Small Pleasures

To get my Haz-Mat endorsement back, I had to apply online to get registered, then go to a designated location where my prints were taken, then wait for mail notification that I was eligable for the test.

To study for the test, I disregarded the websites that wanted to charge me money, and found some FREE sample tests I could take, and took them over and over and over again until I aced them all.

Then I had to go to one of a few BMV HazMat test sites and take it. I still blew some answers, but passed. As soon as I told dispatch, they put me on this one from Norwalk Oh. to here (I refuse to spell this name again). This time, I was flammable and dangerous.

I was exhausted when I got here. Let's just say I had insomnia...yeah that's the ticket...anyway I checked into this hotel after dropping my trailer. (By the way, the appointment time and oversleeping on the dock had me really running hard. When I got here, nobody was home, and they won't be until monday. I could have taken all weekend. Dammit.)

Anyway, then I notice that my left mudflap and it's frame are missing. They'd just snapped right off. I went across the street to the T/A to get that fixed. The new one doesn't match--I don't care. Guys who care about that stuff on their commercial trucks...never mind.

Well (to back-track): My truck's cassette player started screwing up, so my audio books and Sirius Radio wouldn't play right. I got a new one at Wal-Mart, and the wires didn't match my truck's plug. So I'd been driving around with little headphones and my new radio in a box, hoping to get a CB guy to fix it when I had time.

But the service writer at the T/A just so happened to have done stuff like this for a living! he came over after work and put the thing in for me. Did a fine job too, using professional connectors that sort of shrink-wrap around the wires. Didn't set a price so I paid him 40 bucks and he was very happy. Worth every penny.

While he was at it, I hit the T/A and got a Sirius antenna bypass and had him put that in, so I could have the radio perma-wired and would have to keep switching the plug back and forth between my laptop (from which I listen to audiobooks) and Sirius Radio. Except that sonofabitch SIRIUS plug was the wrong one for my damn radio. (No wonder it had been re-packaged and was being re-sold.)

But it had cost ten bucks and was already in. I'd have to take stuff apart. So I'll leave it and know I can find an adapter some where to adapt my SIRIUS antenna bypass to my SIRIUS radio.........DAMMIT!

Anyway this radio has an input so I can just plug in. It's also a CD player. No more PIA cassettes.

I also found out how to take the panels off and get the radio out and stuff.

Ok now: Ted Kennedy was a marxist who did severe and irrepairable damage to this country. Every government intervention on the private sector made things worse for everybody, and every program has failed. He didn't care.

While Reagan was pushing the Soviet Union to bankruptcy, Ted Kennedy was Andropov's pen-pal, coordinating with the Soviet Premier in order to undermine the US President and his agenda. He did this because he was a fellow marxist who hates captialism.

Whene you are poisoned, the cure is more poison. You just tell the patient that it's a cure instead.

These people are evil, and their core supporters are stupid. The truth is not whatever you want to believe (as Obama once said, and every dictator before him). The truth is what you can't stand to hear or read, and why you're even crazier now that you were before you read that last part.

Ted Kennedy is dead, and the world is better off. Think with your damned brain.

Dammit

I found a great deal on drive tires and tried to replace two of them. They couldn't knock the inner rim off the axle or change the tire on it. It's like it's welded on. I had to make him put the old ones back on and will need to get somebody with special tools.

My damned APU isn't charging my batteries and is DISCHARGING them instead running A/C so I got a get THAT SON OF A BITCH fixed yet AGAIN for crissakes and my warrantee is up. God help me. What a piece of CRAP.

And of course I can't get it fixed while waiting to deliver this really really slow load since it's the weekend. No I'll have to get it done after unloading and reloading.

The end. Dammit.

Blame-Spreading

1: The housing crisis was caused by banks making home loans to people who couldn't afford them, and defaulted.

They were forced to do this. Federal mandates forced them to make loans on a quota basis. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack, which are unconstitutional government agencies, were formed to absorb these risky loans and make the taxpayers note-holders.

Banks don't like to make dumb loans, and would never have done this had the Federal government not violated the US Constitution and forced them to.

