Truckers' Trucking Forum | Largest CDL Truck Driver Message Board > Truckers & Politics > Politics Obama to Cut Slain Officer’s Benefits in Half

User Name Remember Me? Password

JOIN Forum

Truckers Blogs

FAQ

Members List

Calendar

Mark Forums Read

Truckers' Trucking Forum/Message Board - The Premiere Truck Driver Forum

Politics Do Not Pass/Pass With Care. Today's truckers are far more educated and cognizant of the issues regarding politics due to the sharp increase in talk radio, and various trucking news media sources. Talk politics. Do truckers like politicians? More Political Sites: • Political Forum • Reform US Government •

Page 2 of 7 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >

Thread Tools

Rate Thread

Display Modes

^ Top   #11   05.09.2009

rex Road Train Member   Last Seen: 7 Hours Ago 12.05 AM Member Since: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado Trucker? WannaBe Age: 55 Posts: 3,384 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 2,021 Thanked: 393 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by Scarecrow03 What does it matter if they were private employees? What matters is these are government employees (not federal, but government nonetheless) being betrayed by their employer's "employer" based on an unrealistic and ludicrous claim that the number of officers killed will decrease. You know damn well if this was Bush, you'd be all up in arms about it, rex. How about a little intellectual honesty and maybe even a hint of support for LEO's and all the hell their survivors go through losing their loved ones in the line of duty. "I don't have a beef with police officers" is a far cry from supporting their work. The rest of you post is completely irrational and intellectually dishonest. Do a law enforcement officer's survivor's go through more hell than a truck driver's who has lost his life in the line of duty? How about a fireman's? How about a streetcar conductor's? rx __________________ "I'm able to multi-task, I can write and piss you off at the same time" You might ask what it takes to remember When you know that you've seen it before Where a government lies to a people And a country is drifting to war Jackson Brown

Remove This Ad By Registering. Join Our Truck Forum and Trucking Community For Free. Sponsored Links:

^ Top   #12   05.09.2009

SweetSouthernRide Road Train Member   Member Since: Apr 2009 Location: Northeast Alabama Trucker? Trucker's Significant Other Age: 29 Posts: 1,788 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 2,197 Thanked: 904 Times

They don't.... They also don't get called to domestic scenes, crimes, etc. If somebody was breaking in a house, and you were called, would you be ready to risk your life to protect the stranger that owned the house?

^ Top   #13   05.09.2009

Scarecrow03 Brainless Advisor   Last Seen: 3 Minutes Ago 07.30 AM Member Since: Sep 2006 Location: In Your Head Trucker? 6 Years Age: 35 Posts: 10,069 My Trucking Photos: 7 Thanks: 1,940 Thanked: 2,460 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by rex Do a law enforcement officer's survivor's go through more hell than a truck driver's who has lost his life in the line of duty? How about a fireman's? How about a streetcar conductor's? rx Another irrational argument. Firemen are covered under the same act that LEO's are. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. Those other careers are not government funded for the protection of its people. __________________ Keep that diesel burnin' and those tires turnin', but get there safe to keep on earnin'!!

The Following User Says Thank You to Scarecrow03 For This Useful Post:

goin2fast10 (05.09.2009)

^ Top   #14   05.09.2009

rex Road Train Member   Last Seen: 7 Hours Ago 12.05 AM Member Since: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado Trucker? WannaBe Age: 55 Posts: 3,384 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 2,021 Thanked: 393 Times

Sorry to offend a few of you so deeply. My only purpose in commenting about this issue was to point out hypocrisy by one of our more prolific posters. However, I will stand by my feeling that a policeman's life is no more or no less valuable than anyone else's, and if a police officer loses his (or her) life in the line of duty, the survivors experience no greater or less sense of loss than anyone else. Anyone know just when we started awarding the widows and orphans of slain police and firefighters with extra benefits? Hint- it was fairly recently... rx __________________ "I'm able to multi-task, I can write and piss you off at the same time" You might ask what it takes to remember When you know that you've seen it before Where a government lies to a people And a country is drifting to war Jackson Brown

^ Top   #15   05.09.2009

Mooney Road Train Member   Member Since: Oct 2008 Location: Rapid City Trucker? No Posts: 10,547 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 60 Thanked: 4,712 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by rex Sorry to offend a few of you so deeply. You seem to have a knack for it. Quote: Originally Posted by rex My only purpose in commenting about this issue was to point out hypocrisy by one of our more prolific posters. What's hypocrisy? Quote: Originally Posted by rex However, I will stand by my feeling that a policeman's life is no more or no less valuable than anyone else's, and if a police officer loses his (or her) life in the line of duty, the survivors experience no greater or less sense of loss than anyone else. No one says they do, but taxpayers issue their checks, not private companies. Quote: Originally Posted by rex Anyone know just when we started awarding the widows and orphans of slain police and firefighters with extra benefits? Hint- it was fairly recently... rx 1976 __________________ Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.-Albert Einstein "When things look bad, and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb mad dog mean. Cause if you lose your head and you give up, then you neither live nor win, that's just the way it is." --the Outlaw Josey Wales

