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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:22 PM Original message |
Late night at a truck stop |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. you are on the front lines, please keep your reports coming. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. We'll see how long I stay here, |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Must be nice to have those options. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Sorry you didn't read or maybe you didn't understand the post |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I both read and understood it, |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. But not all of us have been out on the road for any length of time |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. What he said was... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
65. Then read it again, for comprehension. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. I imagine my grandfather was right... |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #89 |
132. That's a keeper! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. I see. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Hey Ikonoklast... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
40. I guess you just read what you want to read |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Sorry you feel that way. That's not what I took from the story. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. I don't think that's necessary, I will defend his chip (as you described it) |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
87. Way to reinforce the stereotype. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
62. Please, please read again - I believe you are referring to this sentence - |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
66. I think you misunderstood his post and you're taking his words too personally |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
115. Ikonoklast, He was actually disabusing us of the notion that truckers are "Dumb Rednecks" |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
134. I know a long distance trucker or two. Not many, because I live on an island, though. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fascinating observations...... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yellow has been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for over 2 years |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Familiar with that -- and lots of other stuff will go with it -- |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
73. It's probably all about |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
105. Yellow doesn't even bother to come to Sonoma. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. thanks for posting this. I think we all see it to some degree or another |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Odd as it may sound, this post was uplifting for me... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. +1 |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'd love to get out to Lake of the Ozarks... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
125. What does it compare to? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Your observations point out to me that our dependence |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I drive for a living.. every morning when I go to the truck stop at 5 a.m... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Yep, we have our fair share of sleepers, |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. As someone that has been through a few |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. The signs are all over. If we do not see them it is our own fault. My |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Fascinating insight to middle America |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
70. Hopefully the bad times will instill a stronger sense of community that we so badly lack. |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. A very good painting or picture, photo of the situation there. But |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
56. The decline we are in is because of a theft on a grand scale |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
116. I think the greed goes a lot deeper than you think. And it may have |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #116 |
137. I agree. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
72. I think those book titles are misleading= they imply ebb and tide. This down |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. You're right there: the "pedulum" analogy tends to ignore... |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Yes, China's rise is sync'd to our fall - all by design. The Bilderbergers and affilliates planned |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. umm, that's not quite what I meant |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #80 |
121. No. Disagree. I think you are paranoid. The economy of the world |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #121 |
139. No it is not a 'world conspiracy' it is a very privante conspiracy, it takes |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #72 |
117. Wrong. The corporate monopolies want you up, not down, so you |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
81. There are some other book I think are of more immediate value... |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #81 |
118. Wow. That's a lot of reading. I doubt if I will ever get to it, particulary |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank you for illustrating very clearly what the fuel prices are doing to so many of us. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
54. I don't think they want to see suffering via higher gas prices. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #54 |
69. Unintended consequences. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #69 |
110. What's the alternative? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
102. To be more clear: THEY. DON'T. CARE. ABOUT. THE. SUFFERING. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #102 |
111. I do (care). |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #111 |
130. The muddleclass just doesn't get it. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
88. Yes, it really is cruel |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #88 |
101. Thank you for making it clear that there ARE "progressive" Bigots. AND, their targets are usually |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #88 |
109. True! Rinse, repeat, wash: POVERTY IS AN INSITUTION |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #88 |
140. Prejudices always make it easy to betray your ideals. |
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progressiveinaction (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
127. Exactly. |
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TheCanadianLiberal (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #127 |
136. They get ok mileage... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. A) I want to read more from your unique perspective and B) What part... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm somewhere in that one hundred mile radius called Mid Missouri |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thanks for the info. I was born in New Orleans but left for the East, then West coast when... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. Too bad Obama and the Democrats don't know about any of this -- !! No access to info!! |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
79. Agree. They seems late to the table on many things folks are pissed about |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't feel like we're at the end of the recession. We're at the beginning of the depression. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
