe he'd learn a lesson. But I don't think
so, he's nothing but another raygun ronnie but without the raygun. At lest
there's one good thing, he'll never make it to the whitehouse like ronnie
did.

And with what the US Surprem count say, that groverment workers can raise
all the soft money they want to for funds to fight against his bills, he's
in for a long hard ( and losing ) fight. Already his apirovel rating has
gone down to almost the same sad level as bush's level. Two losers in the
same sinking boat and the Indian tribes are giving him a hand too, by making
the hole in the boat even bigger.

I'm not alone in thinking that he should have stayed in hollywood.

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> "And there's the grovernator who has pissed off just about everyone one
> way
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> costly as hell. We should have better but unfortunately, we have exactly
> what we tend to elect.
Greg Heilers - 27 Aug 2005 21:18 GMT
> Ya right, he goes to NYC to raise megabucks for pushing his chickensh*t
> bills onto a special election which uses up taxpayer moneys that could
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> there's one good thing, he'll never make it to the whitehouse like ronnie
> did.

You say that as if implying his current popularity and performance would
prevent such a thing.  His popularity and performance have no say in the
matter.  He could turn out to be the finest governor the state ever has;
but the U.S. Constitution prevents his being elected President.  It is not
your disdain and hatred (and name-calling...so much for the Liberal mantra
of celebrating "diversity"...) which will keep him out of the White House.

> And with what the US Surprem count say, that groverment workers can raise
> all the soft money they want to for funds to fight against his bills, he's
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> I'm not alone in thinking that he should have stayed in hollywood.

Hmmmmm...."Reece Talley" eloquently expresses his opinion, while
demonstrating proper grammar, and spelling. "Starlord", exercising the same
wonderful right of "free speech" (try that in most Leftist nations); shows
a complete *lack* of respect for the using of proper grammar and spelling.
Could these traits and qualities be related to each gentleman's political
leanings?  I am willing to say "yes".

:o)

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Starlord - 27 Aug 2005 22:12 GMT
Well BFD, I put my cards on the table face up and if you don't care for than
BFD. His ratings have gone downhill. For awhile there was a bunch in DC who
wanted to do away with that part that would keep him out of the white house,
but that little deal was killed off.

He's been very good at getting teachers, cops, firemen, and others lining up
against him and his bills. He may very well become a one term wonder.

I still say that HE should be made to pay for the whole Oct. operation,
after all, he's got lots of deep pocket supporters in NYC and DC. They could
help him pay the $5 billion it'll cost the State.

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Bob Kaplow - 28 Aug 2005 13:34 GMT
> You say that as if implying his current popularity and performance would
> prevent such a thing.  His popularity and performance have no say in the
> matter.  He could turn out to be the finest governor the state ever has;
> but the U.S. Constitution prevents his being elected President.  It is not
> your disdain and hatred (and name-calling...so much for the Liberal mantra
> of celebrating "diversity"...) which will keep him out of the White House.

ANd just like there was a movement to repeal the 2 term limit when Reagan
was Prez, there is a movement to repeal the native born requirement so the
Guvenator could become the Prez. (and Maria first lady)

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Alan Jones - 28 Aug 2005 17:54 GMT
>> You say that as if implying his current popularity and performance would
>> prevent such a thing.  His popularity and performance have no say in the
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>was Prez, there is a movement to repeal the native born requirement so the
>Guvenator could become the Prez. (and Maria first lady)

Any such repeal, or not, should be based on the merits, not the person
of the moment.  However, they would have stood a better chance of
opening the door for Madelen Albright(sp?), than for Arnold.
Bob Kaplow - 28 Aug 2005 22:31 GMT
> Any such repeal, or not, should be based on the merits, not the person
> of the moment.  However, they would have stood a better chance of
> opening the door for Madelen Albright(sp?), than for Arnold.

Or my wife's uncle's school roomate: Henry Kissinger.

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raydunakin@aol.com - 29 Aug 2005 00:35 GMT
> > Any such repeal, or not, should be based on the merits, not the person
> > of the moment.  However, they would have stood a bett er chance of
> > opening the door for Madelen Albright(sp?), than for Arnold.
>
> Or my wife's uncle's school roomate: Henry Kissinger.

...Who once attended the Hollywood premiere of a Kevin Bacon movie?
:)
Dave Grayvis - 29 Aug 2005 01:06 GMT
>>>Any such repeal, or not, should be based on the merits, not the person
>>>of the moment.  However, they would have stood a bett er chance of
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> ...Who once attended the Hollywood premiere of a Kevin Bacon movie?
> :)

Hey, I seen a Kevin Bacon movie!  I guess that's almost like meeting
Henry himself.  :)
Greg Heilers - 29 Aug 2005 02:54 GMT
>>>>Any such repeal, or not, should be based on the merits, not the person
>>>>of the moment.  However, they would have stood a bett er chance of
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Hey, I seen a Kevin Bacon movie!  I guess that's almost like meeting
> Henry himself.  :)

I once had breakfast with a guy named Kevin Henry.  We had bacon.
Does this count?

