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Many of the preceding comments explain why those of us who objected to Bush's agenda were always being accused of "hating Bush".....This is what real hate looks like, and it's scary potatoes indeed. PS I got a lot of emails denouncing & ridiculing Obama during the election, (and Hilary Clinton...

Ariel: great post, and glad to see the cookbook brought you out of the "woodwork"! :)

Another factor the whiners often overlook is that every time they call to whine about not getting a load (that they want), they're keeping dispatchers from LOOKING for the loads. Duh?!

Asking questions like "What should I do?" and "Is this a good idea?" isn't going to get you the answers you want - personally, I'd say "Run" and "No" because there isn't enough information to even begin to answer intelligently. When you don't know which questions to ask, you're nowhere near...

I left Detroit around 3, (heading for warmer climes, hooray!:D) and had no problems at all, beyond the usual crummy (& crumbly) road surfaces.

Uh, what will happen? And how do you propose we "stand up & fight" it, exactly? :confused:

All the more reason to worry: he can probably hit what he aims at.....;)

Hey Turtle? I thought it was funny - but then, I listen to XM Comedy a lot and laugh at most of that, too. It's real hard to respect sacred cows when you love hamburgers & steak, ain't it? ;)

If I were not paid by an owner, I'd inform the carrier - not because it's their place to intervene (it's not), but because they are (or should be) an interested party. The integrity of their contractors affects them as well as the drivers. Collecting the money is up to the driver, however they...

"Move to where the jobs are", huh? Well, I'm sure glad my sister finally found a job, nearly a year after the insurance conglomerate where she'd worked for more than 10 years decided to outsource everyone - she's an excellent office manager, but I don't think the oilfields of Montana would work...

I mean, people call Children's Services when they see a parent smack the butt of a 3 year old throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store 'cause he can't have a Twizzlers. I always have the urge (but not the cojones) to offer the parent a roll of duct tape, myself. ;)

Hawk: totally agree on the importance of education - I sent my eldest to Montessori school, because I could afford it. Problem with the voucher system is the number of unscrupulous "schools", and the two tier effect of good (private & voucher) and bad (public) schools. Why not just focus all the...

Agreed: the poor will always be with us - some folks are simply unemployable. A nephew of mine is one - he is a strong & handsome 19 year old male, with a mental disorder that has kept him from retaining the few jobs he's been able to get. He is simply incapable of functioning as a self...

Hawk, you seem to be confusing aspiration & ambition with greed: the former are positive values, whereas greed is excessive. I care about what 'the Man' is making when he's making decisions to eliminate jobs to improve the bottom line, and consequently his own bonus. I mentioned the disparity...

Color is no more relevant to me than the other factors people keep assuming are reasons to vote for a candidate, like: political party, gender, religion, alma mater. What matters to me, is what I believe the candidate will try to accomplish with the office. John McCain would, IMO, have simply...

The "American Dream" has always been centered around providing for your family: a comfortable (if modest) home, college for your offspring, an occasional (if not annual) vacation, and lastly, a comfortable retirement, free of financial strangulation, yes? It used to be quite possible, if you...

Well, Hawk, you're right about having the choice to switch to a carrier that doesn't operate that way, (cause I did it), but it just seems that many of those who are horrified by the concept of Socialism are the same folks who defend the pooling of FSC as a reasonable practice. I wish I could...

A: I deliver freight to Honda and Toyota, more than to the (former) Big 3. B: Honda and Toyota are providing good jobs for our working folks - they don't pay ludicrous salaries, but they are pretty good jobs, in an economy with a serious - no, make that a crippling, shortage of them. C: If the...

Taternuts: (I gotta say that it feels weird even to type such a goofy username, but I'm not gonna ask, ok?;)) I wish you the best in your search for information - it's all here, if you take the time to find it, really. And I hope you'll continue to post the information that you have, from the...

Sure they would - if the trucks are occupied by teams. Solo drivers however, are not so welcome, sigh. Thanks for all the air dryer cartridge info. I am in the habit of draining water from the air lines every day in cold weather, but wasn't aware of the cartridge - probably because I've never...