Trucking news and veiws Posts

    Good Morning Everyone. Once again, this is something that not only do I not understand, but also A lot of people that I have talked to do not either. The Iranian President is supposed to be coming once again to the United Nations to speak and give all of his redirect and hate speech. Why in the world is it that We The People and our Government are allowing this man to come onto our soil, when he is a known Terrorist as well as being President of a Terrorist State?

     Why is it that we are letting our government to give this Terrorist permission to come onto our shores, our land, to come to the United Nations to speak? Does not make a bit of sense. Moreover, neither does this.

     So I was listening to the News stations on xm radio and watching the news channels when I get into the truck stops and finding out that there is a protest against Iran coming to speak and supposedly this is in recent years been a show of Unity between all our people. Now then, why is it that this year it is different?

     It seems that with all of this bickering and squabbling that both Dem’s and all involved forgot why this whole rally or protest or whatever it is was supposed to be. It is meant to show Unity. Unifying The American People Against the Ideals of Terrorism and The blatancy of having Someone for which the Country he Represents Hates America and Israel and has Every intention on making our Armed Forces one thing that he wants to destroy as well as the Ideals of Democracy in Iraq.

     He Sponsors terrorists in Iraq as well as wanting to make Iraq a Terrorist state. So why is it that the people of this protest that is supposed to happen in New York having a problem with Unity? Why are Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Barak Obama and The Democrats having problems with having a Unified front against this Visit?

      Good Morning from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. I sure am glad after a couple of weeks off of here that I can report that things here are green, but hey, with all this rain that this part of the country is getting, is has to be right? Ok, now that we have all the pleasantries done, let us get down to business.

     What is going on with our Major Media? Ever since the National Conventions, and the Obvious Kick in the teeth that Senator Obama got, and yes I am speaking of Senator John McCain’s pick, Governor Sarah Palin, Our Media in this country does not like the idea that there is the possibility that there is a woman in the co-pilot seat. Why? They were quite happy and down right enthused when the possibility of Senator Hillary Clinton being Obama’s Second in Command. Isn’t that the same thing that we are talking about?

     Moreover, why is this a problem for the Democratic people? Namely Our Major Media. First off there are some in reporting that just wont come to the Realization that she is a Sitting Governor. We all know she was a Mayor and I am not sorry to know that. That is where she started to get some of the experience. Moreover, I think she did a good job there, but where is all of the positive reporting from ABC, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC about all of the positives on what Governor Palin has done. Heck, guys and gals, she cut her government as mayor and made things easier for Wasilla. Ok so why doesn’t the Major media have anything nice to say about that.

     The Attack squad of Senator Obama, a band of 30 lawyers has been combing Alaska searching for all of the dirt that they can muster up on her. And everything that they find and it doesn’t have to be fact, The Major Media, reports on it But doesn’t even check on whether what they are reporting on is fact or not. How fair is that. The American People are watching this, and Frankly the Republicans are loving it.

     Governor Sarah Palin is one of the Good Guys. Moreover, someone please tell me how a Governor gets Earmarks. I have heard and I know to a point how this works, but that is done in the Senate and the House, not in a State by a Governor.

     I love to see how Senator Obama and honestly he is tearing his hair out about this, how Obama is on the Attack and how he will not even say that or give her the acknowledgement that she is said Governor. Nevertheless, he does not want to even acknowledge that he is a Senator anymore. He has started some of his answers to questions he has been asked like “When I was a Senator I” and goes on with the answer. Why is that? Why is it that it seems that he thinks that he is the Anointed one. I am sorry Barry that does not cut the mustard. Ok, maybe he sometimes slips, but why hasn’t the Major Media noticed it. It is clear and it is obvious when he does this. Getting back to the Attack Squad, Obama sent the Attackers on Senator Clinton and no one wanted to say anything about that, but in Clinton’s case, at least he gave her the Respect of calling her Senator.

     In addition, Shame on these Media types for bringing up Family Matters and you all know what I am talking about in Governor Palins family. Never have I seen Major Media pounce on Candidates children as they did on a story on her children. I am sorry to see reporting like this.