:o)

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Dave Grayvis - 29 Aug 2005 05:58 GMT
>>>>>Any such repeal, or not, should be based on the merits, not the person
>>>>>of the moment.  However, they would have stood a bett er chance of
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> :o)

Ya' got Me beat!
Pete Pemberton - 29 Aug 2005 12:10 GMT
>>> ...Who once attended the Hollywood premiere of a Kevin Bacon movie?
>>> :)
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> :o)

Kevin Bacon was in The Breakfast Club?

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Jerry Irvine - 30 Aug 2005 17:24 GMT
> > You say that as if implying his current popularity and performance would
> > prevent such a thing.  His popularity and performance have no say in the
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> was Prez, there is a movement to repeal the native born requirement so the
> Guvenator could become the Prez. (and Maria first lady)

All they have to do is run Maria as Pres and have Arnie as "first
terminator".

Jerry

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Bob Kaplow - 30 Aug 2005 17:50 GMT
>> ANd just like there was a movement to repeal the 2 term limit when Reagan
>> was Prez, there is a movement to repeal the native born requirement so the
>> Guvenator could become the Prez. (and Maria first lady)
>
> All they have to do is run Maria as Pres and have Arnie as "first
> terminator".

But they're political opposites.

You do know why Maria married The Terminator? To breed bullet proof
Kennedys.

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Jerry Irvine - 30 Aug 2005 18:49 GMT
> >> ANd just like there was a movement to repeal the 2 term limit when Reagan
> >> was Prez, there is a movement to repeal the native born requirement so the
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> But they're political opposites.

That's why they might actually get elected.

Remember the story about Americans of "average intelligence".

Jerry

> You do know why Maria married The Terminator? To breed bullet proof
> Kennedys.

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Dave Grayvis - 30 Aug 2005 20:15 GMT
>>>ANd just like there was a movement to repeal the 2 term limit when Reagan
>>>was Prez, there is a movement to repeal the native born requirement so the
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> You do know why Maria married The Terminator? To breed bullet proof
> Kennedys.

I thought Ted solved that problem by growing a layer of protective fat.
Alan Jones - 31 Aug 2005 05:16 GMT
>>> ANd just like there was a movement to repeal the 2 term limit when Reagan
>>> was Prez, there is a movement to repeal the native born requirement so the
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>You do know why Maria married The Terminator? To breed bullet proof
>Kennedys.

I can picture Arnold in foreign trade negotiations, smoking up a storm
eager to move on to the light saber phase of negotiations.
Fred Shecter - 27 Aug 2005 22:47 GMT
What if we stencil a large arrow on the aft end of each cow along with the
words"

"MODEL AIRCRAFT FARTS"

???

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>>>The other day I was reading in the Sacramento BEE (our local newspaper).
>>>It
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
> David Erbas-White
Bob Kaplow - 27 Aug 2005 12:44 GMT
> I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static fire
> tests for large SRBs to Edwards Airforce Base to avoid large fees from the
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> order to let their cows fart!  I'm serious!  That is how far these wako's
> have gone.

Well then, there should be a similar VERY EXPENSIVE PERMIT for all those in
politics, to pay for all of the hot air they release. Failure to have one
should be a capital offense.

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randyolb@charter.net - 27 Aug 2005 14:29 GMT
> Well then, there should be a similar VERY EXPENSIVE PERMIT for all those in
> politics, to pay for all of the hot air they release. Failure to have one
> should be a capital offense.

ROFL!

Randy
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Larry Curcio - 27 Aug 2005 14:21 GMT
Why only cows? Why not everyone?

-Larry (Whatstamatta, Lady? I got a PERMIT!) C.

> I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static fire
> tests for large SRBs to Edwards Airforce Base to avoid large fees from the
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> KT
randyolb@charter.net - 27 Aug 2005 14:31 GMT
> Why only cows? Why not everyone?

Geeeeeeez Larry! Don't give these wacko's any more ideas. Aren't we paying
enough in taxes as it is?

; )

Randy
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The Rocket Scientist - 29 Aug 2005 19:51 GMT
I ought to get a tax rebate due to the pollution-abatement equipment I
use.  (My colostomy pouch has a charcoal filter.)

