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Title: Mexican trucks to storm U.S.
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URL Source: http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=3672
Published: Aug 5, 2009
Author: Jerome Corsi
Post Date: 2009-08-05 22:33:44 by christine
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Obama prepares to reopen nation’s roads to long-haul rigs In yet another clear indication that President Obama has no intention of honoring his campaign promise to renegotiate NAFTA, the administration is preparing to present Congress with another set of regulations allowing Mexican long-haul trucks to have free access to U.S. roads. “The proposal [to get Mexican trucks back on U.S. roads] has been through the interagency process . and it is ready to go to the Hill,” Doug Goudie, the trade director at the National Association of Manufacturers told the Washington Times. WND reported on March 12 that one day after signing the $410 billion omnibus funding bill into law, along with the provisions ending the Department of Transportation’s Mexican truck demonstration project, the Obama administration announced intentions to restart the program as soon as possible. The Obama administration’s determination to see Mexican long-haul rigs roll throughout the United States is a slap in the face for labor unions such as the Teamsters who supported candidate Obama in the 2008 presidential election, in part on his promise he would as president renegotiate NAFTA to preserve U.S. jobs. The sudden and sharp policy reversal will also be a blow to many Democrats in Congress, including Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., who fought hard for the last two years to have language inserted into legislation stopping the DOT Mexican truck demonstration project, out of concerns that Mexican trucks do not conform with U.S. safety regulations. Then, on March 16, WND reported that Mexico, in retaliation for the vote to ban funding for Mexican trucks, imposed new tariffs on 90 U.S. products exported to Mexico from some 40 U.S. cities. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, claiming the Obama administration was experiencing heavy pressure from U.S. businesses negatively impacted by Mexico’s tariffs, told reporters that Mexico’s retaliation has had “an enormous impact.” “It is really putting a huge economic stress on the producers,” he said, arguing the tariffs had placed an additional $2.4 billion cost on U.S. exporters. LaHood indicated that the decision on whether to open the border to Mexican trucks as a limited demonstration project or on a wider basis has not yet been made, but he indicated the Department of Transportation planned to bring new legislation to Congress in June. Red Alert has previously reported the Obama administration has ignored its campaign promise and decided against renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Critics continue to point out that Mexico has no real system of driver training, licensing, drug testing, driver physical requirements, safety inspection, cargo latching security, hazmat control or brake specifications that compare to U.S. standards. Concerns continue that, in Mexico, compliance with the U.S. Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance standards will be met by Mexican inspectors taking bribes, the typical method used to get around onerous government regulations. The Mexican truck issue was rancorous during the last two years of the Bush administration as Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters fought off repeated efforts by Congress to confine Mexican trucks to a narrow 20-mile commercial area north of the southern border. WND reported that after the DOT Mexican truck demonstration project had begun, an examination of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration database revealed hundreds of safety violations by Mexican long-haul rigs rolling on U.S. roads under the project. The contention of opponents to the Mexican truck demonstration project has been that Mexican trucks and truck drivers do not reliably meet U.S. standards. WND also reported that in an argumentative Senate hearing in March 2008, North Dakota Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan in tight questioning got Peters to admit that Mexican drivers were being designated at the border as “proficient in English” even though they could explain U.S. traffic signs only in Spanish. In the tense hearing, Dorgan accused Peters of being “arrogant” and in reckless disregard of a congressional vote to stop the Mexican trucking demonstration project by taking funds away. As WND reported, opposition in the House was led by Rep. DeFazio, who in Sept. 2007 accused the Bush administration of having a “stealth plan” to allow Mexican long-haul rigs on U.S. roads. “This administration [of President George W. Bush] is hell-bent on opening our borders,” DeFazio then said, “but has failed to require that Mexican drivers and trucks meet the same safety and security standards as U.S. drivers and trucks.” Previously, Peters had argued the wording of the Dorgan amendment did not prohibit the Transportation Department from stopping a Mexican truck demonstration project that DOT has already begun, even if the measure prohibited DOT from starting any new Mexican truck demonstration project. Despite strong congressional opposition, the Department of Transportation under President Bush had announced it planned in its final months in office a decision to extend the Mexican truck demonstration project for another two years, in an apparent attempt to force the incoming Obama administration to comply with a departmental decision that had been finalized before Obama Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood took office.
