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Title: Frosty Wooldridge: US Truckers Jobs On Chopping Block
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URL Source: http://www.rense.com/general78/chop.htm
Published: Sep 6, 2007
Author: Frosty Wooldridge
Post Date: 2007-09-06 20:57:51 by robin
Ping List: *The Border*
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Via President Bush and Congress' "Mexican Truck Pilot" program, American trucking will change: for the worse. Thousands of Mexican drivers without formal driving standards, without drug testing and without legal passports to identify them to us-shortly will invade America's freeways. They lack the ability to write and read in English, jeopardizing safety checks and logbook protocol. To top it off, they lack experience driving in snow and major metropolitan gridlock traffic. As a former United Van Lines truck trainer and safety officer, I charge President Bush and Congress for contempt of American truckers and American jobs. Of all the lowball frauds Bush perpetrated on American workers-this one takes the cake. Soon, he'll be telling us that these Mexican drivers "do the jobs that American truckers won't do." Bush won't reveal how many American lives will be sacrificed as collateral damage on our nation's highways. How do I know that many American families will be ordering grave markers for their loved ones? Because they will be killed by Mexican truck drivers! What's it like driving a big rig? How can a driver keep all 18 wheels rolling for hundreds of miles without a mishap? What does it mean to load and unload thousands of pounds? What's the difference between an independent versus a company driver? America moves by trucks. Everything in every household across America arrived by truck. American drivers loaded and unloaded everything from your groceries to your dry goods. Along America's highways, you see portable parking lots (car haulers), hog haulers, steer haulers, bed bug haulers (furniture), and hazardous material drivers. Twenty four hours a day, the big rigs roll along ribbons of concrete that knit America into a functioning civilization. How do I know? My math and science teaching job paid meager wages in the early 70s. Try $5,400.00 a year! To supplement this poverty income, I earned a Commercial Driver's License while trucking with United Van Lines for 24 summers and three solid years in Denver, Colorado. I packed 20,000 pounds of furniture on Monday and Tuesday, drove my brains out-and delivered on Thursday and Friday. If I didn't find a return load, I rolled my rig back to home base on Saturday and Sunday to load again on Monday. I worked more than 70 hours a week like a beast for a good paycheck. I've driven for Single Source Paving and Consolidated Freight. I know trucking and truckers. Drivers must be highly qualified, alert, clear minded and 100 percent perfect 100 percent of the time. Bush signed the death warrants for untold American citizens with his pilot program. Why? As a teacher, I know that the average Mexican truck driver left school by 6th grade. That means he cognitively thinks like a 6th grader. Would you allow your 6th grade child to drive a 60,000 pound, 65 foot long tractor-trailer? How would he do at rush hour in Houston, Chicago or LA? Would he possess good judgment in a snow storm? Take a guess! Denver experiences van loads of illegals transported through the mountains every winter in four wheelers with many crashes and subsequent deaths. Can you imagine what 60,000 pounds of tractor trailer does when it loses control on a slick highway because the driver didn't possess the brains or common sense to slow down or shut down his rig? Nonetheless, Bush invites Mexican workers into our country who work under the "mordida" known as the "bite or bribe". It rules in their home country. Thus, drug cartels will enjoy easy access for their drug distribution in false floors. People smugglers will enjoy easy transport for more illegal aliens. Terrorists will offer a bribe to transport them to any city in the USA-along with hauling their explosives! As Mexican drivers spread across the USA, they will grab loads from independent truckers by charging less per mile. They'll undercut our drivers, thus slamming them into unemployment lines. Companies will make more money for their executives, while we'll pay unemployment checks for our out-of-work truckers. After that, you'll see black market loads proliferating. In time, 'mordida' will become standard operating procedure not only at our weigh stations and ports of entry but on bills of lading and other documents. As more truckers lose their jobs, you'll see violence occur at truck stops as out-of-work truckers vandalize Mexican rigs and beat the hell out of Mexican drivers. This won't be pretty. Our leaders prove themselves fools or idiots, or both. When I call Bush to account for his actions, make no mistake, I would call any president or congressional representative onto the carpet for such blatant, irresponsible actions. Bush connived us into the Iraq War. Congress screwed one million Americans out of their jobs in this country by insourcing H-1B and H-2B visas from third world countries. Congress destroyed our manufacturing base by allowing outsourced jobs to China without a veto from Bush. This truck pilot program yields yet another form of insourcing jobs from Mexico that will supplant American jobs. Today's American truckers will become yesterday's drywallers, roofers, construction workers, fast food workers, painters and landscape workers: unemployed! If not unemployed, they'll be working at wages that make them not much more than slaves. If you think Bush and Congress wage a war on terror with the humiliation in Iraq, wait till you see their war on American truck drivers in our own country! Take action: www.frostywooldridge.com ; www.thesocialcontract.com ; www.firecoaltion.com ; www.alipac.us ; www.numbersusa.com ; www.balance.org
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#1. To: All, *North American Union*, *Destroying the Middle Class* (#0)
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They will also be shot and killed, with a rifle, from a distance.