Bill Sullivan

"I think so Brain, poit, but where do you stick the feather and call it
macaroni?" - Pinky

> Why only cows? Why not everyone?
>
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> >
> > KT
randyolb@charter.net - 29 Aug 2005 20:31 GMT
> I ought to get a tax rebate due to the pollution-abatement equipment I
> use.  (My colostomy pouch has a charcoal filter.)

Actually, that makes sense. I say Bill gets a rebate.

Randy
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randyolb@charter.net - 27 Aug 2005 14:26 GMT
> California is considering requiring diary farmers to pay for permits in
> order to let their cows fart!  I'm serious!  That is how far these wako's
> have gone.

Ok, gotta ask. Exactly HOW are they going to monitor THAT? Do they have many
applicants for the position of monitor?

   ; )

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Jerry Irvine - 27 Aug 2005 15:47 GMT
> > California is considering requiring diary farmers to pay for permits in
> > order to let their cows fart!  I'm serious!  That is how far these wako's
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It's a tax.

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Starlord - 27 Aug 2005 20:20 GMT
There are meters built just for that job.

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>> California is considering requiring diary farmers to pay for permits in
>> order to let their cows fart!  I'm serious!  That is how far these wako's
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Jerry Irvine - 27 Aug 2005 15:47 GMT
> I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static fire
> tests for large SRBs to Edwards Airforce Base to avoid large fees from the
> state of california for air permits to cover the smoke we make.

EAFB is in California.

> The other day I was reading in the Sacramento BEE (our local newspaper).  It
> turns out that California is planning to do the same for farmers.
> California is considering requiring diary farmers to pay for permits in
> order to let their cows fart!  I'm serious!  That is how far these wako's
> have gone.

Welcome to Kalifornia.

> KT

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Starlord - 27 Aug 2005 20:36 GMT
But it's Fed lands and state rules do not apply. Hell, I can look out my
front door and on a good sunny day see the engine test stand hills east of
me. The big hybred engine tester there last month didn't make enough smoke
to even know it was going on, we could just hear it's sound a bit.

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>> I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static
>> fire
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>
>> KT
Bob Kaplow - 28 Aug 2005 13:25 GMT
>> I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static fire
>> tests for large SRBs to Edwards Airforce Base to avoid large fees from the
>> state of california for air permits to cover the smoke we make.
>
> EAFB is in California.

Well, yes and no. Technically, federal land is not a part of any state.
State laws, from sales tax to restrictions on rockets do not apply on
federal land.

IIRC Indian land is similarly blessed.

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> >> I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static
> >> fire
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>
> IIRC Indian land is similarly blessed.

We were discussing the air, not the land.

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shockwaveriderz - 27 Aug 2005 17:56 GMT
maybe somebody should invent a cow fart catcher? ya know, to catch the cow
methane and then we could get some illegal aliens to "harvest" the cow fart
catchers..and replace them with new ones...  I didn't even know kalifornia
had any cows.....poor cows...can you say MOOOOOOOOOOO?

shockie B)

>I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static fire
> tests for large SRBs to Edwards Airforce Base to avoid large fees from the
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> KT
Dave Grayvis - 27 Aug 2005 19:04 GMT
> maybe somebody should invent a cow fart catcher? ya know, to catch the
> cow methane and then we could get some illegal aliens to "harvest" the
> cow fart catchers..and replace them with new ones...  I didn't even know
> kalifornia had any cows.....poor cows...can you say MOOOOOOOOOOO?
>
> shockie B)

You didn't know that Ca. had any cows?  Chino Ca. has like the largest
concentrated dairy cow population in the USA, despite a reduction of the
numbers of dairy farms over the years and urban sprawl.

But anyway, I think a system of hoses and accumulator pumps, would be a
better way to go, like modern day milking machines.  In fact, You could
extract the methane while you were milking the cows and kill two birds
with one stone.
shockwaveriderz - 27 Aug 2005 19:23 GMT
but you would still need "portable" methane gas collectors when they are out
grazing....I'm sure they don't stop farting then....

back in '66 the subdivision I lived in backed up to a dairy farm.... when
the MOOO's would come and hand out near our back yard, you would sometimes
get a whiff of MOO Gas.....

shockie B)

>> maybe somebody should invent a cow fart catcher? ya know, to catch the
>> cow methane and then we could get some illegal aliens to "harvest" the
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> extract the methane while you were milking the cows and kill two birds
> with one stone.
raydunakin@aol.com - 28 Aug 2005 00:00 GMT
> maybe somebody should invent a cow fart catcher? ya know, to catch the cow
> methane and then we could get some illegal aliens to "harvest" the cow fart
> catchers..and replace them with new ones..

