Obama will ask Congress to approve Mexican trucking plan

[james in E Wa]

Al Quaeda is paying the democrats

al quaeda is trying to get in here real bad. I say if you're caught with explosives, you forfeit any and all rights to legal help. Hell, you were trying to commit suicide anyway. Who cares if you die. you just missed out on 72 virginsj! Heaven help the guy who is surrounded by 72 women with pms!

 

[Chae Transport]

Yep, terrorists will enter from that border, you can bank on that.

Bull, I think that is one of the biggest things that scares people now, is the fact they are starting to realize that it is easier to get in this country, then their own government is willing to admit. That is one of the main reasons more americans are starting to arm themselves. My wife went to the shooting range last week and until then she had never held a firearm little lone fired one

 

[dlittle]

OOU questions FMCSA records on Mexican Domiciled Carriers

Federal Truck Safety Records Raises Suspicion for OOU Board of Directors
Owner Operators United Inc. [OOU], a nationwide drivers association has asked the Federal Department of Transportation [DOT] in Washington, D.C. to investigate SafeStat records for Mexican domiciled trucking companies who operate in the United States. OOU is concerned that specific data has been possibly falsified and thus could compromise the integrity of the SafeStat system.
Carrollton, Mo.- Dan little and members of OOU have been continuously involved with the concerns regarding Cross Border Trucking between the United States and Mexico.
OOU President, Dan Little, said he had asked for an official government investigation of several SafeStat inspection records for Mexican domiciled Trucking Companies in order to verify the accuracy and reliability of the data and information which was entered.
Mr. Little was notified last week by a member of the OOU that certain inspection reports on the FMCSA’s SafeStat website appeared to be incorrect, including an unusually high numbers of inspections conducted on Mexican domiciled trucks. An example of this was one company in particular, had an astounding 2096 inspections between the period of 11-22-07 and 5-11-2010, while only having a total of 11 trucks, 4 drivers, and only a total of 28,000 mile run in 2009.
The 2096 inspections showed very few violations, leading to the conclusion that, "something is just not adding up," according to Dan Little. He concludes that "inspections numbers that are that high, many of these inspections conducted just minutes apart from one another, and have received very few ticketed violations, suggests that someone is filing false inspection reports, making the Mexican domiciled carriers appear safer than they actually are"
Dan Little notes that these "non ticketed inspections" showed details of:
Brakes out of adjustment, non English speaking drivers, failure to maintain drivers record of duty status (log book), improper license (no commercial drivers license),no hazmat placard, and hauling hazmat without a proper license.
Washington could be reinstating the NAFTA Cross Border Trucking based on possible falsified safety inspections of Mexican domiciled Trucks.
Another concern for Dan Little and the OOU, is the accuracy of the SafeStat data and information which will be the basis for the new government regulations, CSA 2010, which is ready to take effect in November of 2010.
OOU suggest that the government take a detailed look at the SafeStat data in order to detect any possible patterns or inaccuracies.
"Safety is our main concern at Owner-Operators United. Inc." - Dan Little /
President OOU
SafeStat (short for Motor Carrier Safety Status Measurement System) is an automated, data driven analysis system designed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
SafeStat combines current and historical carrier-based safety performance
Information to measure the relative (peer-to-peer) safety fitness of interstate commercial motor carriers and intrastate commercial motor carriers that transport hazardous materials. This information includes Federal and State data on crashes, roadside inspections, on-site compliance review results and enforcement history. SafeStat enables FMCSA to quantify and monitor the safety status of individual motor carriers on a monthly basis and thereby focus enforcement resources on carriers posing the greatest potential safety risk.
The States are required to provide standard, basic information about large truck and bus crashes to FMCSA within 90 days of the crash event, and the results of roadside inspections
within 21 days of inspection

 

[lunachic]

Dan what area have these inspetions been done? State/Locale......Who r the agents doing the inspections signatures.........
We know the trucks r not safe.And we know the drivers r not safe on r roads. Most know who live and drive a border state it is nothing them to pop a window out and slip it into another truck and cross over.
So many problems and never a fix, Would be nice if something and someone would move forward with closing the borders.
Who know's who or what is coming in?