Officially, they did this to help everybody afford a home, even if they couldn't. I'm with the government. I'm here to help.

The banks had trouble meeting their bad/stupid/high-risk loan quotas, and tried a bunch of gimmicks to get more democratic voters to buy homes which they couldn't afford.

President Bush and Republicans called for additional regulation and other reforms on seventeen occasions, and Dodd/Frank laughed it off, saying there was no problem. Then the balloon popped...and Barney Frank...is here to...fix it...

Bill O'Reilly, whose definition of fair and balanced is making sure to get squarely in the middle and point fingers at both sides, says there's enough blame to go around. The FACT is that the entire cause of this collapse was government interference in the private sector. The TRUTH is fair and balanced, and does not care about appearing moderate or reasonable.

2: In Cambridge a cop was called to a residence to investigate what sounded like a break-in. He was called a racist and harangued viciously for having the audacity to call the person who had just broken into the house out to find out who he was.
This person was unstable and irate. When he wheeled around and went into the house, the officer followed to make sure he wasn't going for a GUN so he could shoot this racist Nazi cop.

The cop was calm and was doing his job, which was to protect that residence, and the very person who was now acting very much like a dangerous maniac on drugs.

NOW, I'm hearing about "two grown men who lost their tempers and just couldn't back down".

BULLSHIT. Cop: Right. Professor: Wrong. The officer never raised his voice, and followed procedure to the letter. This garbage is being spewed despite the officer having been chosen by his black police chief to teach non-profiling; who was defended by same as one of his best, and who was backed by a black and a hispanic cop who were on the scene.

Stop doing this. The truth is reality, and reality is what is, period. Regardless of what you believe or what you want, you can't be mushy about it.

The housing crisis would never have happened without the government's interference and mandates. The Professor was wrong, period. We don't need any "teaching moments"...that's Obama being the adult and the rest of us children, and should tell you something. What's to learn here, other than yet more distortions and emotional fog?

TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH.

DEAR COMRADES:

We have hit the wall.

We have done well to feign urgency in order to pass the first bail-out and Cap-and Trade before anyone including the legislature could read them. By this means, we have achieved more than we have managed for the past century--in a few months.

The media and academic sections have done an admirable job of quietly supporting our movement and of fomenting confusion and apathy. They have been an immense help. (Side-note: Comrade Cronkite's death is a sad thing. It is very possible that we owe him our people's victory in Viet Nam. Rest in peace, comrade!)

However, we have not been as successful in silencing conservative radio, FoxNews, or the internet. These have exposed the contents of the previous bills, and of the pending Health Care bill. Too many among the masses have awakened to what we are doing, and it's too late to put them back to sleep.

Our core supporters are true believers, and will never desert us. They may turn on Comrade Obama on the rare occasions that politics force him to temporarily deviate from the real agenda, but they are ruled by emotion and cannot be persuaded intellectually away from our ethos.

But too many among the masses, while still oblivious to our violations of the US Constitution and the fact that we indeed exist as a coordinated worldwide force, retain a critical thinking ability which remains troublesome.

The bills have now been read, and details exposed. The fact that we have lied a great deal is having the most negative impact. Of course, we knew that this would happen, but had hoped that we could delay it until we had a fete accompli, and had permanently, if not utterly, destroyed the remaining vestiges of free market capitalism.

Unfortuantely, the truth is out now, and Comrades Obama and Pulosi, among others, are exposed as manipulative liars.

This is no censure. They have accomplished a great deal in a short time, and the ends justify the means. Comrade Obama will rank with FDR as a great reformer. While the creation of Social Security and Medicare, along with the premise of Public Works and Kanesian economics is diffucult to match or surpass, Comrade Obama has taken over large corporations and instituted central planning. He has secured 24 trillion taxpayer dollars for our use and political entrenchment.

He is quietly overseeing the erosion of the military and destruction of the CIA.

We cannot find fault with the President. This was inevittable, and he accomplished as much as was possible on the tide of emotion we have created.

We always knew that it would take a long time. We've been undermining and expanding for nearly a century now, and only a shadow of the Founders capitalist dream remains intact. The sleeping giant has awakened now, and we can expect the tide to turn against us.