We could just use the illegals to catch the cow farts, somewhat like a
catalytic converter. Just insert the "intake" end of an illegal alien
into the "output" end of the cow, and when he's full replace him with
another one. There seems to be an endless supply.    ;)

BTW, I read in the paper recently how the Mexican politicians are
complaining about our attempts to keep illegals out of the country,
which they claim shows a lack of respect for Mexico. Hey, why should
anyone respect a country that actually _encourages_ millions of its
citizens to illegally invade another country? Not to mention the
rampant corruption.
Phil Stein - 28 Aug 2005 00:38 GMT
>> maybe somebody should invent a cow fart catcher? ya know, to catch the cow
>> methane and then we could get some illegal aliens to "harvest" the cow fart
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>citizens to illegally invade another country? Not to mention the
>rampant corruption.

Send some out here.  Maybe I'll find a decent house cleaner.
lightnpyro@yahoo.com - 28 Aug 2005 01:32 GMT
We are Mexico's "safety valve",  if you will, that keeps it from
exploding into revolution. If they could not come here, me thinks they
would clean house and start over. ....and prolly end up in even worse
shape than thay are now.....
Greg Heilers - 28 Aug 2005 03:10 GMT
> We are Mexico's "safety valve",  if you will, that keeps it from
> exploding into revolution. If they could not come here, me thinks they
> would clean house and start over. ....and prolly end up in even worse
> shape than thay are now.....

Plus a little harsh "reality check" here.  Without such people,
what would happen to the housing and construction industry?  Don't scream
the old tired argument that they are taking away jobs from Americans...
At least here in Central and South Texas....with regards to construction
(housing, building, highway, etc....), and lawn-care....even the "bosses" at
the sites, are "recent residents".

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raydunakin@aol.com - 28 Aug 2005 07:27 GMT
> Plus a little harsh "reality check" here.  Without such people,
> what would happen to the housing and construction industry?  Don't scream
> the old tired argument that they are taking away jobs from Americans...
> At least here in Central and South Texas....with regards to construction
> (housing, building, highway, etc....), and lawn-care....even the "bosses" at
> the sites, are "recent residents".

So they obviously ARE taking jobs from Americans. If the illegals
weren't filling those jobs, someone else certainly would. You're not
talking about picking cabbages -- unlike farm labor, construction is
not something people generally spurn. If the contractors there are
hiring illegals, it's because the bastards are too cheap to pay a
decent wage.

In any case, there is never ANY excuse for leaving our borders open and
letting anyone, from anywhere, avoid scrutiny. Secure borders are
ALWAYS necessary to the safety of our nation and the preservation of
our freedom -- and even moreso when we are at war with terrorists
desperately seeking ways to strike at us.

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randyolb@charter.net - 28 Aug 2005 14:21 GMT
snip

I agree but the problem I have with them, is not going through the proper
channels to be legitimate citizens. It says something about the character of
people that aren't willing to do it by the book. Why would we ever want such
people being part of our country?

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Reece Talley - 28 Aug 2005 15:42 GMT
A brief history lesson is in order before I make this next point. Back when
California was considering coming into the union, there was a big debate
over whether or not it would be a free or slave state. In truth, California
would never adopt slavery for two very key reasons. First, it was not set up
for plantation type crops. Of course, had it been feasible, it could have
been but this never happened due to other competing issues such as the gold
strike and the war. Second, California had the Mexican. His labor was
cheaper than that of a slave for a bunch or reasons. He did not have to be
purchased. Nor did he have to be guarded. He never ran away and when you
were through with him, you just turned him away. Age was never an issue like
it was with an owned slave. If he became too old, you fired him. If he were
too young, you didn't hire him. Sickness was likewise not an issue. What did
it matter if the Mexican got sick? He was replaceable. Thus, you has an
endless supply of cheap labor. Add to that the 200 years of social
conditioning the Spanish government had imposed upon them and the spiritual
fatalism that the Catholic church had imbued them with (not to mention the
idea of permanent social class) and you've got the perfect worker. Cheap,
available and socially static.

The above is historical reality. It is also repugnant and shameful; firstly
for the Mexican for ever tolerating this system but even more so for the
white men who perpetrated this injustice. At least for the Mexican, there
was some nobility in the work accomplished. There was nothing to be proud of
for the whites. It was an evil imposed on a weaker social group by a
powerful majority and it condemned in perpetuity, millions of their
descendants to the same "defacto" slavery. So while it's true, California
was not a slave state under the law, it was certainly a slave state in daily
reality though not protected as such by the constitution's property laws.