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#1. To: christine (#0)
Good news. I hope this happens. Because truckers are tougher, meaner and nastier than most people, and a LOT more willing to do vicious, nasty underhanded things to those who threaten their livelihood. I'm willing to bet there's going to be a lot of Pedro's and Manuel's who merrily drive their rigs into the U.S. and end up returning home in a closed casket while their rig is burned to a cinder and written off as a total loss. This may be just exactly what is needed to push this empire right over the edge, and anything that does that is a good thing in my book.
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#2. To: christine (#0)
obammy seeking to complete whorge's NAU, nothing like bipartisanship. which is to say; RNCFR or DNCFR it doesn't matter to the CFR their agenda will go forth.
The best gun to have, is the gun you have, when you need a gun.
#3. To: Elliott Jackalope (#1)
i hope you're right, E....but i recall a couple of years ago the trucker protest that Frosty Wooldridge and others organized. very few showed and the ones who were headed to DC were scared away by a few state troopers.
#4. To: IRTorqued (#2)
exactly
RNCFR or DNCFR it doesn't matter to the CFR their agenda will go forth.
#5. To: christine (#3)
Yeah, but troopers can't be everywhere all the time. There's a lot of long and lonely roads in the U.S. that don't have many troopers on them. Avoiding obvious conflict and shying away from directly confronting the constabulary is actually a smart move. It's a lot smarter to stab from behind in the dark than it is to "bravely" confront your opponent face-to-face and then end up dying like a dog. As Al Davis so clearly put it, "Just win, baby". Yes, it's nasty, sneaky, underhanded and dirty. But those are the methods used by the elites for decades now, and if they think the rest of us are too stupid to learn what works, well, they're in for a rude surprise.
| Gold and silver are REAL money, paper is but a promise. |
#6. To: christine (#0)
It's like Illinois.
The Obama administration’s determination to see Mexican long-haul rigs roll throughout the United States is a slap in the face for labor unions such as the Teamsters who supported candidate Obama in the 2008 presidential election, in part on his promise he would as president renegotiate NAFTA to preserve U.S. jobs.
Anti-racism is code for white genocide
#7. To: Elliott Jackalope, christine (#1)
One giant NO NO for American truckers is to install recaps on the tractor, especially the front wheels used for steering. So when a highly affordable recap on the trailer comes apart (leaving huge hunks of rubber in the high speed travel lanes we share) at least the trucker keeps control of the 80,000 lb (that's ruffly 280 DAWGGY tons for you and me folks) rig and deaths don't automatically result. Unfortunately, Mexican trucking companies are notorious for running unsafe equipment, i.e. trucks with poor brakes and tires. And, this will likely mean more of our wives, kids, friends and family dying in horrible accidents, and it should surprise no one to learn that some fatal accidents will be completely unavoidable if those trucks don't run remanufactured tires on the tractors. If history teaches anything it's that only a fraction of trucks will be inspected at the border, and those inspectors who sign off on rolling death traps will no more be held responsible than every single military, civil aviation and govt employee who just happened to soil the bed linen on 9/11. As you recall none were fired or reprimanded, and many have since been promoted. Be careful what you wish for. Someone you love may be forced under the trailer of another truck in front by a million lbs of kinetic energy behind, thanks to our govt's embrace of all that will increase corporate bottom lines and destroy American jobs. And is it hard to imagine Mexican truckers hauling deadly waste, corrosives, chemicals and explosives once their prices prove irresistible to greedy corporate sharks?
Good news. I hope this happens. Because truckers are tougher, meaner and nastier than most people, and a LOT more willing to do vicious, nasty underhanded things to those who threaten their livelihood. I'm willing to bet there's going to be a lot of Pedro's and Manuel's who merrily drive their rigs into the U.S. and end up returning home in a closed casket while their rig is burned to a cinder and written off as a total loss. This may be just exactly what is needed to push this empire right over the edge, and anything that does that is a good thing in my book.
#8. To: Elliott Jackalope (#5)
good thinkin' ;)
#9. To: HOUNDDAWG (#7)
yeah, i've read about that.
Unfortunately, Mexican trucking companies are notorious for running unsafe equipment, i.e. trucks with poor brakes and tires.
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