 

[Flatlander]

The hardest part is to seperate fact from fiction. What are the facts and are they based on truths or fears. We need to look at the facts, but what are the facts? What about drivers from Canada driving across the border and Americans driving into Canada? Not the same you say. Let's ask Canadians if they want American truckers taking Canadian jobs. So is this based on economy fears, job loss, safety issues, or all of these? This is nothing new. I seem to remember the Teamsters fighting non-union American truckers and saying the same things about training and safety. Why don't we talk about what we want and then go from there.

 

[krelithous]

Here's my question. if all of these business are closing locations and amazon is replacing thousands of it's warehouse employee's with robots. Why exactly do we need to import workers from foreign countries???? there are NOT enough jobs for the people already here!!!

 

[Injun]

Here's my question. if all of these business are closing locations and amazon is replacing thousands of it's warehouse employee's with robots. Why exactly do we need to import workers from foreign countries???? there are NOT enough jobs for the people already here!!!

Because the types of jobs being given to immigrants are beneath the Cheeto-eating gamers who bitch the loudest about being unemployed.

 

[Southern Fried]

Here's my question. if all of these business are closing locations and amazon is replacing thousands of it's warehouse employee's with robots. Why exactly do we need to import workers from foreign countries???? there are NOT enough jobs for the people already here!!!

This is the visions of the Progressive movement.... always has been. It's an ingrained part of various "education systems". They view thmselves as the "rulers" of the world.... much like the old kings,princes and dukes. They and their heirs will rightfully occupy the "professions" and the "castles" while we serfs (lesser mortals) will sustain them by doing the "menial" work that is beneath their exalted selves. The "illegals" are here to counter the NO votes of we who do not realize our proper place.

The hardest part is to seperate fact from fiction. What are the facts and are they based on truths or fears. We need to look at the facts, but what are the facts? What about drivers from Canada driving across the border and Americans driving into Canada? Not the same you say. Let's ask Canadians if they want American truckers taking Canadian jobs. So is this based on economy fears, job loss, safety issues, or all of these? This is nothing new. I seem to remember the Teamsters fighting non-union American truckers and saying the same things about training and safety. Why don't we talk about what we want and then go from there.

No.... by and large we were happier and did better when we both stayed on our respective sides of the border. Free Trade was an American idea and invention and the Progressive Conservative Prime Minister that brought it through (Brian Mulroney) had his government voted out and still carries the title of "The Most Hated Canadian PM Ever".

Because the types of jobs being given to immigrants are beneath the Cheeto-eating gamers who ***** the loudest about being unemployed.

Not completely true. I heard the other day that Silicon Valley is petitioning Obama to allow more work visas and easier citizenship for engineering types from overseas (India and Pakistan among others) while simultaneously dumping their current American staff. Guess we'll be getting a new bunch of truckers in the years ahead.

 

[krelithous]

Teach a man to fish, you feed a village. give a man a fish, the ever growing village demands free fish. we will now spend trillions on social services and ssi for people who don't know how to fish

 

[Southern Fried]

Teach a man to fish, you feed a village. give a man a fish, the ever growing village demands free fish. we will now spend trillions on social services and ssi for people who don't know how to fish

Oh, you mean the people who lived a barely sustainable tribal lifestyle overtop of billions worth of oil and other resources without even knowing they were there (let alone what to do with them) until we came along and stole those resources, invested hundreds of millions in infrastructure and interrupted their superior lifestyle of slaughtering and enslaving each other?? Those folks???

 

[Injun]

Oh, you mean the people who lived a barely sustainable tribal lifestyle overtop of billions worth of oil and other resources without even knowing they were there (let alone what to do with them) until we came along and stole those resources, invested hundreds of millions in infrastructure and interrupted their superior lifestyle of slaughtering and enslaving each other?? Those folks???

Hey!




We cannibalized each other, too!

Get it right!

 

[Southern Fried]

Hey!




We cannibalized each other, too!

Get it right!

Nope, you're on our side these days.... they consider y'all as Rich Capitalists too.