I'm horrible at the computer hun, but i can type so that helps.. I appreciate your offer to help.. Thankyou. I'm going to figure out how to proceed and i'll look you up. Again thanks.Amen! Great job! By the way TTW, I'm a computer illiterate but I'm hell on a telephone, I'll help you however I can. My 20 is western NC
I can tell you exactly why the April 1st strike didn't. Let me paint this picture. Every trucker was fed up and ready to do something, they were fired up, the c.b.'s were on fire with talk of a strike. It was all over the news, the media all over the country was standing by waiting to cover it. Some truckers were fired up but still afraid to striked, but every trucker was glued to the tv to see what was going to happen. Now insead of people banning together in large numbers to protest to draw the media, they sat home on strike. SO this gave the media nothing to report on. Truckers glued to their tv's did not see people striking so they were not going to step up. This thing could have been HUGE at this point. It would have grown by the day.. If you sat home on strike, no one knew you were striking. So it was not going to grow. This is my opinion that we missed a GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I believe if truckers saw this happening in the media all over the country they would have joined in.Why didnt the Strikes of the past work, Because thats easy no one got along no one had a Straight Definitive strategy, and everyone was trying to take charge and take credit.. We have the opportunity to get things right this time, I dont care if there are 1,000 sites out there getting the information out there or just 2.
Last night i was on a call from the producers of ABC shows such as Nightline, World News, GMA. They are watching us, America is watching us, The World is watching US.. We are setting the movement, We are setting the tone, Canada, The UK, Europe, and Australia are all taking there Leads from us they have now held strikes, boycotts, shutdowns They even have blocked commerce , ports have shutdown fisherman stopped fishing. WHY because this economic disaster is effecting the World, and it all starts with one thing OIL.
I myself have no fear of any of this, If i could afford to I would be on the White House steps demanding something to be done. You would see me plastered all over the media. lol Also, part of my point was that they might have been afraid but i believe they were more fired up than afraid and they were just waiting for others to take the lead before they jumped in and they did not see it happening because truckers sat at home..TNTW you are exactly right....
Lots of people are afraid, what people dont understand is we have constitutional rights that we can Act upon, there are more of us in America then there are politicians and CEOS of companys..
Stop being afraid and Stand up America
I am going to say it again START AT THE BEGINNING get the TRUCKERS aware and ORGANIZED and the set a date to do whatever is planned not the other way around as we have been doing it.
I myself have no fear of any of this, If i could afford to I would be on the White House steps demanding something to be done. You would see me plastered all over the media. lol Also, part of my point was that they might have been afraid but i believe they were more fired up than afraid and they were just waiting for others to take the lead before they jumped in and they did not see it happening because truckers sat at home..
GEARJAMMER, I have been doing that. I have a list of Senators i have been contacting and going down the list to all of them. I received a call from Sentor Bob Corkers office last week about it. This is critical to our survival..
Jammer, you have been here on the Forum forever and you have seen that there are at least a few of us here that have been doing exactly what you have talked about, and have done it continuously since back in April. I have a phone bill to my state Reps. and to DC that is out of this world and growing. I have an email list that jams up my computer half the time. The problem we have is getting more than just a FEW people to do this. Like you have said, it is going to take EVERYONE to stand up and fight, jump in and become a part of it. Don't just sit there and watch what others are doing and see how it works. Jump in and help make it work dammit. Show the world you have balls enough to fight for your constitutional rights. This Exxon/Mobile/Pilot Boycott isn't going to solve our problems in the trucking industry. It will hopefully help the general public get a break at the gas pump, and some of us get a break at the fuel pump so we can all at least work and pay some of our bills while we work continuously on the other problems and changes we need to address. None of us can fight a damn thing if we're broke and out of business and out on the street. The only thing you'll be doing then is Begging and having the rich kick you aside like trash....If that's what you desire, stay sitting on your lazy ass and watch everyone else fight for you. If you too took the same oath that 4X4 and I took, to defend the constitution against all Enemies, foreign & DOMESTIC, then by GOD GET UP AND HONOR YOUR OATH.issed:I will tell you another golden opportunity that is sliding right thru our fingers and that is the TRUCC act I have call the offices of different elected officials and more than once I have found that the people answering the phones don't even know about it, now if people were calling as they should there should be no one answering a phone that doesn't know about it
you all want change then get DOING something about it and it sure as hell doesn't take long to make a phone call , make a pledge to make at least one phone call a day to a senator or congressman or both that is something that can be done RIGHT NOW that will have a profound impact on this industry!!
You say you cant' support it because it isn't enough?? well its a start!!
you say you can't support it it won't do any good?? well its a start
you say you can't support it because it will lower rates?? well you are full of sh*t rates can't go any lower
Now here is one simple plan that everyone can do CALL,CALL ,and CALL again, call untill they get tired of hearing about it and pass it just to stop hearing constantly about it
you people with websites put it in big bold letters call about the TRUCC act, get the word out, get the people burning up the phones.
this is a no brainer, its in the works and it needs all of our support!!!!
Thank You Rebel ! !I just got off the phone with my cogressman and both senators. Also called dubya @ 202-456-1111. Hope I didn't overstep my bounds but I let them know about TACU NY and the powwow at Albany on 6/19/08. If I said something wrong I'm sure someone will let me know and I apologize. I call about once a week and ask why nothing's been done about the price of fuel. This time I thought I detected a little fear.lol. That made my day. My old football coach tlod me if you miss your block, just knock SOMEBODY on his ass, and I won't be mad at ya. anyway gotta go
Good job, way to go. We just have to keep this up. Proud of you, don't be afraid to just jump in and take the bull by the horns..You are a American and you have a right to get up in their face. When you speak be sure to speak on behalf of all Americans and not as an individual, if you know what i mean...I just got off the phone with my cogressman and both senators. Also called dubya @ 202-456-1111. Hope I didn't overstep my bounds but I let them know about TACU NY and the powwow at Albany on 6/19/08. If I said something wrong I'm sure someone will let me know and I apologize. I call about once a week and ask why nothing's been done about the price of fuel. This time I thought I detected a little fear.lol. That made my day. My old football coach tlod me if you miss your block, just knock SOMEBODY on his ass, and I won't be mad at ya. anyway gotta go
Jammer, you have been here on the Forum forever and you have seen that there are at least a few of us here that have been doing exactly what you have talked about, and have done it continuously since back in April. I have a phone bill to my state Reps. and to DC that is out of this world and growing. I have an email list that jams up my computer half the time. The problem we have is getting more than just a FEW people to do this. Like you have said, it is going to take EVERYONE to stand up and fight, jump in and become a part of it. Don't just sit there and watch what others are doing and see how it works. Jump in and help make it work dammit. Show the world you have balls enough to fight for your constitutional rights. This Exxon/Mobile/Pilot Boycott isn't going to solve our problems in the trucking industry. It will hopefully help the general public get a break at the gas pump, and some of us get a break at the fuel pump so we can all at least work and pay some of our bills while we work continuously on the other problems and changes we need to address. None of us can fight a damn thing if we're broke and out of business and out on the street. The only thing you'll be doing then is Begging and having the rich kick you aside like trash....If that's what you desire, stay sitting on your lazy ass and watch everyone else fight for you. If you too took the same oath that 4X4 and I took, to defend the constitution against all Enemies, foreign & DOMESTIC, then by GOD GET UP AND HONOR YOUR OATH.issed: