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  1. tallcal101

    Your Sandbox,Your Rules

    Just a reminder that the Soap Box was created after Greg and I had many hours of discourse. It led to this bright idea, so we were the catalyst for it . I was the ONLY non cool aid drinker at the time, and still am it appears.However, I respect your little chat room, but since managment here...
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    Rush to Judgement

    Poor old Rush"Oxicoten Addict-Mistress Monger" Limbaugh, just can't buy a break.The same day the stock market topped 13,000 and GM was recognized by our President for it's amazing recovery ( forget the union mish mash miss speak) and as unemployment is dropping like Rush's waist line, the fat...
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    Cheers from here

    Seems there are more expediters coming through Northern CA recently. I've seen a bunch of trucks the last few days. I drove to Salinas yesterday and counted 6. Hope everybody's staying busy, I'm still doing the international thing with the mining companies. Believe it or not: "A Time To Dream...
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    Cup Half Full

    The events in Tucson were a reflection of our society at large these days. In such a dark time,it 's a blessing we have a leader that can so eloquently speak on all our behalf's to a world that is frankly baffled at what our country has come to.In him,we can take pride that a leader can reassure...
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    The general mood

    I'm not sure that my world of transport and logistics is any kind of real barometer, but we have seen a rather dramatic up tic in the last quarter. We discontinued flex days for staff and have a great deal of work on the books well into July. Our insurance provider, Aetna has announced in the...
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    An Historic Week

    Similar to FDR and LBJ before him ,our President this week confirmed his place in history as a courageous and exemplary example of what is possible in this great land.He will forever be remembered as the first President in 30 plus years to get it right for all the people ,for generations to...
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    One more thing

    The moving company I work for recently bought a car hauling company. We have 4 stingers (10 car haulers) and some local equipment. We are looking for a manger to relocate to San Francisco ( at our expense) and manage / dispatch the operation for us. If you happen to know someone with experience...
  8. tallcal101

    Happy Holidays

    Hope your all doing well. Please get home safely for the Holidays and take a much earned break from the challenges of the transportation business. I've been on the road almost constantly for the last 6 months, I'm very happy to be hanging my hat in a familiar place,home. Try to reach out to...
  9. tallcal101

    Dancing With The Scumbags

    Everyone please email ABC/ Dancing With The Stars and inform them your not watching the show any longer until Tom Delay is bounced off.He is the very TD who is receiving life long Government health care, is a lying liar(indicted) and is a head honcho for teabaggers,whatever the hell they are all...
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    Palin bites it,Sanford cries it,Rush highlights it

    So it has come to this. Ms. Palin is the big news again. The poor put upon Palin family(trailer park trash) are making headlines yet again. The only female hopeful for the pathetic party of losers is tossing in the towel. David Letterman just had the door opened for him and she will fry like so...
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    Another one bites the dust....

    Sen. John Ensign from my neighboring state of Nevada is following in the growing number of Christian conservatives that seem to have a preoccupation and part time hobby.Not meaning to pile on here,I mean Larry Craig was not that long ago,but what is it with these guys? It's not the act...
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    Girlie man Obama hater kills 3 cops

    A girlie man gun owner afraid of losing his right to own assault weapons killed 3 police officers outside Pittsburg. Mr. Poplawski resembles,in rhetoric anyway,a few other zealots I know of.Another coward with guns to the geams to make him think he's Mr. Somebody. How dare Obama make such a...
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    Learning to be proud again

    After so many years of experiencing shame,guilt by association and physical discomfort at the mear site of w,it's a geat relief to feel pangs of being a proud American again. For all the bone head excuse's,lack of protocal (winking at the Queen) and misuse of the language (the ambassador from...
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    Silverado Saving & Loan/Facts

    Niel Bush was a member of the board of directors Denver based Silvarado Savings and Loan during the 1980's larger Savings and Loan crisis. As his Father was Vice president of the United States,his role in Silverado's failure was a focal point of publicity. According to a piece in...
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    The strong arm

    My censored post had no anti Arab,Islam,Jewish Zionist,black ,immigrant,or red neck truck driver references. It did reference Neil Bush's profiting on the failed saving and loan debalcle of the early 80's.The fact is,this is public knowledge,as well as the fact the Bush senior also profited from...
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    Just a really nice guy

    That's how the monster with his shotgun was described by his neighbors,all of them,after he opened fire in a sunday school.But the fact,according to his letter,that the guy went nuts after learning that gays and lesbians were now welcome in a local community church,and it was in Tennesee,just...
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    This Conversation

    I find I'm having this discussion ,this weird little debate,more and more with colleagues,forum members,with liberals and moderates and miserable,deeply depressed republicans and politically amped persons of all shapes and stripes. I'm having it in paticular with those who who seem...
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    One Proud Immigrant

    My lovley wife,whom I met in China 8 years ago and spoke not one word of English, became a US Citizen today. Her desire to become a citizen was not to bring her family here,or to take advantage of our health care system,or to take anything away from any of her now fellow tax paying Americans...
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    Good Friday

    I could tell the moment I saw him He was nothing but the troublemaking kind His hair was much too long And his motley crew of friends Had nothing but rebellion on their minds He's rejected the establishment completley And I know for sure he's never held a job He just goes...
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    Holy Nay Sayers Batman!!

    Bye Bye Fred,and bye bye Rudy and a REALLY BIG,REALLY EXPENSIVE bye bye to MITT. (I never thought this was such a good name for a President) The Republican party is in a downward spinning turbulent not unlike a giant sucking sound from the depths of Hell !! Meanwhile,the money man in this...
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