YRC worldwide PR stunt
Media reports stirred in May that troubled trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. would ask for $1 billion in aid from the federal bailout fund, officially known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. While many trucking industry bloggers wrote about this I stayed away from it because I new something was smelling like [...]
Minnesota Checklist Fatigue
A national trucker drivers’ association is suing the Minnesota State Patrol, contending that it is illegally taking rigs out of service based on a secret interrogation checklist that officers use in the hopes of catching operators who are too tired to be on the road.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday (5/13/9) in U.S. District Court in [...]
We want the freight but you can’t park here!
Sorry no trucks are allowed to park here, your going to have to leave!
I get so fuck tired of hearing “sorry sir you can’t park here”, from it seems like ever one and their mother. Ask any driver out there what is the biggest concern is in their day to day operation? You will hear [...]
Abolish split speed limits
Truckers may be able to put a little more pedal to the metal as Senate Republicans inserted language into the state transportation budget allowing vehicles and noncommercial buses over 8,000 pounds when empty to travel 65 miles per hour instead of the current 55.
During deliberations in the Senate’s transportation committee, the speed increase was added [...]
TBS # 62 - Bankruptcy and bailouts! Is Humanity getting back to its roots?
Weary Democratic congressional leaders pushed to clear the final obstacles to a $15 billion bailout of U.S. automakers Tuesday night, but the rescue plan faced new snags as Republicans raised deep concerns.
Also the teamsters union helped Yrc worldwide inc. out of what would have could have been the end of them. In this show we [...]
Msl #32 Barack Obama is the next Adolf Hitler?
Politics is not generally my type of show. However, I knew from the begining that Barack Obama would be our next president. After many years of studying I can’t help but notice some similaritys between Obama and HITLER. I bit my lip as not to stir up shit. But now that it is confirmed that [...]
