Let Truckers Shut Down US

[Cybergal]

Let Truckers Shut Down US

4/30/08
OpEdNews, PA

Truckers are small business persons in this country. Alot of the stuff hauled around the country is carried by independent truckers. These truckers own rigs..they're not some corporate special interest looking for a hand out. They haul the stuff we want so that they can put food on the table and pay for their kids' education.

Lately, independent truckers have shown a side of American patriotism few in Washington, D.C. remeber any more. They've staged highway slow downs to protest oil corporations that are gauging American consumers.
I say let them shut down the country.

Two candidates---McCain and Clinton---have proposed what the third candidate, Senator Obama, has rightly called a "gimmick." And indeed it is.
The fact that alternative fuels are urgently needed was apparent to many of us in the 1970s. What has your government done about it? Nothing.

I say open domestic sources of oil production in an envrinomentally friendly way, IF and ONLY IF the federal government heeds the stipulation that such sources shall ONLY be used until a cost effective and fairly quick alternative energy can be developed.
In the meantime, let the independent truckers shut down the US.
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[Highballin]

My .02 worth if every one would help not just by shutting down but do these things.
#1 Stop going to sports games buying those high priced tickets
#2 Stop going to movies
IMO if you stop doing this it will take millions of $ out of the right pockets meaning the ones that dont care how high fuel is their making millions every year.

[Roadmedic]

Originally Posted by Highballin

My .02 worth if every one would help not just by shutting down but do these things.
#1 Stop going to sports games buying those high priced tickets
#2 Stop going to movies
IMO if you stop doing this it will take millions of $ out of the right pockets meaning the ones that dont care how high fuel is their making millions every year.

Haven't been to a sports game since 1967. Went with the YMCA. Haven't been to a movie in over 15 years.

[Highballin]

Originally Posted by Roadmedic

Haven't been to a sports game since 1967. Went with the YMCA. Haven't been to a movie in over 15 years.

I havnt een to a movie sports are race too much money need it for my honey.