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No, I'm an expediter. But I have two music degrees, performance and theory.

You are easily wowed. There is no way the Republicans could stand firm and refuse a budget for a year and a half just to get Obama out of the White House. If they did that, it would nearly ensure a Democratic sweep in 2012. No, largely it's the Clinton Smoke and Mirrors of reducing what they...

Music major. :)

It's really astounding at how blindly some people heap praise on this guy. He even gets credit for things he had nothing to do with, things that Congress did on their own, or snapshots in time that make him look good. These people are absolutely delusional. "This president who so many have...

Because unless you make an effort to do otherwise, singing is "accent neutral" regardless of your native language. English vowels sound the same no matter where you are from, and when you sing, you sing the vowels phonetically. And because speech and singling are controlled by different parts of...

If it's wider than 640 pixels, I'm gonna smack you, but you get the URL of the picture, either by uploading it to someplace like Photobucket, or, if you're philosophically OK with hotlinking, then right-click on the picture and select "View Picture" and then grab the URL from the address bar...

Re: Expo "Vans 101" cancelled Don't. As others have said, it's sarcasm. It's also a joke, albeit unfortunately a long-running inside joke here. New readers are not likely to "get" it. Same with my comment that most van drivers are morons. Even though it's true, I couldn't get away with saying...

The real spin is in the comments of the OP. This isn't about getting Obama out of the White House or else we refuse to reach a deal, it's about Obama refusing to actually compromise to get a deal done. It's about flat out not being able to get one done as long as he refuses to budge. Obama won't...

A lot of the real-time load board stuff is being done with vastly improved and updated technology, as with Sylectus and other networks. The public just doesn't see that. A lot of it is also done in private e-mails between shippers or customers and select carriers. Both are more or less...

The reasons behind it all can be found in the final few paragraphs of the "Secularism run amok" link that Pilgrim posted. The intent of "shall make no establishment of religion" was, bluntly put, all about the Church of England. The Founding Fathers wanted no part of a government run by a...

I don't see a problem in eliminating cursive (or joined-up writing for you Brits) in school. The need for it simply doesn't exist anymore. The romantics who see writing as art will tell you that being able to write a legible and pleasant cursive longhand is an essential part of rational life...

Just to note, I ended up needing rivets for 4 or 5 bracket fasteners for my shelving along the wall in the back of the van, as some of the screw holes wore loose and were stripped (mainly of my own enthusiastic doing). A $20 rivet tool and a $5 pack of rivets did the job. If I were installing...

Re: Expo "Vans 101" cancelled Some are cutting back on vans in favor of Sprinters, some are not. Despite popular belief, even today, still, most expedited loads are either one or two skids, or more than four skids. There are plenty of three and four skids "Sprinter" loads, to be sure, but they...

Re: Expo "Vans 101" cancelled Freight securement is an important topic, despite the comments from people here who think otherwise. It's one of those things that is generally figured out by people on a trial and error basis, and the fortunate ones were able to figure it out before they had a...

True enough, but beheading someone isn't normally a torture technique, since it's rare to obtain any kind of valuable information from someone once you have separated their head from their body. Beheading is generally reserved for the end of torture when you've gotten everything you're going to...

Interesting, this: http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/tri-state-expedited/48846-thinking-about-becoming-van-owner.html#post458180

That's actually already a requirement for both pilots and air traffic controllers. And it's not just the US. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (which is under the UN and oversees international civil aviation) adopted the English language as mandatory back in 2008. The rules...

Kinda makes ya wonder what his conversations with dispatch are like, huh. :D

Bill, you're pushing it. You're making too many assumptions and jumping to too many conclusions and are too judgmental on those conclusions. Let it go, please.