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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:54 AM Original message |
Nation's truckers considering work stoppage |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Aw that will be no problem, Shrub will just bring in the Mexican truckers that... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That will be a huge problem. It will backfire on the cheap labor CONservatives, big time! |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yep, probably true but it will not personally affect Shrub so don't hold your ... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oh I won't. I might turn blue. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. Go, Teamsters! RV-former teamster etc. |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #72 |
113. You won't see the Teamsters involved with this |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. O/O are just a tad less than 10% |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #115 |
126. Thank you for further clarification |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #126 |
131. "union contracts forbid stiking over anything beyond the terms set forth in the contract." |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #131 |
147. I here what you are saying |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
145. building superhwys of the Americas to bypass the working class |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, that would be an awesome show of power |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. If all workers stopped, the powerful would have tall grass and no supper |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. See the play- |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Sadly, I live where that would not be possible. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. I hope they strike. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I hope they do too! How very "French" of them! |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. it would be a shock to the system |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. I'm afraid they'd just blame the truckers |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. you're probably right |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
93. You're right about the ignorance. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
120. You bet it's tough |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
97. The MSM will lead the outcry of blame against the truckers. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #97 |
111. That's my fear too. |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. I can understand how pissed they are but that wouldn't do any good. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well somewhere and sometime, we have to take a stand. If not now, when? |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Taking a stand against economic reality |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. getting fired |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. So charge more |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. the problem is |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Then someone is willing to do the same job for less |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
112. Wrong. Rates are set by freight brokers, and shippers |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Why, exactly, do we need brokers? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Everyone used to have a shipping employee on the premises |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #118 |
134. everything you say is true. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #112 |
127. Which is the point, - to drive out independents. n/t |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
122. This is how markets would work, if there were no monopolies, cartels, big |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
87. Actually Econ 102 |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. And how much less would Mexican truck drivers be willing to take home? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. The 'economic realities' are putting a lot of independents out of business |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
63. I'm sorry, but you're wrong |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. wow |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
96. Too bad everyone belonging to a union couldn't sympathize... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #63 |
136. Got a link to the short-haul numbers? nt |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Their "economic reality" sucks which is why they are taking a stand. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. It won't work. |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. Just building refineries won't solve the problem. There is plenty of refining capacity |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Just reopen the hundred or so they shut down |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. None of those are compliant with environmental regs |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Also the NIMBY phenomenon. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Some may have been. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. So hit them up with anti-trust law. -nt |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. your just full of solutions, aren't you? |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. It's been done to IBM, MSFT, and Standard Oil |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #81 |
128. Enron revisited. I remember how so many toed the party line |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #74 |
130. False. Nothing to do with the regs. n/t |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #130 |
142. Prove it -nt |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. What are they going to use for raw material, peanut butter? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #70 |
86. The problem is that we import oil these days |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
99. your numbers are wrong. sorry |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #99 |
132. Because there is less of it in the world. How hard is it for Americans to understand? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #132 |
140. there isn't less, yet |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. Are you kidding? No really, are you? Oh and I don't like bush and never voted for him. Why don't |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. You make them sound invincible |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. It all comes down to the Petro dollar: |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
76. The battery tech excuse is just more GOP propaganda |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. And it isn't in production |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
91. give up... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
68. All of which are very viable options for today's truckers |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
82. Pls consider stopping and thinking abt this. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #82 |
100. remember the old adage |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. I had never heard that one. But I'm sure it's about |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #106 |
114. well, in a manner of speaking, they're right |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #100 |
119. or this one |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #119 |
148. I like that. n/t |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
144. One man's economic reality is another man's mere opinion... |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:04 PM Original message |
A stand? Fine but how will that create more oil? The rest of the world |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. They are VERY frustrated with one saying that while they are |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. you're right |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Does diesel take more or less refining than gasoline? Diesel prices here have been MUCH higher |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Less refined but taxed more. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. It takes less refining, but with new environmental regs |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. I assumed as much |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. a few truckers have already parked their rigs near the Savannah port |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
116. Right, like a mexican can do the work for cheaper pay. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. It won't happen in a large enough degree to affect anything. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. There were five truckers present and the owner of the truck |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Pal, I drove over-the road for twenty bloody years. I know the business, ok? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
71. OK! OK! OK! Jesus Christ! Was it absolutely necessary to excoriate |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #71 |
103. My apologies. I regret the tone my post conveyed. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. Apology accepted and appreciated. n/t |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I'm thinking it will be large enough... |
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avenger64 (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. They're the ones using the damned oil .... |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. Many folks are at the Enough-Is-Enough point. |
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nels25 (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think this was done before in the 70's |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Why not raise their rates? |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. They are mostly independent drivers that drive other people's rigs |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. k&r |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Kicking for a heads up, conversation to continue on CNN coming up. n/t |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. thread about it on a truckers' forum |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Those guys are "Democrats for McCain"???????????? |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. nothing against truckers but: |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Don't look now but that train passing you is carrying hundreds of trailers. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I know rail get some use in the US |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. Barge traffic appears to be up on intracoastal. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
88. rail is great for a lot of stuff |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #88 |
135. Wrong -- it's only slow because our rail infrastructure is terrible. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #135 |
139. You are so right on that |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. Can they afford to not work for 2 weeks? I doubt it. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. the ones who can't afford to stop driving will slow down to 45 mph |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. They're saying they are broke anyway. The only thing they have is |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. Do it! |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
84. That would be the ATC strike. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Just a matter of time. Also... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. Now if they had done this way back when we wouldn't be in this situation |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. They could literally cause this country to grind to a halt. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. Sanchez looks a lot like the fake news guy on The Daily Show. |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. There was a strike |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. Woo Hoo! Trucker SLAMMING Bush**. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
83. Wouldn't it be GREAT if the truckers |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #83 |
101. um, not really |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:27 AM Response to Reply #101 |
137. You think any other city will feel differently? How much disruption are you prepared to accept |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #137 |
141. The system of supply and demand? |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. Off to the Greatest with ya! k&r |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Thank you and thanks to all for your recs! n/t |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. K&R! Go labor! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. Cheap energy doesn't exist |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yay Truckers! K and R |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
69. And the West Coast Longshoremen will have May Day |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
78. When fuel shortages start to hit later this year |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
79. Good -- I paid $3.99 for diesel on Monday (VW Golf) |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
90. Kicked and recommended. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
92. Kick! |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
98. GOOD!!! Maybe we'll start using freight rail more instead! |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
102. I'll be listening to Midnight Trucker Radio tonight for sure. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #102 |
121. Those two morons make me vomit |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
104. I don't know how they've managed to stay on the road |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
105. I hope they do it - just hope they don't have violence |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
108. So what do they want done about it? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #108 |
138. Sorry, we are running OUT of oil startiong round 2002-2004. Live with it. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
109. K&R this is a big deal, and you can bet your ass the fed. goverment will have something to say |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
110. GOOD FOR THEM |
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DAMANgoldberg (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
123. ex-Trucker |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. I've always wondered about Covenant Trucking.. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
124. Can't say that I blame them |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
129. kick. n/t |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
133. not sure how true but on another forum I heard April 3..... |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
143. my father in-law owns a small trucking company... will have to ask him about this one. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
146. I wish teachers would do the same to protest NCLB. n/t |
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