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1 posted on 08/05/2020 1:04:38 PM PDT by rktman
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So if cities defund the police...keep the truckers out...let em starve!


2 posted on 08/05/2020 1:07:29 PM PDT by magyars4 (To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men!)
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Why am I envisioning some weird Mad Max scenario on the inner city interstate?
Be armed and safe.


4 posted on 08/05/2020 1:11:41 PM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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Good Idea.

Trucker Lives Matter

5 posted on 08/05/2020 1:13:33 PM PDT by captain_dave
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The looters have already been raiding train cars.


6 posted on 08/05/2020 1:13:50 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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Re Birth of “Riding Shotgun” and I am sure there are many that will sign on.

No dif than the pirates wherever the shipping lanes are being attacked


8 posted on 08/05/2020 1:14:57 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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Defunding and not supporting law enforcement and justice is ridiculous and stupid on so many levels, and at the same time, these same cities are emptying their jails. There's going to be hell to pay and people will die because of this. who do these city leaders think are going to be blamed when people die? Of course, they are.

It just goes to show you how stupid, incompetent and irresponsible democrats are. They're stupid ideas are always half-assed and poorly thought through. These democrats have proven that they aren't capable of successfully running a hot dog stand let alone a major city.

9 posted on 08/05/2020 1:15:59 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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This is a link in the article to a Vicki McKenna interview with the trucking rep. Vicki McKenna of Milwaukee/Wisconsin is always worth listening to. She is the best not-yet national radio hostess.


10 posted on 08/05/2020 1:18:59 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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The civil behavior of society and commercial environment everywhere is what makes the prosperity of our nation possible. Law enforcement works to make that civility happen. You attack law enforcement, you attack the very fiber of our nation. To extend that logic further:

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ATTACKING OUR NATION BY ATTACKING LAW ENFORCEMENT. TO VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT IS TO ATTACK OUR NATION . . . OUTRIGHT TREASON!!!!!!


11 posted on 08/05/2020 1:20:13 PM PDT by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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Rail Roads also. Rail is interconnected with the trucking industry.


12 posted on 08/05/2020 1:20:59 PM PDT by crz
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Truck depots are deliveries are more often than not in run down areas. I wouldn’t blame any trucking company to bail on a city who doesn’t protect them.


14 posted on 08/05/2020 1:22:30 PM PDT by Magnatron
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New career; Tail-gunner on a bread truck.


15 posted on 08/05/2020 1:24:11 PM PDT by umgud
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Arm your drivers!!!


16 posted on 08/05/2020 1:26:24 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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The reason WHY the left wants to defund police is SO THAT the “oppressed” underclass will take what is “rightfully” theirs from their “oppressors.”


18 posted on 08/05/2020 1:33:08 PM PDT by I want the USA back (There absolutely MUST be a debate Trump vs Creepy-touchy-feely Joe!)
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As a former trucker.........

His first priority is making money, not taking care of the drivers. Sorry, but that is the way the industry operates. Nice sentiment though-- truckers wish it were true, but it's not. A trucker could refuse to haul if he is working for a company. Then he'll get jammed with VERY undesirable loads that don't make money. Yes, there is retribution.

High value cargo is handled specially, to include check-ins, backing up to walls when you sleep, and constant monitoring. So there is mitigation.

There are a handful of companies that could literally stop the show: Werner, Schneider, and Swift. But they won't. Too much money, they will accept the risks.

Owner operators or anyone under a lease agreement could make a difference, but only temporary-- the big companies will take their freight and they will be out of a job once "freight agreement" documents are made, which are one step down from a contract.

If the trucking companies were unified, it would work. But they are not-- to include demographics. If you will not haul it, the Mexican, Russian, Indian, Pakistani, or whoever, will.

So don't look for a trucking siege. Especially in a trucking recession, which it has been for some time because everyone loves cheap freight.

19 posted on 08/05/2020 1:43:32 PM PDT by Salvavida
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All the more reason to be prepared.


23 posted on 08/05/2020 2:00:00 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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So once again we have somebody pointing to a problem that’s NOT being solved by police and insisting it will be bad without police. Meanwhile I know a bunch of long haul truckers and the numbers of times they’ve been jacked is a combined ZERO. I think it really only happens when your company has mob ties, otherwise nobody knows what’s in your truck.


26 posted on 08/05/2020 2:04:38 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick)
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Imagine... a World with a thousands of Reginald Denny incidents. Yeah, welcome to Demokratzia Paradiso.


28 posted on 08/05/2020 2:30:57 PM PDT by Quentin Quarantino
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I use to drive for Werner who has a strict no gun rule, as do all of the big outfits. Some drivers actually followed that rule.


41 posted on 08/05/2020 3:30:20 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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bookmark


43 posted on 08/05/2020 3:52:45 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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A10s and Apaches would make a difference.


51 posted on 08/05/2020 5:31:15 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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