Posted on 09/17/2013 2:51:56 PM PDT by True Grit
That's the card they should play. Demand drilling on our soil.
Remember when $350/gallon gas was a sign of the apocalypse?
It says 11-13 That is Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. If they are including Friday and Monday as strike days, it will disrupt the country if enough do it. No fuel will go to gas stations, no food delivered, no fuel to power companies, etc.
Going to D.C. would be a really dumb, and expensive move. They could accomplish the same thing by simply parking wherever they are at the appointed time. That was done by teamsters in the 1970s, I remember them doing it but don’t remember the outcome. I know the teamsters back East not only parked they would not let any trucker move his truck and used violence to make it work. A friend of mine had a fairly new rig then with a big payment and he got stuck somewhere back East, couldn’t move his rig because of union thugs. Things are more just in time now so it would likely be more effective if a shutdown was done now than it was then.
You are absolutely right. Wife of a trucker, here. While he will sympathize with the message, he is not likely to steal his company’s tractor, go to DC and rightfully lose his job over it. Godspeed to any owner / operators who may be participating though.
Or, if you’re looking for the real/original version, try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN4XpIbEY-Y
That reminds me of that video.... whatitcalled Wheels of Steel or something
The protest calls for truckers to make their way to Washington D.C. in a massive convoy in an effort to call attention to, among other things, the Benghazi cover-up, the recent attack which killed 25 members of Seal Team 6, ever rising fuel prices, and claims that President Obama has engaged in Treasonous crimes.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,The Truckers are right on all charges. Wish I had a big righ so I could join them,./
My advice , stock up before they come.
I agree the Fuel costs and “Drill baby drill” should be on the top of their concerns.
The issue seems to run much deeper.
We are living in a world pushed to “maximum efficiency”. Truckers feel the impact of “Just in Time” delivery. Bankers feel the pressure to maximize any and all profit. It is a system that works great when there are no surprises.
But a system that is on eggshells.
I think that is their point.
On a side note; Just today I was talking to a UPS driver about the “rules” and “protocols” they are required to follow. He told me that last Christmas season they told all their drivers that they wanted them to put on their seat belt “before” they started the engine, they had calculated that this step alone would save the company well over a million dollars per year in fuel costs.
Maximum efficiency.
I think you’ve squeezed four days into three.
“I think you’ve squeezed four days into three.”[
Thanks, I did. Should be Friday, Saturday, and end on Sunday. That would not be quite so bad.
Michael Savage proposed something similar some time back. If all the truckers stopped on the roads and bridges across the country, throwing out signs to express their outrage at illegal immigration / confiscatory taxes / socialism, it would be too big and widespread for the media to ignore and the public to NOT see.
How many owner operators could really afford to do this?
No need to blame the illegals for dropping pay, the pay picture for us has been on the decline for the better part of ten years. Illegals, for the most part don’t get past the 10 years of background check. (Nor do many legal Americans).I work for one
Like computer use drove competition for ever lower airfares, online bidding for available freight is driving freight rates lower and lower driving-out the independent guys and placing more and more power to control the rates in the handful of the largest and leanest mega carriers.
Interesting—makes sense, but I never really thought of that.
I’d guess it may rival the “Million Muslim March” in undershooting its goal.
Not expecting anything big from this Convoy...
Compare to the recent 9/11 motorcycle ride. A bike might need a couple of gallons of fuel to get from wherever to DC... cost to typical biker less than $30, plus tolls.
For an 18-wheeler, my search is turning up 6 MPG at best. Diesel is, what, $4/gallon? THat’s gonna add up to mucho dollero! For each 500 miles to travel, that’s $335 per truck
And, to top that off, a BIG CUT of the purchased fuel to make this convoy is.... GOVERNMENT taxes!
And not just the cost of travel, but the revenue lost for the days getting there and back from where they started.
...and rampant corruption in Washington D.C. furthering the country’s economic death spiral, America’s truck drivers, like the majority of our fellow citizens, are fed up.
I'm sure 0bama's Dept. of Transportation will have something to say about that. Then again, Eric "The Red" Holder will sic the FBI on them. Or maybe 0bama will sic Big Sis on them?
IRS with the help of the NSA...trucker beware...
We are quickly approaching the point of no return.
5.56mm
We are quickly approaching the point of no return.
Absolutely correct.
I honestly don’t know. Not very many probably. Most are very small operations. You have to stay out there for weeks at a time if you want to make really good money. My husband is 54 and has been a trucker since he got out of the army in 1992. He said he did his time and is only out from Monday til Friday night or Saturday morning now. We met 3 years ago and just got married 6 months ago so I don’t want him gone for weeks. He still makes decent money but.. That said, I don’t see how many drivers or owner/ operators can afford to do this but I wish them Godspeed and support them.
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