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I totally agree that sex offenders should not be allowed "unsupervised access to children" [just read about a martial arts instructor who was a pedophile!] because there is no way they can ever be 'reformed', as some criminals can. Still, when one can be designated a sex offender after urinating...

Just playing devil's advocate here: if your truck is paid a higher rate due to the qualifications/credentials you have obtained, will you be 'held' for loads that require those qualifications, while lesser paid trucks are dispatched on loads you also could have done? I have no evidence that...

I can't help with the crossdock issue, but if you need a tow truck.....1 mile from the shipper in Nashville, I blew an airline and had to call for the happy hooker to take me away. It was a good load, too, so when the other Load 1 truck drove past enroute to the shipper, I waved, but I didn't...

I'm not defending Obamacare, [I plan to continue paying cash as I go for medical expenses, as the fine is and will be for years, less expensive than the plans I've seen] but I understood the premise to be that enrolling younger and healthier people would drive costs down. If it does, that...

You notice: "the trucking industry" excludes those who drive the trucks!

It was a great story, except for the reward: the number 50 on his uniform patch, and "special markings on his truck". Woo hoo. An achievement of that caliber deserves more than the little bit UPS is splashing out on it. I know: safe & accident free driving is it's own reward, but c'mon, this is...

Hello, and welcome! Please take the time to read the Newbies FAQs, there's a lot there that you wouldn't even think to ask. Like the fact that if you drive a straight truck, the CDL is just the first thing - you'll need to deal with cargo securement, HOS rules, logging, credentials like Hazmat...

After the past few weeks, it's pretty obvy the TP doesn't 'tow [sic] the party line', lol. And please quit the snarky remarks like "misinformed liberal idea of who or what the Tea Party is" because I took the points directly from the TP's own website. Less government spending: check. Lower...

Dave, 'welfare' is administered by each state, according to their own rules [with some federal stipulations]. I don't believe the states just hand over money to anyone who asks, with no strings attached. I recall just last year, a woman killed herself and two children in the welfare office, when...

"People with real jobs"? I have a real job - there must be more to it than that. :rolleyes: PS Please explain how Frank's legislation helped cause the financial meltdown - it was supposed to place more regulatory power over the banks & Wall St firms, wasn't it? I know it didn't go far enough...

Describing government assistance or welfare as 'unconditional income' just shows you've never applied for any: the conditions are numerous. When I applied for unemployment compensation, [which I earned & paid for in advance], the process took hours, the verification of everything was stringent...

An excellent article that affirms many of the inconvenient truths kept behind the smokescreens of the charges of "Socialism!" and "Communism!" that appear the moment any suggestion of limiting the power of corporate money & influence is made. Those who profess a desire to return to the intent of...

But the Tea Party people weren't concerned about spending money we don't have on wars we didn't need to engage in, were they? They want less spending, but only on the programs & services they have no use for. They want less regulation, but never specify what regulations they mean, exactly. They...

"Secular news"? :confused:

All this angst - you could just do what I do: don't buy health insurance. Pay cash for whatever medical care you require, and if there's a fine for not having insurance, pay that too. That will let the government know how you feel about Obamacare. PS Most Americans were not 'against' Obamacare...

A thing is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, period. [Like the grilled cheese sandwich auctioned on Ebay, right?] Responsibility extends further than the shareholders, though, to the society and the government that enables the business to succeed and prosper, IMO.

What "should" a corporate CEO who is demonstrably inept and/or drives the company into bankruptcy get paid? If the question is about what any job "should" pay, the answer is: enough that the employers don't get to shift the costs onto the taxpayers via food stamps and other low income...

That was pretty interesting, and makes a lot of sense. WW2 did change our collective perspective, and prove that mankind CAN destroy the whole world in a moment. Scarier than zombies, totally.

What a great job - congrats! And take it slow with the getting in & out of some of those 'conference centers' [the Reagan Bldg in DC comes to mind, lol] because they can be mined with potential 'gotcha!' spots inside & out. It looks like a really interesting job. :)