46. That's how I feel as well. I don't think we've seen the worse yet by a long shot. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
47. +1 nt |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
59. I agree n/t |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. My son is an owner/operator. |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. good luck to him! I always thought that being an owner/operator in a bad economy was very hard |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
108. Too many owner/operators went out of business the past few years. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. My first girlfriend's dad was a trucker. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
106. My son is a young man - age 42. |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
28. Recced since you speak exactly what is going on out there |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. But of course, that's not what is happening. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
30. If any person in our party leadership lived a week in the shoes of the average, then they would... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. That is interesting. Particularly the "modern-day joads". |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
77. Here's an article |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
35. Recently our hot water heater went out. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. Thanks for sharing your observations. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
38. I wonder if this will rub off on Obama or not. So far I am seeing mixed signs. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
41. "arent as dumb as we like to believe around here".... |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
71. Your ignorance is showing |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:49 PM Original message |
dupe |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
135. I live in one of the largest areas in the US for rednecks and MOST of them |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #41 |
75. That'll win hearts and minds, oh yeah.... n/t |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. Truckers: most are republicans and yes those are dumb as rocks. Fuel |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #42 |
76. This post is what is wrong with the democratic party. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. "People may forget what you said, but they'll never forget how you made them feel". |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #76 |
94. This post is exactly what the Democratic party needs to |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
85. There is enough stupidity to go around in this country. But to single out truckers |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #85 |
93. You need to tune in to the trucking channel on xm. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Your "experience" is listening to the trucking channel on xm? |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. I speak to them daily. Oh and by the way focus on the rest |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. The rest of the post - |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #99 |
133. The dark side is strong once consumed by it never to return |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
45. We are still getting charged a surcharge from when gas ran up back in '08... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
48. While I think you are being sincere and I appreciate your perspective, you're wrong on a couple of.. |
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efilon (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Thanks, I too thought "dumb truckers" was rather derogatory |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
103. i thought the OP's point was dispelling the myth/elite stereotype of "dumb truckers" |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
138. It is unfortunate, but the number of truckers that are Teamsters is diminishing. |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. A very well written post. Thank you from |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Love this post. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #48 |
74. In agreement with you... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
91. Thank you - three of my uncles are/were truckers |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
49. There have been two bank robberies in the small-town community I live in |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. My guy sells foodstuffs to convenience stores, |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Both QTs in my neighborhood in North Georgia |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
51. Great post. Keep posting. rec'd. nt |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
52. Thanks for that post. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. We already pay fuel surcharges for deliveries where I work...and |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
123. I've been collecting a fuel surcharge for YEARS |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. I hate to get political .... |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. an ocean of Reds out there that could be swung over to Blue. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
64. Beautiful piece. The country's most expensive gas station is a mile from where I sit. $5.69 regular. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
82. Bad times everywhere |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #82 |
112. Hang in there! |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
86. The trucker speaks for many people in this capitalist country |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
90. Interesting! Your job is going to "select" for misery, in a sense, though . . . |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
92. Thank you for posting. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
96. If trucksters would charge higher fees for food transport |
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vduhr (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
98. I'm certainly noticing the effects of high gas prices on |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
100. kr, i particularly appreciated the observation about the not-so-dumb "redneck truckers"... |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #100 |
107. Agreed |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #100 |
122. Ordinary people are often very insightful. |
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mckara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
104. Sing Along with Me! |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
113. "Alex, what is: Throw the rich in prison and worldwide debt forgiveness?" - K&R n/t |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
114. Truth is we are in the beginning of the second great depression - |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
119. Interesting observations. Recommended. nt |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
120. Excellent OP, sad but warm and human. |
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PuffedMica (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
124. K&R |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
126. Time to start prosecuting the Fortune 500 criminal executive scumfucks! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
128. Ex trucker here, with all the pumps a normal truck stop has aren't most of them prepay? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
129. You should start taking pictures. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
131. Wow. What a perspective. Keep it up and you're a good writer; keep a diary and submit to magazines |
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