<p><br> The protest is working. It is drawing attention and support from all </p><p>around the country. It is being covered by most major media and people are</p><p>taking notice and being educated. This is a really good thing and major </p><p>accomplishment. We should do everything we can to support these guys and</p><p>realize we are all in this together. The only way we will get fuel prices to come </p><p>down is thru boycotting the oil companies...hit them in their profit margins and </p><p>prices will come down. I don't care what we are being told about supply/demand</p><p>the falling dollar, etc. Its all bullshit. We as consumers and citizens have the</p><p>final economic power and we need to use it now. As voters we have power to oust</p><p>the politicians that are selling us out, we need to use that power too. </p><p> </p>
<EM><FONT face="comic sans ms,sand" size=4>Hell, don't stop the strike now...for every American truck that parks, 1 truck from Canada and 1 truck from old Mexico will be in the U.S. to get that load. How do you suppose the trucks got to this point?<BR><BR>Show the world that you're willing to cut off your nose to spite your face........<BR><BR>The strike should have been a last resort and not a first step......There is a solution but a strike wasn't it. If striking solved things, the last strike would have worked and there wouldn't be this one. <BR><BR>I have no clue of the millions of miles that I have driven, and never have I even considered using a truck as a weapon against the American people.<BR><BR>Nuff Said</FONT></EM>
<p> For every American truck that parks !0 American citizens are finding out </p><p>about it by it being covered by the media. Once we have their attention we </p><p>can explain how and why there are Canadian and Mexican Trucks causing U. S.</p><p>(that's us) problems. Once they are informed they can make the decision to </p><p>vote the bastards out of office that let 'em in. </p>
did u say the strike is working?? what planet are u from? yes the meida has shown few drivers striking..but do u actually think thats going to bring the fuel down?? its like every1 is sain when bush gets out of office our emenies will surrender and leave us b.. it wont happen.. now-adays ways of thinking is "ill just pass it on to the consumers" inwhich it is us.. we charge shippers/recievers fuel charge all they do is pay it to u or ur company then they raise the price on thier product..nwhich mostly is n stores and the consumer buys it andsometimes it is us.. 1 way of doing a protest is this inwhich i found out no1 wants to is that not to shutdown..but to run BY THE BOOK LEGALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! if u r 30 mins from the custmer shutdown for 10 hrs..1 month of this will work..slow ur truck down to the legal limit unless passing. yes it might take u few mins extra to get there but people will notice..u want also to and ive done it and ive been getting fuel bonus due to it..is invest n 2 good warm blankets and 2-3 fans and that can save $ for fuel 2 many times i dop my walk around on a nice night count 100 trucks out of 100 trucks 70 has there trucks idling. and few of them are on the cbs complaining on fuel prices and and making no $. its been both company drivers and owner operators. not sayin u shoul;dnt idle if weather is below 40 degrees or 75 degrees above.. but nice nights turn the truck off and watch the savings
<p> Dreamer,</p><p> All of the things you suggested are exellent options. Every owner operator</p><p>that is interested in a healthy bottom line of profit must be conservative. </p><p>Any driver that wants to keep his job has to keep the companies bottom </p><p>line in mind. A boycott of oil companies will require our trucks to be shut</p><p>down call it a strike or whatever. In 1765 England started taxing the colonies</p><p>to pay for the French&Indian war. Over the next 10 years the crown enacted</p><p>8 different taxes and everytime they did every merchant in America said we </p><p>won't trade with England anymore. Every tax got repealed. If we impose the</p><p>same financial hardship being imposed on us by the corporations that are </p><p>controlling our government, they will back the fuck down. Fuel prices will drop.</p><p>Period. </p>
<P><FONT face="comic sans ms,sand" size=5>The strike is working???? LMFAO<BR><BR>I have been sitting in Maybrook,Ny for 3 days (not striking just waiting on a load, I'm picky as hell on what I haul) and the truckstop emptys out during the day and fills back up at nite. I have freinds allover the country and they see the same thing. I have been watching the news at nite and listning to the news on the AM dial in during the day and very little if any is being said about the strike. All this thing did is make some of you look the fool. My outlook on this is all some people want is for the Government to bail them out of there dept again. I saw one news clip from Harrisburg where one poor woman was not going to beable to buy her first truck due to the high cost of fuel..Why not, theres those of us that are doing just fine with our trucks and by the way who F'n cares that she can't buy a truck it's not a freackin rite to own a truck. Everyone wants the Government to bail them out cuz they bought a house they could not afford, because the price of fuel is to high for the cheap freight they haul. Get a freak'n clue people and be responsible for your own stupid actions.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=5></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=5>I'm done.......for now</FONT></P>
