June 15 Statement for "Slow-Down WednesdayS"

[TN. TRUCKERS WIFE]

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Originally Posted by rebel None of this is happening as fast as we want. I don't think any of us is letting off the pressure. Bush was on TV this morning telling congress they better do something before the 4th of July. I wonder where that came from?lol. We can do this, just keep turning up the HEAT.

AGREED.....

[Greyfoxx]

Look at the number of people going to the Sign Thread. It's go by 200 in just the last few days.

I have people who are copying from emails that are spreading across the country. There must be thousands of signs. I've gotten emails from friends who are saying they see the signs in Hollywood, in Cincinnati, on Maui, in Texas. I had one person tell me that a wall in their city is being tags by vandals with Boy Coot ExxonMobil. And now Exxon wants to sell their fueling stations?

Maybe a lot of the noises we are hearing is impart a result of our pounding on the wall.

[TN. TRUCKERS WIFE]

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Originally Posted by BANDIT Right now the biggest thing the airline industry is doing is raising the price on flying. They are charging extra for everything they can get away with. I'm surprised they haven't put a surcharge on people over 150lbs yet. They've pretty much done everything else, and when they are done, and they are losing their asses and going broke because people can't afford to fly anymore they will look to the gov. for a bailout and they'll get it, and we'll pay for it. I don't understand how this is helping the trucking industry and the ones losing their businesses and their homes and their ability to feed their families right now. All this crap about the speculators, are issues that are going to be discussed for months & probably years, before anything is done, if it is done at all. It all goes back to Smoke & Mirrors again. All I'm saying is, there are alot of independent truckers and their families that need relief and need it now, not years from now MAYBE. And Guess What.......No matter how broke they are, the Gov. isn't bailing them out>>>>>

With all due respect Bandit, I have to disagree with you, I think this thing is WAY TOO BIG for the government to ignore. Because it is impacting every aspect of our country. Our school systems are having trouble operating, cops can't drive cruisers, and the list goes on and on and on, that is why i think they will be forced to respond. I may be wrong but for right now it gives me hope.

[BANDIT]

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Originally Posted by TN. TRUCKERS WIFE With all due respect Bandit, I have to disagree with you, I think this thing is WAY TOO BIG for the government to ignore. Because it is impacting every aspect of our country. Our school systems are having trouble operating, cops can't drive cruisers, and the list goes on and on and on, that is why i think they will be forced to respond. I may be wrong but for right now it gives me hope.

I sincerely hope you're right. I pray that it isn't like everything else that our gov. takes care of except getting us into wars of convenience. I might say, they couldn't even do that one right. I just hope and pray you are right for all those who won't be able to buy food for their families or run their a/c to stay cool or make their truck & house and insurance payment. I promise you, if there are any of those politicians in DC that care about them, I can count them on one hand. How much pull is that? All I'm saying TTW, is that these people can't wait for months or years, they need some relief right now. They can't afford to sit and wait for all these lapdog assholes to sit in their air conditioned chambers and talk about what they Might be able to do in the future.

[TN. TRUCKERS WIFE]

Bandit, I sure as heck hope i'm right also, because if i'm not then i'm going to be one of those people that can't afford to feed my family..

[BANDIT]

I'm quite sure that you realize you won't be alone. Things have already been tight here for some time now, and I don't see them getting any better real soon.

[TN. TRUCKERS WIFE]

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Originally Posted by BANDIT I'm quite sure that you realize you won't be alone. Things have already been tight here for some time now, and I don't see them getting any better real soon.

Yes I understand, I'm probably going to cancel my medical insurance at the end of this month. I just can't afford to pay $733.00 a month for it anymore.

[lunachic]

Just be glad ur not in Florida................
It started here, we got hit first long befor it spread.
And if what is going on here now spreads, God Help Us All.

I'm not excluding anyone, but in the trucking industry once we are gone we will not be able to raise from the ashe's.

And unless the cost of living come's way up, and with us gone, God Help you all.

[BANDIT]

Exactly, I guarantee you won't see the government bailing out any independent truckers like they have the railroad, the airlines, and auto manufacturers. You won't see them getting anyones truck back and putting them back on their feet in business again. Gee, I wonder what they would do if everyone just said "Hey, screw it, this job and this industry sucks" I'm outa here, and just quit. You know, as in Park Your Damn Truck and let them figure out how to get all the shit in this country hauled. I just wonder how that would work

[lunachic]

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Originally Posted by BANDIT Exactly, I guarantee you won't see the government bailing out any independent truckers like they have the railroad, the airlines, and auto manufacturers. You won't see them getting anyones truck back and putting them back on their feet in business again. Gee, I wonder what they would do if everyone just said "Hey, screw it, this job and this industry sucks" I'm outa here, and just quit. You know, as in Park Your Damn Truck and let them figure out how to get all the shit in this country hauled. I just wonder how that would work

It would for the Gov.they alway's have rail, swift,
and all the union co's.
I really don't think people understand what will happen with us gone.
like I said befor.
milk 1 gal.8.00
bread. 6.50
eggs. 5.00
hotdogs. 11.50

[lunachic]

The rate hike of food, does not come from us, our rates are what they have been if anything they are lower. The hike come's from the warehouse, company trucks del to the oulet's.