Fast foreword to the present. The illegals among us today are these same
defacto slaves. They exist because they can be economically exploited by the
upper class. Of course, in our more socially conscious world, there are
social repercussions. The Mexican must have medical care and his children
must have schooling. Add to that the need to contain and control the
Mexican's behavior and the courts become over-burdened with cases. Fully 80
% of all drunk driving arrests in the state involve illegals. The number of
domestic abuse cases is equally high. More than 40% of the prisoners in CA's
high security prisons are illegals convicted of violent crime. The over-all
majority of Hispanic gang members are illegals and the majority of teenage
pregnancies can be traced to this same group as well.   Who pays for all of
this? The middle class. The rich who insist on keeping the borders open sure
don't. The taxes they pay make up a much smaller proportion of their
disposable income than those paid by a middle class worker. it remains, even
with taxes, far cheaper to pay the illegal minimum wage than it does to pay
the taxes that cover the real cost of his being in the US. The social
problems associated with illegals could for the most part, be avoided by
their moving up into hire income brackets.  Slowing the influx across the
border would also give the majority time to forcibly acculturate the
Mexican. Once we train out the "peasant" mentality and we instill English
language skills, they will rise in status and they will also rise in income.
The end result will be that they mainstream into society and become
financial and social contributors.  Think about it. How many potential
Einsteins are wasting away in carwashes and jails?

As bad as this is for the Mexican, it is worse for the white majority. The
whole process of paying for this mess is stripping away valuable resources
that could/should be devoted to societal advancement and enhancing the
quality of our lives. A select few benefit from the cheap labor while the
rest of us foot the bill. Add to that the none-to-subtle racisim that this
whole system begets and perpetuates and the moral debasement becomes even
worse. Any people who can allow this system to continue are or shortly will
be,  morally bankrupt. This grows like a cancer. If one can do this to a
fellow human in one area of life, the barriers that protect us from
exercising even greater evil upon each other grow weaker and weaker.
Eventually, we adopt cruelty and inhumanity as virtues, shoot, we even find
it entertaining and insist on it being packaged and presented to us in the
form of music and visual media . Violence becomes dejure. And we become like
the ancient Romans who became captivated by their own lusts; greed, violence
and moral/sexual debauchery.

The borders must be closed and the illegals must be prevented from entering.
Then we must be equally ardent in our efforts to educate and elevate their
children, who by virtue of their American birth, are fully citizens of this
country. All future immigration should be strictly held to a quota. These
limits must be in accordance with what our social system can process and
most importantly, we must insist upon complete acculturation and
assimilation. There simply cannot be two moral value systems competing for
recognition. If we do these things we can end this shameful practice and
elevate us all. Even Mexico, once deprived of its social safety valve, will
have to deal with its horrific poverty and ignorance. The ruling elite such
as Vincente Fox will loose their protected racial status and the color
barrier that exists in Mexico will come down.

This stuff makes me angry as hell. I hate even to talk about it because so
many people are so blind to what is going on. I feel most of my words fall
on deaf ears so I usually remain silent. Every once in a while though,
something ticks me off enough to speak up. For some reason, this was one of
those days. If you don't agree with me fine, I'm not going to argue with
you. The facts remain the same though. The illegal is a de facto slave and
his existence perpetuates racial and social discrimination. His existence
cost us far more than he contributes and it is as hurtful to us as it is to
him and his progeny.

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Greg Heilers - 28 Aug 2005 15:57 GMT
> A brief history lesson is in order before I make this next point. Back
> when California was considering coming into the union, there was a big
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> them with (not to mention the idea of permanent social class) and you've
> got the perfect worker. Cheap, available and socially static.

Ironic, and sad....that it is our own modern "to the Left" political party,
and its members, who are always heard talking about "the working class".
It seems the concept of "high and low birth" is still alive and well, in the
world in which *they* wish to live, and act as overseers.

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Reece Talley - 28 Aug 2005 17:15 GMT
You know, what's equally sad is that there is a key aspect of Hispanic
culture that is so easily exploited..the work ethic.  Hispanic men and women
work and they work hard. This fits well with the Puritan work ethic that
permeates our culture. What is missing is the idea of social responsibility
and delayed gratification. Centuries of unrest and revolution have taught
many Hispanics that one should live for the moment. Savings and investment
are impossible when the government may change in a moment's notice. Thus, if
you have $100 spend it. Spend it on your friends and family because they are
the only constants. Make children because they bring you happiness. The
church tells them no birth control...abstain from marital relations instead.
Fat chance. If the world denies you every other pleasure what remains?
Ignorance of other possibilities and other potential futures is maintained
by the idea that one must begin work as soon as possible and by the cultural
concept of peasantry.

We are missing out on a great deal of potential societal gain here by
perpetuating this system. If this love of hard work could only be coupled
with education and self-restraint think of what we might accomplish
together.