strike is not working..if it was working the govt wouldve done something..if u shut down it only hurts us by the media. fuel prices will not come down by shuting trucks done..if we do shutdown u wont like what will happen
every1 wants toblame the govt for everything.. govt. is not perect. if people would put themselves on a budget especially this time of year it wouldnt b this bad.. every year this time frieght is slow.. yes oil companies r crooks but shutting trucks down for days is a short solution..but when u come back to work will u b able to afford the cost of fuel then? bread? milk? because when u turn ur truck off for the strike people will raise prices on the stuff.. so will u b able to afford it? there is way to strike and the govt gave u the tool to do it but people will not do it..run completely legal do not do no favors for a month and u will see what will happen
<p> Dreamer,</p><p> Budgeting and planning for lean times is a good business plan for any</p><p>owner op. If we run completely legal (which cuts back on our miles) who are we</p><p>hurting up front? Our costs don't drop. We still gotta buy food for 14 days out on</p><p>road, our bills still come due on the same cycle, but we didn't run any miles cause</p><p>we were running legal. That would only work if we got paid by the hour or the day</p><p>regardless of how many miles we run.</p><p> I don't think the government should bail anybody out to include the wall street</p><p>bankers like they already did a few days ago. Traders that didn't check portfolio</p><p>investments are still driving their Jags and BMW's while the poor dumb bastards</p><p>that bought a house are in the homeless shelter.</p><p> We gotta all band together and wield our collecitve power as consumers to</p><p>bring the corporate and government morons back to an even keel.<br> </p>
ok u r missing the point..u can run 3730 miles n 6 days and still make $ to cover the cost. ive done it.and that includes a 34 hr restart. it can b done. no1 is puttin a gun 2 anyone's head to run more then 4,000 every week. its done by choice. but if u run legal for 3-4 weeks yes u might not make the extra $50-100 per week. but if u run completly legal if u r 30 mins from the custmer shut down del when its legal and when the plants and warehouses dont get there product ontime and they got to shutdown the govt will notice due to their complaint..1 thing i notice n the 14 years ive been driving and 35 yrs ive been around the business..there isnt much of warehousing like there was 10 years ago..nowadays people order stuff when they need them..they dont store stuff like they did way n the past. yes we need to b united..in order for this to work. by shutdown completely down not only u r hurting the country (even when we at war wether it was right or not) un b hurting yourself and ur family..u think the govt going to give u $ to cover the time u strike?? u think the bank will b on urside if u dont have the $ to cover the note on ur truck, house or car or medical bills? no they will not. ifthe owners see the strike will hurt their business they will raise their product prices to cover the cost..like they r doing know all they r doing is passing the extra charges onto the consumer n which we r the consumer. the tv u del to walmart goes to a walmart store that u visit to look for a tv and u pay them to buy that tv..that is whats going on. people r just passing the extra stuff that we truckers charge and adding it to the charge of thier price who is paid by the consumers. ues we drivers need a raise but where thier is room for improvement it comes with a cost. yes there is people who r guilty of greed but not all do it. total shutdown is not the answer. we have very low media attention. we have no representation. and we all know u get 10 drivers n a room not 1 person can agree on a plan of action or demands. atlest if we run legal u r still making $ where as if u shutdown u wont. and my mom is a banker and she even says if u miss 1-2 payments on ur notes for truck or home it looks bad on ur credit and majority of banks will take ur house when u miss payments of 1-2 times. yes we need to do something granted. but total shutdown is not the answer
<P><FONT face="comic sans ms,sand" size=3>All I can say is "WOW" I really did not think the strike would work, but to my surprise it must have...at least in North Carolina where they sold gas for .35 cents a gal.<BR><BR>Any idea when it will be coming down in the rest of the country??<IMG alt="" src="http://www.truckersfun.com/file/smile/bowl.gif" phpfox="image-protect"></FONT></P>
<p><b><font size="4">Now That is a riot. too basd it was a mistake on someones part. I know I would of been filling anything i could find at them prices and wouldn't of told a soul. But then again someones ass is in trouble for that mistake,</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p><p>
