Posted on 09/09/2007 2:17:11 PM PDT by kellynla
The first Mexican truck authorized by a Bush administration program opening U.S. highways to trucking companies from south of the border crossed into the U.S. this morning at approximately 1:50 a.m. EDT at Laredo, Texas, headed for North Carolina, according to a report from Trucker.com.
WND research indicates Transportes Olympic, the Mexican trucking firm sending this morning's tractor trailer north, was actually selected to be the first across the border nearly six months ago, despite the administration's "last-minute" announcement of the carrier earlier this week – a revelation that has been described as an example of "stealth."
The designation of Transportes Olympic actually was made at a Feb. 22, 2007, ceremony held in Apodaca, a municipality of the city of Monterrey in the Mexican state Nuevo Leon, the headquarters location of Transportes Olympic.
The government ceremony in Mexico went virtually unreported in the U.S. media.
In attendance were Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, together with her Mexican counterpart, Luis Téllez, secretary of communications and transportation, and José Natividad Gonzáles Parás, governor of Nuevo Leon.
There Peters officially blessed Transportes Olympic as the first Mexican trucking company that would be allowed to operate freely in the U.S. under NAFTA.
Gov. Gonzales Paras and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters at Transportes Olympic in February 2007.
That Transportes Olympic had been selected months earlier was not disclosed last Thursday when John Hill, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, announced Transportes Olympic to the U.S. public.
Hill's announcement came in a dramatic, surprise late-night telephone conference held with selected members of the U.S. media at 9:00 p.m. EDT, after many deadlines had past for filing Friday morning stories.
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Someone just posted a bunch of pictures of those Mexican trucks. They look pretty safe and solid to me.
Well you are wrong and need to take off your rose colored glasses too. Note, I bet you and the other n00bie have as much experience in dealing with problems on the border as you have here on FR.
None.
Actually, I don’t really feel like a “noobie.” I wonder why that is?
“is every truck checked for smuggled items and people?”
Sure. Just like in the movie Men In Black. There might be an alien in there.
While the Minutemen protest, the Teamster try to recruit the Mexican Drivers.
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If I were still in the trucking industry I would hire you in a minute. The simple fact that you can check tread and brake wear and the driver’s credentials from a couple of stupid pictures is amazing!
Bush is an idiot but his people were not stupid enough to send a few beaten up wrecks as the first trucks. Give it a year and I hope you get a good look at one in your rear view mirror while sitting at a light and they are doing 70 finishing a beer.
I lived in the Rio Grande Valley for three years before I left in disgust.
Hey gunner, you work in trucking. Maybe you should hire this fortune teller!
Actually directly blaming Jorge for Mexican trucks is inaccurate. Quick now, who pushed for NAFTA as president?
Do you think the Mexican trucks will be checked when they re enter Mexico? They’ll be empty after they dump their load and looking for something to haul back. I can only imagine.
Gone now!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it's 100 trucking COMPANIES from Mexico.
These DU threads are getting more and more frequent of FR. Conspiracy crap on History Channel so I come to browse FR and get the same crap.
Think I’m going to go sit in a corner and repeatedly poke myself in the eye with a spoon. It’s about as productive as this drivel.
No, we leave that to the Bush administration. They have lots of practice.
What are you talking about? There’s no conspiracy....the trucks are real. I hope one of them doesn’t prove it to you up close and personal.
Today one trucking company. Tomorrow 100. Next week who knows, but how many are set up for transcontinental?
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Because maybe you are a re-tread troll?
How cool is that!
Who were you before you got banned for being a quisling commie.. the first time?
Yes, we must punish the independent owner operators for Mexicans./s
You are correct Aunt B. I kept screaming at the TV when all they reported was 100 trucks. It is 100 trucking companies!
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