As yourself why Hispanics come to the US. What do they want? They want work.
They want food. They want a future for their children. Sound familiar? It
should. It's the thing that drove so many Europeans to these shores 100
years ago. The great "unwashed" of a century ago has become us. The same can
happen to the illegals too if we can control the tide and if we devote
ourselves to aculturaization and education. We are after all, made of the
same genetic material and possessed of the same potential for greatness.

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Phil Stein - 28 Aug 2005 21:15 GMT
>You know, what's equally sad is that there is a key aspect of Hispanic
>culture that is so easily exploited..the work ethic.  Hispanic men and women
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
>ourselves to aculturaization and education. We are after all, made of the
>same genetic material and possessed of the same potential for greatness.

Yep.  I guess Ray can't grasp the concept that we are a nation of
immigrants and that he is the minority.
raydunakin@aol.com - 28 Aug 2005 21:27 GMT
>  I guess Ray can't grasp the concept that we are a nation of
> immigrants and that he is the minority.

I don't have a problem with legal immigrants. The people sneaking in
illegally are the danger.

8
Phil Stein - 28 Aug 2005 21:31 GMT
>>  I guess Ray can't grasp the concept that we are a nation of
>> immigrants and that he is the minority.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
>8

Our government is as inept at controlling immegration as they are at
controlling explosives - know what I mean.  
The Rocket Scientist - 29 Aug 2005 20:09 GMT
> As yourself why Hispanics come to the US. What do they want? They want work.
> They want food. They want a future for their children. Sound familiar? It
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> ourselves to aculturaization and education. We are after all, made of the
> same genetic material and possessed of the same potential for greatness.

While I admire the rosy sentiment, Reece, I have to fault you on a few
historic details.  Many of the Irish who "emigrated" in the 19th
century were, in fact, transported.  That was a common punishment given
to Irish guilty of the crime of being poor in time of famine.  The
Irish who survived the trip on the coffin ships (there was no economic
incentive for the captain of a coffin ship to ensure the continued
health of his human cargo) had to take jobs other immigrants had the
luxury of turning down.  Many jobs were closed to the Irish.  "No Irish
Need Apply" was often posted on hiring notices.  The railroads were
built on the backs of Irish transportees.  Coal miners were largely
transported Irish.

This doesn't excuse the exploitation of the Hispanic one bit, Reece,
but don't delude yourself with the idea that European immigrants all
came voluntarily.  They came here because they had no other choice.
And unlike the Mexicans, they had no way of easily getting back to
their homeland.

Bill Sullivan

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macaroni?" - Pinky
randyolb@charter.net - 29 Aug 2005 20:36 GMT
Weren't just a few of those R.R. workers Chinese?

Maybe they were from Eastern Ireland. ; )

Randy
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shreadvector - 29 Aug 2005 21:21 GMT
>From the West Coast?

Remember they met in the middle - the whole "Golden Spike" thing.

How about "The Fighting Irish"?

Oh well, back to rocket stuff....

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D&JWatkins - 30 Aug 2005 00:00 GMT
   My Great Grandfather was one of these. Helping dig the Wabash & Erie
Canal by hand. Then went on to help biuld the railroads. When my Grandfather
went into the nursing home I brought home a child hood treasure, his work
bench. Now it is not much but full of great memories. In one of the drawers
much to my surprise was a box with a Smith and wesson 32. Now my Grandfather
was dead set against guns. Shortly after he called and wanted to get this
gun back and give it to the police. I asked about it and was told his father
was so scared to come home at night from the rail yards that he carried it
for protection. I still have that pistol and will pass it and the story onto
my son.

          Dennis

>> As yourself why Hispanics come to the US. What do they want? They want
>> work.
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
> "I think so Brain, poit, but where do you stick the feather and call it
> macaroni?" - Pinky
Reece Talley - 30 Aug 2005 01:11 GMT
I didn't go into all of that because it was off the point. I'm pretty well
versed in the history of immigration though and what you say is indeed,
correct. I did not mean to imply that past European immigrants were all
voluntary. Sorry if it came across that way.

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The Rocket Scientist - 30 Aug 2005 16:44 GMT
> I didn't go into all of that because it was off the point. I'm pretty well
> versed in the history of immigration though and what you say is indeed,
> correct. I did not mean to imply that past European immigrants were all
> voluntary. Sorry if it came across that way.

No apologies needed, sir.

Truth to tell, I'm quite pleased that my great-grandfather decided to
emigrate from Bantry. (He came voluntarily.)  Despite its many
blemishes, America has been good to me and I am proud to be an
American.