Time to let the tide take us back to sea, and feign conservatism in order to retain power. Thanks to what Comrade Obama has accomplished in a short six months, the next wave to wash upon this shore could well be the last.

In the meanwhile, continue to label FoxNews as biased so that the masses will remain under our sway. The Fairness Doctrine probably can't work yet, but see if we can find some way of silencing conservatives on the radio. Without these outlets, the Great Society would have long since become a reality.

We still have an opportunity to ratify Cap-and-Trade. The bill in it's current form cannot survive, but some token concessions can be made, and we can probably sieze control over the entire economy, and finish off capitalism permanently.

Yes, Comrades...we just might still manage to pull this rabbit out.

The catastrophe this would cause would give Comrade Obama emergency powers, and whether or not the masses actually believe that it was caused by capitalism rather than our actions wouldn't really matter. The actions taken to "fix" the problems would kill the old form of government permanently.

Remember that global warming is a proven fact. The facts don't matter--we control the media. It is important that we maintain this illusion for Cap-and-Trade to ratify without significant reduction. If the masses do not believe this illusion, they will rebel, and boot our lesser comrades out of office.

The ends justify the means. The greatest good for the greatest number. From each according to his means, to each according to his needs. Power is everything. Patriotism is shallow and ignorant. Communism rocks. Capitalism sucks...

Shhhhhh!

Treason

1: The reason the CIA doesn't tell congress everything is that (most) democratic members serve their party and it's agenda first, and theit country last. Whenever it's useful, they will leak and expose top secret operations. REPUBLICANS NEVER DO THIS. NOT EVEN LINDSAY GRAHAM!!!

2: Pinetta found out about, and immediately informed congress about, the secret operation to assassinate Al Quaeda leaders about two weeks prior to exposing it. It was exposed because Nancy Pulosi was in trouble because she knew all about waterboarding all along. They needed a distraction, and always wanted to destroy tha CIA..

3: Why was this program shut down? Now we're NOT going to target Al Quaeda leaders any more?

4: With the exception of my audience of one and younger sibling, it should be dawning on others that this country is being destroyed from within. But it's not happening fast enough. Obama's approval rating is still 59% JUST HOW STUPID CAN YOU PEOPLE GET?

Understand that the US Constitution and Bill of Rights clearly and unambiguously LIMIT the powers of the federal government, with Article Ten for emphasis: Any powers not specificly mentioned elsewhere fall to the states.

It is ILLEGAL for the Federal government to tell businesses what to pay their people, or anything else. It is ILLEGAL to set up "safety nets" or interfere with doctors. To impose or enforce hiring quotas. Helmet/seat belt laws--all unconstitutional.

This is why "constitutional scholars" such as Comrade Obama don't teach the Constitution, but rather case law. The Supreme Court is as vulnerable to ideological corruption as any other institution, and left-leaning administrations stack it with Judges who feel ideals are more important than adherance to these documents; that they know better.

When elected bodies failed to break the law, they got activist courts to negate those laws.

The Founders were a whole lot smarter than any of these clowns, and took pains to prevent what is happening today. They spelled it out: "SHALL NOT". They went way overboard going into detail, because even then (especially in France) the forerunners of socialism were talking about People's Governments (suggested reading "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens).

But those forces have now all but killed our constitution and the underlying system it was meant to protect.

Free enterprise is what made this country the shining city on the hill. Marxists call that capitalism, and are killing it before your eyes. They're doing it in a big hurry, lest members have the time to read what's in those bills and disseminate it to their constituants. They're hammering multiple bills through at once for the same reasons: they don't want YOU to have an opportunity to find out what's in them.

It's for your own good. don't you see?

And you will NOT be informed about any of this unless you watch FoxNews or listen to Radio Free America (which they also intend to silence.)

And LISTEN TO ME: Fox News IS Fair and balanced! If you think it's biased, you are in need of deprogramming. The left wing HAS--per it's KNOWN plans- come to dominate media and acedemia.

The reason Fox dominates the ratings is the fact that they tell the truth objectively, and allow honest debates. The rest of the news you get is slanted left. Prior to FoxNews, you became accustomed to it. It became your "normal".