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If I could ask just one question: What the HELL are average Americans supposed to do to make a living any longer?
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#2. To: robin (#0)
As more truckers lose their jobs, you'll see violence occur at truck stops as out-of-work truckers vandalize Mexican rigs and beat the hell out of Mexican drivers. This won't be pretty.
#3. To: robin (#0)
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#4. To: robin (#0)
Where are the Teamsters? Have they been bought off?
"Der Führer hat befohlen, wir werden ihm folgen!!!" ---Joseph Goebbels, Sportpalastrede, 18 February 1943, calling Germany to "Total War."
#5. To: robin (#1)
Bump this.
#6. To: YertleTurtle (#2)
This is one of the many reasons that many I know in the trucking industry have gotten out of the business over the course of the last year...this isn't a new thing...this has been going on in this industry for at least a year...trickle down effects...it is sad that these American companies won't stand up and say NOPE we won't do this..and drivers can't stand up and say I refuse to pick up a trailer from a Mexican, and dispatchers refuse to dispatch them...if that would happen...well we would be in a semi perfect world!
As more truckers lose their jobs, you'll see violence occur at truck stops as out-of-work truckers vandalize Mexican rigs and beat the hell out of Mexican drivers. This won't be pretty.
Jan 20, 2009 The end of an Error! Don't let it be the beginning of another.. RON PAUL 2008
#7. To: Peetie Wheatstraw (#4)
A damn good question. I remember fighting them back in the fifties and sixties; everyone was scared silly of the mighty Teamsters. Nowadays, who’s scared of old roundheels? Maybe some individual drivers will develop some balls. Sometimes, a 2 x 4 upside the head is the only way to get your point across.
Where are the Teamsters? Have they been bought off?
#8. To: lizza76 (#6)
Truth be known, this is a "Trojan Donkey" ... an invasion ... enemies within the gates. What's ironic is that most Americans aren't aware that these invaders are a dangerous enemy, neither do the invading hordes. But, you can be certain that the politicians know exactly what they're doing.
"The mighty are only mighty because we are on our knees. Let us rise!" --Camille Desmoulins
#9. To: noone222 (#8)
I agree....most people don't know this...I have noticed in the trucking circles that this phrase has been used a few times....I do believe they are getting it...but I think they are getting it a little to late!
... an invasion ...
Jan 20, 2009 The end of an Error! Don't let it be the beginning of another.. RON PAUL 2008
#10. To: lizza76 (#9)
Don't be surprised if this situation becomes a good deal more explosive.
"The mighty are only mighty because we are on our knees. Let us rise!" --Camille Desmoulins
#11. To: karelian (#7)
Every time the Teamsters struck all or part of the industry, bullets came busting through doors and windshields of indies who kept driving, and the FBI never once located or arrested those shooters. Now, if that was a bus load of civil rights workers being fired upon the feds would go door to door in Tenn or wherever to find that rifle. The Teamsters' power was little more than a govt sanctioned extortion racket. They're never prosecuted for their violence on picket lines, against companies that hire replacement workers (which they call "scabs" which makes me sick) or even when they fire high powered rifles at Greyhound buses. What would the union have if not for the unspoken understanding that they can use violence with impunity? I didn't like it when they shot at some poor slob trying to make the payments on a $300,000 tractor, and I won't endorse their goon squad mafia tactics now. If they start shooting at the real enemy then they'll earn my respect. But, only a coward would snipe a Mexican or other non union driver to protect his artificially high extortion racket wages. Remember, as far as the Teamsters are concerned you and I are the enemy if we feed our families instead of theirs.
#12. To: all (#0)
The 1st out-of-work truckers who are caught beating the hell out of Mexican truck drivers will be tossed in jail with an excessively long sentence - see the coming hate crime legislation. Once in prison, said trucker will be surrounded by a population of Hispanics and Blacks who when not killing each other, will turn their shanks on Joe-White Bread. There is only one answer to the treason our government dumps on us; We all know what it is but are frightened to discuss it, never mind take the necessary action. This said, I suggest we all drink beer and watch football. We aren't on the march and the Empire isn't on the run. The sooner we recognize that reality, the more desperate and lethal we might become.
As more truckers lose their jobs, you'll see violence occur at truck stops as out-of-work truckers vandalize Mexican rigs and beat the hell out of Mexican drivers. This won't be pretty.