Bill Sullivan

"Well, I think so Brain, but I can't memorize a whole opera in
Yiddish." - Pinky
shockwaveriderz - 28 Aug 2005 17:38 GMT
reece is historically accurate when he says one culture dominates and takes
advantages of other cultures...its been going on since the birth of
civilization.... white people just seem to be predisposed to be the cultural
elite... I mean sheesh, look at the mess called Africa.....and contrary to
popular believe, we are also in a cultural war or struggle with fascist
islam, just as we were in a culture war with the west vs communism....

shockie B)

>> A brief history lesson is in order before I make this next point. Back
>> when California was considering coming into the union, there was a big
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
> the
> world in which *they* wish to live, and act as overseers.
Scott Schuckert - 28 Aug 2005 20:47 GMT
> reece is historically accurate when he says one culture dominates and takes
> advantages of other cultures...its been going on since the birth of
> civilization.... white people just seem to be predisposed to be the cultural
> elite... I mean sheesh, look at the mess called Africa.....and contrary to
> popular believe, we are also in a cultural war or struggle with fascist
> islam, just as we were in a culture war with the west vs communism....

Once could even take it several notches more basic and blame it on the
nature of animal life. (Yes, I'm serious)

Herbivores evolved to "steal" the nutrients plants had so patiently
collected; carnivores found a more concentrated source - the
herbivores! So one could argue it's in our nature to take advantage of
the weaker/slower/less sophisticated; to "acquire" more than we "earn."
When we stop doing this, we've become truly human. Of course, the
salries of CEO's and basketball players says this is unlikely any time
soon.

Oh, and I don't think it has anything with being white. The other races
just haven't had as good a supply of others to take advantage of.
David Erbas-White - 28 Aug 2005 21:21 GMT
>When we stop doing this, we've become truly human. Of course, the
>salries of CEO's and basketball players says this is unlikely any time
>soon.
>
>  

This reminded me of an article I read recently that left me slack-jawed
(and bear in mind that the writer was serious, not being 'funny').

The article was about highly-paid CEOs in low-performing companies.  One
line (when talking about CEO's who earned, let's say, $4,000,000
annually), "Who do these guys think they are?  Movie stars???  What do
they DO to justify these outrageous salaries???"

David Erbas-White
raydunakin@aol.com - 28 Aug 2005 18:48 GMT
> The illegal is a de facto slave and
> his existence perpetuates racial and social discrimination.

Yep. When the "open borders" folks say we need illegals to do all the
dirty work at dirt-cheap wages, they are advocating abuse and
exploitation.
Alan Jones - 29 Aug 2005 05:55 GMT
>> The illegal is a de facto slave and
>> his existence perpetuates racial and social discrimination.
>
>Yep. When the "open borders" folks say we need illegals to do all the
>dirty work at dirt-cheap wages, they are advocating abuse and
>exploitation.

We don't need no stinkin illegals to do our dirty work, just lots of
cheap robots.  ;)
Dave Grayvis - 29 Aug 2005 06:05 GMT
>>>The illegal is a de facto slave and
>>>his existence perpetuates racial and social discrimination.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> We don't need no stinkin illegals to do our dirty work, just lots of
> cheap robots.  ;)

Yeah, but the cheap robots are made in mexico.
Scott Schuckert - 29 Aug 2005 12:12 GMT
> Yeah, but the cheap robots are made in mexico.

And, about a week after being placed into service, will be joining
unions...
shockwaveriderz - 28 Aug 2005 17:19 GMT
EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY... every body else that has come to this country did
it the "right" way... they waited their turn and went thru the red
tape....and guess what? they even learned the english language and
assimilated into out culture....

shockie B)

> snip
>
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> Randy
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randyolb@charter.net - 28 Aug 2005 18:37 GMT
> EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY... every body else that has come to this country did
> it the "right" way... they waited their turn and went thru the red
> tape....and guess what? they even learned the english language and
> assimilated into out culture....

I agree with 99.99% of what's been listed here but guys... some of us were
here well before 1492.  ; )

Randy
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TDKozan - 28 Aug 2005 19:50 GMT
>>EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY... every body else that has come to this country
>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> Randy
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And I'd love to meet one!

TK

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randyolb@charter.net - 28 Aug 2005 20:31 GMT
ROFL... not.

You know I mean native Americans. You know, the people that were here 5000
years ago.

>meet one.

Consider it done.

Randy
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David Erbas-White - 28 Aug 2005 20:30 GMT
>I agree with 99.99% of what's been listed here but guys... some of us were
>here well before 1492.  ; )
>
>  

Funny, your pictures don't LOOK like you're that old -- what are you, a
vampire or something??? <G>

David "yes, I DO know what you mean" Erbas-White
randyolb@charter.net - 28 Aug 2005 20:59 GMT
There are times I feel that old.  : )

> Funny, your pictures don't LOOK like you're that old -- what are you, a
> vampire or something??? <G>

I've been called worse.  ; )

Randy
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Phil Stein - 28 Aug 2005 21:27 GMT
>> EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY... every body else that has come to this country
>did
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>Randy
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Yea but not everyone came here knowing English and it takes a little
time to learn.  

