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harvey007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:34 PM Original message |
First Mexican Truck to Enter US Within Days |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Now, now, we destroyed much of their agricultural production and |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Please explain to me how "this will negatively impact the lives of many people in our trucking ... |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. From what I have read this will unleash a flood of |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Answering both you and "Seacaves", below. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Why in the heck would anyone flame a reasoned, thoughtful response? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. LOL...thanks for the chuckle! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Wow. A thoughtful, cogent, relevant, response. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well thanks! n/t |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Canadian wages and safety stanards are much closer to our own |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. I have less of an issue with Canadian truckers because their wages are not being used to undercut |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. INGORED! |
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seacaves (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Won't the Mexican truckers be trucking material that normally |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. If I owned a trucking company that hauled goods from the border I'd see an opportunity. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Just exactly how many freight haulers in the US do you think are Teamsters, anyway? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. bingo |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Taking jobs and lowering wages |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Not just truckers. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. yeah yeah yeah....it was Bollocks when that thread was put up.... |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I hope you're right. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Well, time will tell. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Looks good. |
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indypaul (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. You are absolutely correct |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. The rule of "Unintended Consequences." The meme of: "Who could have known?" |
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expatriate2mex (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. I'm curious how the us did that, I have never seen us produce here, |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Looking forward to seeing how Transportes Olympic does, seeing as the FIRST company picked for this |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bush (Chimpy) couldn't get this through...but President Obama managed to get it passed. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. More bollocks. n/t |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. K, R, and thanks for posting. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Terrible news |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It sure as hell is n/t |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. +1 |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. why use FOX NEWS as a source anyway? |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. All DUers should listen to your link from Thom Hartmann |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. agree, i'll post it on political vids nt |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. These trucks are a terrible idea -SD liberal Dem Bob Filner also opposes. |
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vanbean (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Many Mexican trucks are unsafe and their drivers untrained. |
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expatriate2mex (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I'll vouch for that. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
28. Truckers may take care of that. :) |
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douglas9 (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
29. NAFTA, The Gift That Keeps On Giving n/t |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. +1 |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. Way fuck over yet another industry |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. It's not only the loss of the trucker jobs, but the service jobs, too |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
38. Best argument I ever heard in favor of NAFTA was the boon it would be to American trucking. |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
39. They have been coming across the border for quite some time. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. But, I think there was a limit to how far inside the country they were allowed to go. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
41. This needs to be made illegal for the sake of American jobs. |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. What a great idea.......... |
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