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While we do need to tighten up our immigration policies and secure the border, do we really want to emulate any of those hellholes in the list? I'm not sure this is a comparison or contrast we want to make.

Had a CV driver tell me he got nailed for idling in NY a couple days ago. I didn't think they were doing that for CVs or passenger cars. Anybody else get nailed for idling in NY (not ST or TTs, we know about that) and is NY a state that has a pet exemption?

Yep. Re-elect nobody. I'd even sacrifice Ron Paul if it meant a clean sweep. Then institute term limits and severely limit the power of all congressmen and senators so that only people who really want to serve would even want the job.

I got back into expediting recently after having been out for a while. I'm pretty surprised at how up-and-down it is. Dead periods when I'm not making anything and then busy periods when I think I'm going to get rich. Nothing in between. It's feast or famine.

Ever seen the TV show Wife Swap? They frequently pair two families with child-rearing philosophies that are diametrically opposed to each other, one family being too regimented and the other being looney un-schoolers that let their children do anything. As you watch, you'd invariably think...

Where would this stop? Would you take kids away from parents who don't feed them a balanced diet? Who don't make them get 20 minutes of cardio exercise 3 times a week? Who have views on medicine that differ from yours? Who give them funny names? Who raise them in a religion considered...

Being that the feral gummint can do nothing that's not expressly permitted them in the Constitution, have you ever wondered where the Constitution says it can be suspended? There's the congressional power to suspend habeas corpus in times of rebellion or invasion, but that's pretty much it. No...

Backyard BBQ, Kokomo, IN, next to the Walmart. Petro, Racine/Sturtevant, WI. On Friday nights, they used to (hopefully still do) have king crab legs on the buffet. Not the little snow crab legs, but the big kings. They explode out of the shell all over you. I've made a spectacle of myself...

El Matador on MLK Drive in Decatur, IL. Great Mexican, fantastic salsa. I recommend the #17.

There's only one thing worse than unschooling, and that's government school AKA the public fool system. Homeschooling and private school are both far superior.

Actually, the problem is that half the populace are tax feeders. As long as the have their snout in the trough, they're not going to vote for anyone or anything to derail the gravy train. Only taxpayers should be allowed to vote. But the Demon-crats know they'd lose every election that way...

If I listened to 1/100th of everything Garth Brooks ever did, I'd have a horrible collision, because I'd intentionally roll the van. The sound of screaming, tires screeching, glass shattering, and metal twisting would be far preferable to that cattarwauling. When I had XM, they'd play Glenn...

Be careful with that kind of talk (sad that that has to be said; remember when you could say things without fear that the gummint was listening or reading, putting people on lists?). There's a guy named Gregory Girard in Massachusetts who's in the clink because of what he said. He made...

I don't remember if it was paid off or not. This was early in the crisis in the housing market. The feeling was that, had he sold the camper, the money it brought could have made their mortgage payments or made up the difference between what they could pay and their total mortgage for long...

] Do you do that only if they are having trouble moving it, or do you offer all the time, regardless?

Must be related to the guy I ran into in Chicago. I just got off the Eisenhower to turn south onto Cicero. While I was stopped at the light, he told me he had a ticket for the El that he tried to use, but they told him it expired just minutes before. About that time, the light changed and I...

This is the most sensible reply yet, except for the advice about leaving the dog at the gate and such. But the part about how such misunderstandings happen makes sense. Guess I'm going to have to try to train her to be silent in a carrier when needed, which may be tough, considering she's an...

Nope. Had no beefs with any customer or dispatcher.

Think that's bad? Try the J&J's Catfish, Shrimp & Chicken place by the Pilot in Gary, IN. First, lube your truck with the food, though, so it won't be a total waste. And in the next couple hours, stock up on toilet paper.

I have some decals but if CVs start getting messed with, they're coming off. My van has some windows and it's not white, so it doesn't look entirely like an expediter van, and we don't have a satellite dome so maybe I can pass.