Culture?  Weather you are assimilated into 'our' culture depends on
what part of town you're in and which part you came from.  None of
this stuff is something you know immediately.  

I agree with this concept but I'm realistic enough to not expect it to
happen for  a while after someone immigrates.  I think that in many
cases this didn't ever happen with first generation immigrants.
Jerry Irvine - 30 Aug 2005 17:30 GMT
> EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY... every body else that has come to this country did
> it the "right" way...

Simply false. "Illegal aliens" have been common for over a century.

This issue was exasperated by the simple facts that Mexican immigration
is so convenient, that some walk less distance to work than a typical
Californian drives to work.

In addition they are socially acceptable (much like pot is in CA), and
are offered jobs easily and are eager to work.

> they waited their turn and went thru the red
> tape....and guess what? they even learned the english language and
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> > Randy
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David Erbas-White - 30 Aug 2005 17:40 GMT
>This issue was exasperated by the simple facts that Mexican immigration
>is so convenient, that some walk less distance to work than a typical
>Californian drives to work.
>
>  

No, no, no.  The people of California are exasperated.

The issue was 'exacerbated'...

David Erbas-White
Jerry Irvine - 30 Aug 2005 18:48 GMT
> >This issue was exasperated by the simple facts that Mexican immigration
> >is so convenient, that some walk less distance to work than a typical
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>
> David Erbas-White

It's usenet. I am sloppy on spelling.

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Dave Grayvis - 30 Aug 2005 20:28 GMT
>>>This issue was exasperated by the simple facts that Mexican immigration
>>>is so convenient, that some walk less distance to work than a typical
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>
> It's usenet. I am sloppy on spelling.

Get a computer with a spell checker.  Oh wait, that won't work, you
spelled "exasperated" correctly.

Poor sloppy jerry.
Alan Jones - 31 Aug 2005 05:16 GMT
>In addition they are socially acceptable (much like pot is in CA), and
>are offered jobs easily and are eager to work.

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!
Phil Stein - 28 Aug 2005 16:33 GMT
>> Plus a little harsh "reality check" here.  Without such people,
>> what would happen to the housing and construction industry?  Don't scream
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>

If you care so much, go guard the border yourself.  
shockwaveriderz - 28 Aug 2005 17:32 GMT
Yes indeed they are taking away the jobs of the poor white trash and black
people here in KY:

Case in Point 20 years ago there were NO mexicans on any of the Bluegrass
Horse Farms around here: they were populated by the eastern Ky white trash
and the por inner city blacks  from Lexington; who did the tobbacco planting
and harvesting: poor whites and blacks...  NOW all of that is done by
Mexicans In Lexington City proper, the mexicans took over the west part of
town and now its called Little Mexico... the poor white and blacks moved out
of that area....

They have taken over most of the construction labor jobs and lawncare
businesses....

And why? Because they can be hired and fired at will; they accept lower
wages which benefit the farm owners; they will work 12-16 hr days in
violation of labor laws; they don't complain or know their rights like
citizens do,etc etc etc

And think about this:
30% of the people locked up in our prisons right now are illegal aliens...
they are costing citizens billions of daollars a year to "house them"... the
damage they do to our society by raping,killing,etc is inmeasurable, when
all they have to do is flee back across the border were we don't even have
an extradition treaty.....

and finally:

The "quality" of the people who are entering this country leave alot to be
desired; I mean its not like the best and brightest of mexico and central
america are coming here.  And I don't want to hear any BS arguments about
how they are just trying to make a better life for themselves. If they want
to do that I suggest, they overthrow their corrupt government and start
again down there.

Rome decayed and fell from within; the same fate awaits America.

Anybody want to see what America will look like in 25-50 years? Take a
good,long,hard look at Kalifornia.

shockie B)

>> We are Mexico's "safety valve",  if you will, that keeps it from
>> exploding into revolution. If they could not come here, me thinks they
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> at
> the sites, are "recent residents".
Phil Stein - 28 Aug 2005 21:19 GMT
>Yes indeed they are taking away the jobs of the poor white trash and black
>people here in KY:
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>
>shockie B)

How noble of you to stick up for the trash.  In addition to being King
of the Weenies, I'm wondering if you hold a position of importance
with the kkk.
shockwaveriderz - 28 Aug 2005 21:30 GMT
another "troll" response from Phil "cyberstalker" Stein...

shockie B)

>>Yes indeed they are taking away the jobs of the poor white trash and b