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Committee seeks crackdown on dock 'retention' - Today's Trucking, the truck news site. "Of those, 80 percent had difficulty complying with hours of service. ... According to OOIDA, drivers spend 30-40 each week on loading docks, ..." I can easily believe 20 to 25 hours detention time per...

Is this what the Federal Reserve is trying to accomplish ? Trying to Inflate Our Way Out of Debt Is Like a Monkey Trying To Outrun a Lion → Washington's Blog Several interesting quotes shown here from different sources. "Ben Bernanke and Paul Krugman apparently think we should force...

Any Trucker who has ever hauled to a grocery warehouse, can probably give very specific examples of of their time being wasted. Arrive on time or earlier, sit for hours in the yard before being allowed to back into the dock, the receiving clerk tells driver, take the load off of the pallets it...

WikiLeaks Threatens Its Own Leakers With $20 Million Penalty | Threat Level | Wired.com Seems kind of hypocritical to me. jimmy

High-tech drugs tunnel found | The Sun |News Quote from The Sun article "At least eight other drug passages have been discovered between the two locations in the last seven months." Our borders need to be secure, just have my doubts about how well a fence is going to work, even with...

Would arbitration be an possibility ? jimmy

http://www.landlinemag.com/Special_Reports/2011/Feb/021711.shtml From the article. Quote "The bill calls for a final rule to be in place one year after enactment that would deal with issues of driver safety, hours of service, violations and penalties relating to detention. Shippers and...

Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years - HUMAN EVENTS Quote "“People know that something is wrong with the dollar," Forbes concluded. "You cannot trash your money without repercussions.”quote I think the quote above is the only part of the article, that I agreed with...

Drivers if you are not already a member of OOIDA, you might think about joining up. They seem to fighting for decent HOS regulations, and against EBORs. jimmy

Quote From Turtle " The night before 9/11 a friend a I had a late dinner at the restaurant on top of the WTC. "quote Just Spooky, thinking about that. jimmy

Open borders. Votes for the Democrats, cheap labor for Republicans. jimmy

http://www.landlinemag.com/Special_Reports/2011/May/050611-Bulletin.shtml quote “These studies appear to be placed into the docket as some sort of scientific justification to reduce drivers’ hours of service, mandate breaks, reduce workday, and reduce usability of the 34-hour restart...

The can't see the street sign in the dark, is one of the best reasons for having a GPS unit!! Even a good map won't help you there. jimmy

I am waiting to see how this plays out in Texas, I am having trouble believing that this bill will become law. Though I hope it will. The Arizona legislature passed a similar law earlier this year, but Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the bill. Most Brewer vetoes not about principle From the...

"Civil rights updates" for individuals who believe in second amendments rights. Senate approves handguns-on-campus amendment | Trail Blazers Blog | dallasnews.com jimmy

Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, expressed confidence that Republicans will win the fight against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) power grab in South Carolina. “We’re going to win that one,” Hatch told The Daily Caller, referring to the NLRB’s recent charge against The Boeing Company...

I could not imagine, what you must have felt and thought that morning.:( jimmy

Great White ? :D. Me too:eek: jimmy

Sailboat ? :D. Great Whites ? :D jimmy

http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/050511.jpg Cartoon Is about different attitudes on how to treat the death of a terrorist, I thought it was cute. jimmy