^ Top   #16   05.09.2009

SweetSouthernRide Road Train Member   Member Since: Apr 2009 Location: Northeast Alabama Trucker? Trucker's Significant Other Age: 29 Posts: 1,788 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 2,197 Thanked: 904 Times

Mooney... i just want to take a second to say "you rock"...ttyl

The Following User Says Thank You to SweetSouthernRide For This Useful Post:

goin2fast10 (05.09.2009)

Remove This Ad By Registering. Join Our Truck Forum and Trucking Community For Free. Sponsored Links:

^ Top   #17   05.09.2009

Drachen Road Train Member   Last Seen: 12 Hours Ago 07.17 PM Member Since: Jan 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana Trucker? WannaBe Age: 25 Posts: 1,246 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 10 Thanked: 366 Times

deaths in the line of duty wont decrease anytime soon. and probably never. its simply a function of the population increase. more people = more police and more police = more police killed in the line of duty. its a simple proportionality function. unless you can compare the % of police employed vs the number who are killed the number is ALWAYS going to go up. i don't think short of arming the Police Departments to the level of our Military troops with weaponry and armor we will see a decrease even ignoring the above section of this post.

The Following User Says Thank You to Drachen For This Useful Post:

goin2fast10 (05.11.2009)

^ Top   #18   05.09.2009

trashwagon Light Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Week Ago 01.33 PM Member Since: Jan 2008 Location: Mt. Pocono, PA Trucker? 40 Years Posts: 291 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 152 Thanked: 130 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by rex I don't have any beef with police officers, but if these were private employees wouldn't you just loudly proclaim that they should just buy their own life insurance? Sure, life insurance for cops is expensive- wouldn't you just exclaim that if they couldn't afford it then they should just find another line of work? The title of your post seems a bit misleading... rx If a cop could afford life insurance, in the amount needed to keep a family, over the course of his/her working career, on a cops salary it ain't gonna happen. Most insurance companies will not even issue policies to LEO's I don't find the title of the post mis-leading. and the rest of your post was definately irrational so I deleted it from the quote. BTW: People who place themselves in jepordy for another are SPECIAL.

The Following User Says Thank You to trashwagon For This Useful Post:

SweetSouthernRide (05.09.2009)

^ Top   #19   05.09.2009

Texas-Nana Menopausal Crazy   Member Since: Apr 2008 Trucker? No Answer Posts: 8,187 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 5,930 Thanked: 4,828 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by rex I don't believe that he proposes to cut the pay of employees of the Secret Service- who are the people who take the bullets intended for the President. Few regular police are expected to take bullets for anyone. rx I personally have had three friends slain in the line of duty. I'll go tell their children and spouses that according to you they didn't do squat. When you stand at the grave of a slain police officer as I have, or you sit listening to the police scanner as your own spouse is being fired upon as I have.......and then hear the words "officer down" and you have NO idea if it's your spouse or your friend's spouse......... when you've done those things rex, then you come back and tell me how regular police aren't expected to take a bullet. Sometimes you REALLY ought to think before you type.

The Following User Says Thank You to Texas-Nana For This Useful Post:

goin2fast10 (05.11.2009)

^ Top   #20   05.09.2009

Texas-Nana Menopausal Crazy   Member Since: Apr 2008 Trucker? No Answer Posts: 8,187 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 5,930 Thanked: 4,828 Times

Oh and rex........perhaps you're not aware of just how wrong you are: when Reagan was shot a District of Columbia police officer was too. The bullet was meant for President Reagan but the cop took it. A secret service agent was hit as was Brady.

Page 2 of 7 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >

Truckers' Trucking Forum/Message Board

« Hoyer: Investigate Pelosi, Too | The Incredible Shrinking Party »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible

Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are Off Forum Rules

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Trucker Forum	Replies	Last Post
Obama wants $500 tax cut for most workers	Cybergal	Politics	2	01.05.2009 01.51 PM
Obama making major gains in battleground states	smurf-316	Politics	65	10.04.2008 09.32 AM
Picking on Palin	OverDrive	Politics	77	10.01.2008 01.22 PM
Guess Who Recomended Obama To Enter Harvard?	Big Duker	Politics	10	09.25.2008 05.20 PM
Obama's 50 Lies	Baack	Politics	49	05.28.2008 07.35 PM

.

Trucker Forum Disclaimer: All content, information and opinions (collectively, the "Material") presented on Our Trucker Forum Discussion Board at TheTruckersReport.com are those of the authors of posts and messages (collectively, the "participants") and not The Truckers Report. The Truckers Report does not guarantee the reliability, completeness, accuracy, timeliness or up-to-date-ness of the material presented on the Truck Driver Forum. The material is published "as is," and does not represent the official views and opinions of The Truckers Report or any company. Any reliance upon the Material presented on these forums shall be at User's own risk. The Truckers Report does not review the substance of the content posted by users on these forums and is therefore not responsible for any of such content. The Truckers Forum merely provides a space for its users to express and exchange their own opinions. Privacy Statement.