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Introducing Senator Al Franken:

How would you vote? Go to DemoChoice Ballot. So far with 330 ballots cast Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence is the winning choice and Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades is second choice. Sounds a lot like our current posture to North Korea: bribe...

Per Larry Kudlow in this article: RealClearPolitics - The Road to Economic Demoralization -- Washington Is Going the Wrong Way, China has no capital gains tax and a corporate tax of 15 to 20%. The U.S. is raising the capital gains tax to 20% and has a top corporate tax of 40%. China refuses to...

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Thursday, July 09, 2009 Email a Friend Email to a Friend Advertisement The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 30% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as...

While oil is a finite resource, focusing on the long term can blind one to near-term dynamics. There has been surprisingly little mention in the mainstream media of how large the current oil surplus is. The collective view seems to be that this will take care of itself in short order. But that...

Check out what happened in your state during the pandemic. Alaska seems to have been particularly devastated. Check out California, Georgia, and South Carolina. Here's the link: The Great Pandemic of 1918: State by State.

Q: Why did the blonde think it was Sunday? A: Because the sun was out.

Michelle Bachmann tells it like it is. Got to give it to this lady, she's got :censoredsign:. YouTube - We Now Have A Total Gangster Government

Remember the movie, The Dirty Dozen? Bunch of misfits who nevertheless got it together to take out the Nazi leadership. If you could motivate a similar group to take out the Cap and Trade bill in the Senate, how would you plan, organize, prepare for, and defeat it?

Sounds like bad news/good news. Consultant Batts, who formerly was president of the Truckload Carriers Association and a top official of the American Trucking Associations, says traditionally the winners in trucking are those with a history of operating ratios of 95 or better, a solid balance...

A change in state law will allow most trucks to go 65 miles-per-hour on many of Ohio's interstates starting July 1. The change applies only to interstates - not U.S. routes, state routes or other multi-lane divided highways - where currently the speed limits are split between 65 mph and 55...

If this is passed, the cost of everything that is energy related will be going up. Estimates are that the average family will be spending an additional $4,000 per year in energy related costs if the bill is passed. Time to call your representatives and explain to them that we will vote them...

Here is the link to a slideshow of photos taken after the Iranian elections. The pictures are mesmerizing. It's interesting to see the number of women who are in the streets - some with headscarves, many without. I wonder what it would take to get Americans or Canadians this pumped up about...

American Trucking Association Tonnage Index Email this post Print this post By Barry Ritholtz - June 8th, 2009, 11:30AM If there really are green shoots coming up, one of the early places they should be seen is in the American Trucking Association (ATA) Tonnage Index. If retail sales are...

Anybody had any luck getting any premium pay backhauls past the "no meat, fruit, or vegetable" crowd? If so, what was the product? The possibilities are getting truly slim. I have done a few flower/shrub loads, but other than that I can't seem to find anything that suits Elite's fancy. Any...

Somewhere I read - QC message or Drivers manual - that we had a provision for two trailer washouts per month. Has anybody else seen that or am I just making this up? The reason I ask, I just got turned down for a trailer washout. I was told that if the trailer needed to be washed out I needed...

Anybody had any luck with getting your gen set repaired? Rather than just replacing the gen set with a new one, has anyone had the core rewound, the diodes replaced, or whatever needs to be done? I have a Comfort Cab System which uses a Mechron Gen Set. This is the second time I have had a...

If you are looking for ltl loads, here is a short tutorial on how to use at least one load board to find backhauls suited for cargo vans and straight trucks. 123Loadboard.com - Step-by-Step Help. Hope this helps some of you.

Most of these load boards are oriented toward tractor trailers. However, you may find some that help with ltl loads. Some are free. I was just checking out Freight Matching Load Board, Truckers, Brokers, Backhauls, Ebay Shippers. It is a free board. Seems to have many of the same loads...

I have a tractor pulling a dry van. So, I get a load. It goes somewhere that is not near one of Panther's hot spots. Once unloaded, do I sit or do I drive 300 to 400 miles to the nearest board that says I might have a fighting chance of getting a load in the next century? Either way I am...