tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062571.post2530882053271358553..comments2023-09-28T05:46:43.501-04:00Comments on I Wouldn't Read This If I Was Me: Too angry to write...MrScribblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743761169195087103noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062571.post-23557932742117845392007-03-23T23:38:00.000-04:002007-03-23T23:38:00.000-04:00Just checking to see if you've updated. Are you al...Just checking to see if you've updated. Are you all right?? <BR/><BR/>As for this situation, you should get in a conversation with Paul about it. He gets soooooo mad about it! It's shameful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062571.post-54903777718166725952007-03-23T22:21:00.000-04:002007-03-23T22:21:00.000-04:00Ben -- I agree safety is going to be the biggest p...Ben -- I agree safety is going to be the biggest problem when the Mexican trucks start rolling in. But I suspect Jorge and his amigos will try to ignore the inevitable accidents because we're giving the Mexicans an "opportunity."<BR/><BR/>I don't want to be on the same road with them, for sure. I've done that in Mexico, and am no longer as daring.MrScribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743761169195087103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062571.post-83478134676056700472007-03-23T22:08:00.000-04:002007-03-23T22:08:00.000-04:00I left a reply comment in another entry below, but...I left a reply comment in another entry below, but there is something else I would like to add.<BR/><BR/>I have travelled Mexico extensively, I've been in most major cities but mostly remote towns all over that country. One particular "highway" is called - whatever they call it with the number 15 attached to it. <BR/><BR/>Along this highway, the Mexican government tried a futile approach to their trucking problem - which is junk trucks grossly overloaded and a huge menace to the motoring public. They opened up weigh/inspection stations. When I went along that highway, those stations had all been closed down and the "buildings" had been sitting there, ransacked and in ruins, for quite some time.<BR/><BR/>It seems the Mexican truckers would simply blow by those weigh stations and ignore them altogether. <BR/><BR/>My question is, what, if anything, is going to happen when they try THAT - HERE? In the real world, any truck in America attempting to blow a weigh station is chased down by State Troopers (or equivalent), and they pretty much get themselves into deep trouble. <BR/><BR/>What is going to happen when they try to drive down our roads 20 plus thousand pounds overloaded? On junk tires? With air systems that have more leaks than corrugated pipe for a leach field? I've seen such nasty, trashy trucks driving around down there, in Mexico, perfectly legal. They don't GET into trouble. <BR/><BR/>Are we going to tolerate that junk here? And, like I said in that other reply, what kind of public outcry is going to ensue when these trucks/drivers start killing Americans in fatal traffic accidents? <BR/><BR/>These people don't know how to drive on our roads, either. Just watch an illegal alien. They drive in the high speed lanes going 50 mph. They do things "their" way on our roads and couldn't care less about our laws or our ways of doing things. I see them getting pulled over all the time, and I see Highway Patrol having them in handcuffs frequently. For what, I don't know, but it doesn't look good for our roadways. <BR/><BR/>In fact, it looks quite horrendous. Besides the loss of jobs and work, and your statements about the amounts of pollutants dumped into the air in California alone, the worst part of all of this, in my view, is going to be the safety of the American Motoring Public. <BR/><BR/>I HOPE the Feds/DOT hands are NOT tied in enforcing existing, very stringent, rules/regulations/laws about the condition a truck is in in regards to putting them out of service. <BR/><BR/>But, if they are, how much resources are they going to have to consume of man hours and availibility just to take care of this problem that we DON'T HAVE TO HAVE!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062571.post-91071800957963057072007-03-23T14:12:00.000-04:002007-03-23T14:12:00.000-04:00MsPajama -- Individually, we have little power but...MsPajama -- Individually, we have little power but <I>en masse</I> as voters we have what the Washington goon squad wants even more than money: votes.MrScribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743761169195087103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062571.post-86122003048099428172007-03-23T13:55:00.000-04:002007-03-23T13:55:00.000-04:00And then what do we do? Protest? It seems liek we ...And then what do we do? Protest? It seems liek we are all powerless.BingoPajamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998184081373722935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062571.post-39773991784275319732007-03-23T00:39:00.000-04:002007-03-23T00:39:00.000-04:00What a fine piece. Mastefully crafted.To know of c...What a fine piece. Mastefully crafted.<BR/><BR/>To know of cases like Ramos, et al,in which the corrupt dishonest behavior of the justice dpartment is too solid to hide, yet see the total disregard for their families and their lives by much of the public and all branches of government, is extremely disturbing. And puzzling. Why does the public allow this? If we are under an oligarchy or dictatorship, appropriate measures ought to be taken.John0 Juanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075248997178323818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062571.post-67837046888208721742007-03-23T00:00:00.000-04:002007-03-23T00:00:00.000-04:00Heck, where are your pics??? :) I don't know much ...Heck, where are your pics??? :) I don't know much about the illegal stuff, but I hope you're having a good night, Scribbs! (((hugs)))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com