     Let us get to the Chase. It seems that major media has decided on who we vote for People. We the People have got to stand up for ourselves. If we don’t, all we are going to listen to and believe is the redirects of crap that we hear and then are we going to investigate? I thought we were supposed to believe in our news sources to be UN biased. Excuse me? I do not think that Major Media, with its Democratic leanings are doing their job. Moreover, Reporting? Most are just going off on someone else’s addenda. That is my opinion. Have a great day

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Good morning. Hope you have had your coffee before you read this, but I didn’t. Boy, has Homeland Security done it again or what? They have not done their job in Building a Border fence on the Southern Border, but they have decided to create a Database. This Database is so that they can track you on when you cross Any Land Border Crossing, say to Canada, no matter what the reason you are going, and then they know when you cross back into the United States. Ok, that would be all right, if they did this to make sure you were an ok Joe and not just crossing to say smuggle something across to Canada or back into the United States.

     However, No Ladies and Gentlemen, It does not stop there. They are going to keep this information on hand for 15 years after you have crossed last. They say that then, they can create some sort of pattern base so that if you do something wrong, then they can go back and connect the dots. Hmm. This does not sound like a Free Country to me. Does it to you? Sounds like Big Brother is going to keep this for other reasons. Yes, My Fellow Americans, they want to keep this and let everyone in the world as far as “Law Enforcement” or any other agency that wants it, to be able to get their hands on it and say, if your Ex-wife, in your Divorce, has a problem with it, Her lawyer can go and get the information and somehow hold it against you, well it will be able to be, because our Government will hand It over to them.

     On the other hand, say you want to apply for a new job. Your new employer can go and check out when the last time you crossed into Canada or any other country for that matter and if they do not like where you went or why you went over there, they might just not hire you. Hmm. This does not sound like something that I like to hear. Am I making any sense yet? I thought We the People lived in America. The Land of the Free. The Home of the Brave. Does not sound like I am Free to Go where I Want to. Yes, you say, “You don’t have to go to Canada, or New Brunswick or Nova Scotia if you don’t like the idea of them knowing”, but here is what I am saying. If it starts here, what says that it stops here? Give them an Inch, but as usual, The Government takes a mile. As long as we let them.

     Now, Take the Trucking Industry. I do understand that Homeland Security needs to know why we are going across and when we plan to come home. I know that it is of National Security to know what Every Truck is bringing back. What I do not understand, is why they need to hold onto a database on Every Citizen, Every time they cross and When, For 15 years. It seems to me that the Bush Administration, Homeland Security and other agencies are getting to be more like a Gestapo or something. To be able to hold all of this information for the, “just in case”, does not make any sense. It is kind of putting us on some sort of “watch list” for no apparent reason. Furthermore, they do not have any, nor, do they want to tell us why. Oh, they have all of the reasons that make no sense to anyone why they are doing this. Nevertheless, no one in Homeland Security wants to give you a straight answer. Just the Run around answer. See, we have no idea who is going to use it, and for what reason they are going to. You also, Mr. and Mrs. American have no idea who gets the information and whether they are “Authorized or Not” to see it. Too much Availability for Data Creep…

     Supposedly, we are given notice that The Government and Homeland Security are going to be doing this Data sharing. I know that Every time I cross the border, no one has told me about this, and I can tell you that every other truck driver in the Industry hasn’t been informed about this. Have you? Moreover, if so, how do you feel about someone that you do not know, for any reason can go into this Database and check up on you? Has this made you think why yet?

     This comes from the article that I read on this subject that has gotten me so fired up on this: The notice states that the government may share border records with federal, state, local, tribal or foreign government agencies in cases where customs believes the information would assist enforcement of civil or criminal laws or regulations, or if the information is relevant to a hiring decision.

     They may be shared with a court or attorney in civil litigation, which could include divorce cases; with federal contractors or consultants "to accomplish an agency function related to this system of records"; with federal and foreign intelligence or counterterrorism agencies if there is a threat to national or international security or to assist in anti-terrorism efforts; or with the news media and the public "when there exists a legitimate public interest in the disclosure of the information."

     Homeland Security is proposing to exempt the database from some provisions of the 1974 Privacy Act, including the right of a citizen to know whether a law enforcement or intelligence agency has requested his or her records and the right to sue for access and correction in those disclosures.A traveler may, however, request access to records based on documents he or she presented at the border.

