Heap Big Chief Schittsezpants is large and in charge.
Instead of “Make it so, Number One!”, it’s “Make it Poo, Number Two!”...
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Ordered some chicom cheese. Time to worry?
Images of all of those big vessels in the harbor there bring to mind the historic images of the D-Day landings in 1944, and it goes to show that JoeBiden is no Dwight D. Eisenhower.
You mean to say that pResident Chauncey Biden’s threats of fines hasn’t speeded up the process?
Another manufactured crisis and all part of the left’s risky scheme to fundamentally change America in a clone of communist China. Democrats won’t be happy until you are completely under their heel and have no rights at all. I read an article over at PJmedia about a new method, “Biden’s Banking Chief Nominee Wants to Eliminate Your Private Bank Account”, so give that a look. She actually wants ‘The Fed’ (which is a private bank and NOT a part of the Federal Government, just as Federal Express isn’t) holding your money and doling it out as they see fit. Leftists stole their way into power, and illegally mandate us. The next steps are starving us and taking away our ability to defend ourselves from them.
IMO the biggest issue with the movement of shipping containers is California’s ridiculous law that permits only newer trucks to haul in the state. There are not enough of them to do the job. Also is CA’s stupid law against independent contracters many of whom are truck drivers. Finally there is Xiden’s covid payments which has allowed millions of USA citizens to simply not seek work. Many of these unemployed are also truck drivers.
As a believer in strict states rights I don’t see how the Feds are going to solve this situation at least the part that California plays. The only immediate solution is to route container ships to non-California ports. The ports in Oregon and Washington state combined do not have the capacity of CA but they also do not have the shipping restrictions.
I am sure that shipping companies are now configuring container ship loads with CA only loads and non-CA loads. The first group can dock in CA, the others elsewhere. But if that is happening and we see the crisis easing, watch for Obama (the shadow pResident) to instigate legal machinations that will hinder these actions.
Make it all here instead of importing. Problem solved FOREVER and PERMANENTLY.
those nasty ports probably cause global warming anyway!
hey biden, why not shut the ports down!? that will fix everything!
it did wonders for oil!
Of course. Many pundits predicted this would happen because of Biden's idiotic 'solution'.
The problem at California's docks is that there aren't enough trucks and drivers to pick up the unloaded shipping containers. Unloading even more of them simply increases the congestion of containers at the docks which further increases the waiting time for not only the ships, but also the trucks.
The main reason for truck and driver shortages is California's idiotic rules that won't allow any trucks on the roads older than three years of age. That's because California has exhaust emission rules that started three years ago that outlawed older trucks. It's too expensive for private owner-operators to retrofit their truck, so they simply avoid California. Now about the only trucks there have (unionized) drivers from large fleet owners, so there's a shortage that cannot be solved by any Democrat.
They need to immediately remove age restrictions on trucks picking up cargo at ports. I’m not sure how CA has been allowed to place these restrictions on interstate and international cargo.
If only he had, like, a Transportation Secretary or something, to take care of the thing.
“While freighters languish in the waters off the Southern California coast, Port Of Oakland officials issued a plea Tuesday to shipping companies, asking them to reroute their vessels to the docks of their massive facility.”
The unions are the biggest contributor this. Deliberate slow down. Trucking problems are contributors too, but note that there are a lot of trucks lined up waiting to be filled.
The prob is the port.
In a sane world, a country run by a competent government would be lamenting the shortage of available shipping to export made in the USA goods.
President phoneman would have his EPA declare transoceanic importation of goods must be powered by sail to reduce our carbon footprint.
Buttplug is busy getting his hair and nails done