[Greyfoxx]

1. Energy - C-SPAN The message here needs to be repeated again again until it becomes common knowledge among our legislators. This is where the focus by our legislators should be right now. This isn't just about the truckers. This is about the survival of our nation and it's citizens, and our legislators apparently need to be reminded again and again just want their responsibility is in the matter is.


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[IIronman]

I send the letter and got the dumbest reply back..
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What a pleasure to hear from you. Thank you for contacting me to express your support for alternative and renewable fuels. Hearing from constituents on issues of concern is important to me and my office as we work to represent our district.

On July 28, 2005, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 6, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 by a vote of 275-156. I voted for this legislation and spoke in favor of it on the House floor. After Senate passage, President Bush signed HR 6 into law on August 8, 2005.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 has many provisions to decrease our dependence on foreign oil and to lessen energy prices, including a research and development program to promote the use of hydrogen fuel in vehicles, and a renewable fuels requirement to add 4 billion gallons per year of ethanol and other renewable based fuels to our nation's gasoline in 2006 and at higher levels after 2006. The bill also increases the amount of biofuels (including ethanol) that must be mixed with gasoline sold in the United States, and increases the current requirements to 7.5 billion gallons by 2012. In addition, Section 701 of the bill requires that the United States Federal fleet of flex-fuel vehicles to operate on alternative fuels 100% of the time. Prior to passage, such flex-fuel vehicles were required to be operated by the end of 2005 on alternative fuels only 51% of the time.

You will be pleased to know that I am a member of the Republican Energy Working Group and the House Energy Action Team. On June 6, 2007, we unveiled a wide-ranging American energy policy that offers a long-term vision that looks to exploration and the use of cutting-edge technology to provide clean, affordable and consistent American-made energy sources for decades to come. This energy policy will focus of the exploration of renewable and alternative fuels, such as bio-diesel and solar, and promote the construction of new nuclear power plants as well as new innovative energy technologies. It will also support increased investment and use of alternative and renewable fuels, and I look forward to working with my colleagues on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on this important issue in the 110th Congress.

Please know that I appreciate both your interest and your time in contacting us on this issue. As the discussion and debate moves forward on this and other issues please feel free to visit our website at U.S. Congressman Marsha Blackburn where you can sign-up for our email update -- the Blackburn Report, updates on important issues; find information on constituent services; read columns, recent press and the latest legislative news; all of which affect and concern the people of Tennessee.



Sincerely,

[rebel]

I hate to laugh but that's funny right there, i don't care who ya are.lol

[lunachic]

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Originally Posted by rebel I hate to laugh but that's funny right there, i don't care who ya are.lol

lol, he got a formed, like the rest of us.

[rebel]

"formed" is that what they call that? I stepped in somethin like that yesterday.

[rebel]

Actually it was pretty cool today. At 9:15 local rep from Sen. Burr's office met me at Hendersonville courthouse. I had printed out a page of our thread (don't remember which) but it had some of us bitchin. Anyway I said. "Do you realize at this very moment trucks are surrounding capitol in Albany?" Like to say when I got home and checked it out they made me proud. We gotta give them boys up there a toast.
Had them forward 'statement to gov.' and a boycott sign and I think some of our nicknames for congress got in there....now we'll see

[lunachic]

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Originally Posted by rebel Actually it was pretty cool today. At 9:15 local rep from Sen. Burr's office met me at Hendersonville courthouse. I had printed out a page of our thread (don't remember which) but it had some of us bitchin. Anyway I said. "Do you realize at this very moment trucks are surrounding capitol in Albany?" Like to say when I got home and checked it out they made me proud. We gotta give them boys up there a toast. Had them forward 'statement to gov.' and a boycott sign and I think some of our nicknames for congress got in there....now we'll see

lol. hope it was a good page....
anyone have bail money..........

[lunachic]

Do u know only 2 of us on this forum from this sandbar.
and the North keeps out doing us.
guess the South is down for the count...................

[rebel]

It wasn't all that bad, just a snapshot to show pain and frustration. Main emphasis was here's some ideas,quit the playground fightin and lets get this thing fixed. As Andy Giffith would say, "Try to act like ya got some sense"