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As you said: we, the people, voluntarily chose to fund the government in order that it carry out basic tasks for the common welfare. Once taxes are collected, they are no longer our personal money, and we have no control [beyond the voting booth & impeachment process] over how that money is...

If, for the sake of argument, the public has the right to decide what the recipients of public monies have no business 'wasting' money on, why is there not a whisper of discontent regarding the recipients of public monies who earn billions? Why is corporate welfare not a subject for moral...

Should they be allowed to have guns and fishing tackle for killing their food, or should they just 'man up' because those are luxuries that only working folks deserve? And if we let them have guns and tackle, what kind of restrictions should be placed on them? Saturday night specials aside...

They can't help being anti Obama on every issue just because he is Obama, it's what they've done since he was elected [the first time], and they have a lot invested in that position. :rolleyes: I think you're giving Obama too much credit, myself. He got lucky when the citizens spoke loud &...

That tattoo is amazing! Bob's far from the first 'wanker' to be so honored, but I bet he's the most deserving. Since I reached my tattoo limit [1] about 35 years ago, I just left Kenzie's name on the passenger door. They really are never forgotten by those who loved them.

Waaah - I can't be in Mobile Fri! I mean, I could, but I wouldn't be rested - I'm on my way to Wisconsin now for delivery tomorrow. Seriously: I 'preciate the offer, but you need to find someone who can do it for you, cause I can't, and I don't drive for anyone other than Load 1 now. I thought...

Post #50 is an example of just one way it's already getting pretty ugly.

Not at all. Capitalism is the most effective system, but it requires the same restraints on antisocial tendencies as every other human activity. The genius of the Constitution is the recognition that power corrupts if left unchecked, and in the balance it created to address that. We've allowed...

Or, we could be stupid enough to assume that the 'international community', the Russians, Assad, and our own government are all anxious to start another incredibly [and I mean that literally] expensive and lengthy war that could be the last one on Earth. Yeah, but I'd rather believe they're not...

Great link! Only, it should say simple exercises, because push ups are not easy - for some of us, lol. He's right, though, there are no real good excuses for not getting some exercise every day.

I did it - as Zorry said, might help, can't hurt. And thanks, TeamCaffee, for providing the link, and trying to make things better, however we can.

I'd like to credit you with just basic intelligence, if not current knowledge of the trucking industry, but when you type things like "next 2-3 predecessors" [predecessors coming before, not after, which the 'pre' is a clue regarding], it's really, really, hard.

You're right about dogs - my late Boston Terrier/Pug Kenzie cracked me up most when she wasn't trying, like when she was so into rolling in the grass that she fell off the curb, or when she was afraid to step on the grass because of a wicked scary mushroom, lol. Your dog looks like someone good...

Pragmatists know that unrestrained capitalism has a nasty way of becoming fascism. Because it's human nature for the greedy to keep taking, until they are stopped. We can do much better at creating a balance by considering working as parts of a team, with a common goal, rather than adversaries...

Well, you chose a good photo, at least: we pick on people, but never on dogs. ;)

Whatever the cost of public transpo, it will never hope to approach the costs of individual cars, trucks, and limos - especially those that require fossil fuel. Not just because it's finite, but because protecting the supply has cost so many lives, and that's a lot worse than just blowing money...

So we're even now, for the time I told your Dispatchers they didn't need to rush on getting you out of Laredo, cause you were having a great time down there in Boys Town? :o

Too many companies cancel out the benefits of competition for the most part, by creating de facto monopolies, and numerous crafty ways of deceiving people about what they get & what it costs. The government can deceive people too [NSA, for example], but when they get caught, we can exert some...

Almost everyone agrees with Star - besides the fact that he's usually right, he is bigger than most of us, and we're not completely stupid. Still, I think you're confusing Ragman's truck with your dog's nose, [understandable] and Star with me [not!] because I said Ragman's truck is just the...

If he offered a percentage, that would matter, but he's offering a flat rate - what the load pays him doesn't matter, long as I get the rate I want. ;)