     Without thinking about this, I wonder what is coming next. I mean, I do want to be safe and I want my family and country safe, but honestly, I would like to know why I should feel that I need to give my government the right to take my right to privacy away. In addition, that my friend, without you saying it is all right, or ok to do this, is what we are doing. Giving them the Right to take our power away. If we say, ok, I understand without really understanding, and without getting the straight answers from our Congressmen and Senators, and Frankly from our President, then yes we are giving up our right to privacy and the right to go where and when we please. I mean, so far, for security reasons, they are putting up cameras all around us, and we say ok, they want to catch the Bad Guys. Hmm. Why couldn’t they do that by putting more Police on the Streets?

  I am in Willington Connecticut. Good Morning, and listen up. I found this interesting, and I thought you would as well. The Democratic Convention committee in Denver, with all the problems that We The People are having with the price of Diesel, and gas in this country, The DNC is going to go to the places where the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services go and they are going to GET THEIR GAS without PAYING for the STATE or FEDERAL TAXES. They are claiming that this is going to be done because of a Security Issue. Bull……

     President George W. Bush Signed a Mandate (I think they call it. I could be wrong) to take the ban off of drilling on the shoreline of our country. Nancy Palosy Will Not allow the Senate to bring the measure up onto the floor of the senate so that We The People can get some sort of relief with the gas prices.

     But Hold on. The Republican Party is no better. Where are they getting off doing this when The American People cant get the help that they need. And I would like to know how they can Legally do this? Does this make sense to you? Both Parties are trying to get away with something that I know I cannot do and I really know with the price of Diesel being around 4.89 a gallon, The Transportation industry needs to have the State and Federal Taxes taken off of the Diesel price. So why is it that Those Same Congressmen and Women as well as Senators that are going to be or are participating in this Fiasco in Denver as well as where ever the Republicans are doing their convention, Where to they can Avoid those Taxes. Are you mad enough to call your congressmen and women about this yet?

     Are you mad enough, that you aren’t going to take the Trauma anymore? Have you had enough worrying about the high cost at the grocery store and worrying about whether or not to get that beef or pay for gas? All Americans need to wake up and smell the coffee per say and it doesn’t smell very good. Back in time, when this country was getting on its feet, We The People were a little upset when the Tax on Tea was too much for them to handle. (They didn’t know what gas was then) Those people dumped the Tea into the Sea and we had the Boston Tea Party. So, why aren’t we doing the same thing? Does this make sense to you why our Congress and our Senate can do this and we cannot?

     The only way that the party committees can do this is to go through the fleet maintenance facilities of police and fire fuel stops. I know it says “For Official Use Only” on the signs. I don’t think that they meant “For Official Use Only and Our Congress and Senate”. HMMM. Breaking the law maybe? Why is it that these people that make our laws think that they can BREAK Our Laws? Are you mad as Hell Yet? Does it make a difference that We The People need to get the relief and we are not getting it? The Congress and Senate Offices have a Formula that they go on for every call that they get. For every call that comes through your congressmen and women and Senate Offices, they figure that there are 100 people that feel the same way. If 100 people call and they figure that 100 people feel the same way about the subject that they are calling on, then that means that in that time that it took, they just heard from 10,000 people. That is where the number swells and that is how things get done.

Are the Hairs on the back of your neck Really standing on edge right now? Are you mad enough to call your congressmen and Senators seeing that this is an election year?

Congressional Switchboard: 202-221-3121

The White House Switchboard: 202-456-1111

     These calls need to be done in order for We The People to have our voices heard and Heard Loud and Clear. If we don’t voice our opinion and this is just mine, then we LOOSE!!!! Period. Now is the time to step up to the plate. This is not a Republican or a Democratic Issue. This issue is first of all whether it is legal for them to do this and to skirt these Taxes that they put on us and Two: Why do they think that they are Above the American People?

     You tell me? I want to know how you feel about this. Give me your opinion and If it is good, bad or indifferent, I will put it up in the comments section under every article. Let us know how we are doing? We need to know whether we are doing The Peoples Business the right way. Without you, we don’t matter because it is my opinion that I and the rest of the Lady’s and Gentlemen that make up Semilife are doing it FOR THE PEOPLE, and to give We The People the opportunity to wake up before it is too late.. Period.

Stay Safe out there throughout These United States. God Bless This Country and We The People that are in Our Nation.