#13. To: Jethro Tull (#12)
Truckers are a reasonable extraction of our entire society. They're Black, Chinese, Mexican, White, and probably even Jewish. To consider the threat to Trucking jobs as a slight against only whites is to underestimate the impact that illegals and other infringements are having on the entirety of Americans. The invasion may actually help us gain some unity when we begin to understand that the Truckers and others represent the broad spectrum of our society and that these working class stiffs are being savaged regardless of race, and Mexicans and Blacks will suffer the consequences of this invasion more than most whites.
Once in prison, said trucker will be surrounded by a population of Hispanics and Blacks who when not killing each other, will turn their shanks on Joe-White Bread.
"The mighty are only mighty because we are on our knees. Let us rise!" --Camille Desmoulins
#14. To: noone222 (#13)
Our judicial system selectively chooses who to prosecute. To further their agenda of destroying America, nothing would serve their purpose better than to make an example of a white guy(s) beating the snot out of a Mexican(s). That's based on pure instinct, but such a news story would make for a delightful news cycle ot two.
Truckers are a reasonable extraction of our entire society. They're Black, Chinese, Mexican, White, and probably even Jewish.
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#12)
Hey, I don"t drive a truck, so why should I care???? Reality says that is the opinion of most Americans. Those same Americans will want the book thrown at any driver that shoots a Mexican. It will happen. Just perhaps it will wake up a few of the sheep.
As more truckers lose their jobs,
#16. To: Cynicom (#15)
That sentiment is the reality of America today. We’ve taken NIMBY (not in my backyard) to a new level. To say we’re a group of United States is comical. We’re a fractured, hopeless and helpless people all working as hard as possible to not become the next one to receive a default notice. God bless America :)
Hey, I don"t drive a truck, so why should I care????
#17. To: Jethro Tull (#16)
Am not patriotic anymore, hell with it.
God bless America :)
#18. To: robin (#0)
The ONLY solution to stopping this is for american truckers to stop driving. Every single one of them needs to park their rigs on the interstates. They can shut this country down and get some action in a day.
#19. To: christine (#18)
Anarchist, nihilist, racist, radical. Is someone knocking at your door?
The ONLY solution to stopping this is for american truckers to stop driving. Every single one of them needs to park their rigs on the interstates. They can shut this country down and get some action in a day.
#20. To: Jethro Tull (#16)
what those people don't get is they wouldn't have their cars to drive, the gas they use, the coffee they drink, the food they eat, the clothes they are wearing..ect...if it weren't for truckers...and if they think that they (the consumer) could benefit from cheaper labor they are wrong...do they really think businesses are going to lower their prices because they are paying less to get it to the store? HA!!! IF that is the thinking..they must be living in never neverland! And the first trucker that will get prosecuted with some hate crime will be a white guy...I know the industry is full of all kinds, I was a part of the industry for a long time, but I also realize that mostly whites are the ones that get charged with a hate crime. When was the last time you saw any other race charged with a hate crime?
Hey, I don"t drive a truck, so why should I care????
Jan 20, 2009 The end of an Error! Don't let it be the beginning of another.. RON PAUL 2008
#21. To: lizza76 (#20)
Yes. I've seen instances where black on white crime is ignored as 'hate crime', just as everyone else here has. The racial double standard is intentional and I love anyone who has the guts to stand up and speak out against it.
but I also realize that mostly whites are the ones that get charged with a hate crime. When was the last time you saw any other race charged with a hate crime?
#22. To: Jethro Tull (#21)
I have seen in the local schools how kids even middle school age are having this problem...and the white kids are standing up and saying WAIT a MINUTE...You are discriminating us, and doing things to us yet we are the bad guys..what the hell...maybe the future has hope!
he racial double standard is intentional and I love anyone who has the guts to stand up and speak out against it.
Jan 20, 2009 The end of an Error! Don't let it be the beginning of another.. RON PAUL 2008
#23. To: christine (#18)
Good idea.
The ONLY solution to stopping this is for american truckers to stop driving. Every single one of them needs to park their rigs on the interstates. They can shut this country down and get some action in a day.
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#24. To: Cynicom (#19)
i don't answer my door. :P
#25. To: robin (#0) (Edited)
This is how they will deliver the deathblow to the United States. They will have no problems moving Mexican illegals in trucks over the border, repopulating the small towns, and cities. They can put anything in those trucks they want to, and not have to worry about prying eyes. Troops, Guns, other needed items. This how they will deliver a nuke to a little town in Kansas, which will end our freedom in seconds. Mexican Trucks, carrying Chinese Nukes, made with American parts (the 5 nukes that were decommissioned that were flown over the United States perhaps?), because the Clintons gave them everything they needed. When the first nuke goes off, you have only one place to look to, for the treason. Washington DC.
Dying for old bastards, and their old money, isn't my idea of freedom.
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