Now, a network which presents conservatism as well as socialism is called "biased" and you fall for it because you have been conditoned to. Baaah! Baah! (that's a sheep).

No I'm not insulting you. You're busy and you don't pay much attention to this stuff okay okay. Nor am I claiming to be a genius. I merely understand how this stuff works because I was trained to--not just as an intelligence guy but from marketing classes I took.

I'm telling you that an american car is now better than the import. But you've been buying imports and don't want to change. You don't want the best car. You just want the same car.

Wake up. Fox News.

If anything, they're getting corrupted themselves. Socialism spreads like cancer. Bill O'Reilly is another Jesse Ventura/Ross Perot. He carefully bashes both sides equally. The truth is not his target. Staying in the middle is. And yet, many call HIM a right-winger!

Because of all this, capitalism is being destroyed right before your eyes. You just won't feel it till it lands right smack on top of you.

Well SO FAR, Cap/Trade is gonna cost YOU at least 1500 bucks (and maybe your job). He said he wouldn't raise your taxes. This is why. Sucker! When the Bush tax cuts expire, your taxes WILL shoot up. Wait til you can't get medical care due to rationing, and pay higher premiums than you do now because you've got to cover twenty million illegal aliens.

Right wing bombs? WAKE UP DAMMIT--I just told you the TRUTH.

WaitTilNextYear I know you're the choir, but maybe I gave you some ammo or something.

D.O.T. Proctology

First of all, I really wish that the state of Ohio would honor prepass. You've got the scanners and stuff, but you never ever let me by, empty or loaded. WHY?

Anyway, they also love their random stops and inspections...although for me...well maybe it's the tattoos, but it's not random.

They're nice enough about it--doing their jobs the way they're ordered to, and not out to get anybody who's not actually dangerous. It's a pain to get pulled over and hung up (about one out of every ten times I get the red light on my prepass--which is every time any Ohio scale is open...and have to take my empty trailer through there...)...but at least the guys crawling through my paperwork and truck are professionals.

Hey Prepass--don't you have some reciprocal thing with these states? What's the technology worth when a state refuses to use it? I think Ohio has a deal with construction contractors, and wants to tear up weigh stations as much as possible. Why focus on heavy trucks when you can get EVERYBODY? Dammit.

But I digress. Anyway this time the officer found a leaky seal on my drive, plus located a pesky air-leak. I was grateful. Drivers inspect their wheel-seals in a walk-around. We can't crawl under the trucks all the time, so we don't see the inside of the axles.

This (new) leak might well have gone unnoticed by me and resulted in a burned out bearing or worse.

Then, when I went to get it fixed (immediately), the mechanics found a badly scored brake cylinder and stuff, which was another bullet I dodged by getting it fixed immediately.

Because E-Trade's version of "7-10 days" is 7-10 WEEKS, I of course could not pay them out of my Business account (no checks), so I estimate that I now have a zero cash balance in my personal account...and maybe owe an overdraft fee, since I had to mail a damn check in order to transfer some money from the business account to the personal account...which is another crock of...

Anyway I guess the moral is that while the guys who set the policies for the Ohio DOT are jerks, the guys who execute them are competant pros just doing their jobs, and if you're an owner-operator they can do you favors.

WaitTilNextYear should know that the flashlight he gave me gave up the ghost after only about 2 years. I think it's the big clunky things that you slide into the tube. There were instructions but I lost them. I'm supposed to buy some more of these things, partially disassemble the thing, take the old ones out, put the new ones in, and reassemble it.

I think the companies do this on purpose, knowing that us non-technical types will never be able to figure all this out.

He should also know that my older brother has been in touch. I'll have to get caught up.

It's been rough and most of my money is in my truck. I think I've got them to stop screwing me out of loads (as badly) at the company, so I should generate some money which...in seven to ten weeks when E-Trade gets around to sending me my new debit card...I may even be able to get my hands on.

I joinded NOIDA (I think-it's the owner-operator association) because I foresee needing to get two more new tires, and the discount could save me 200 bucks. Through THEM, I'll get me a real owner-operator type truck accountant and get things transferred and shipped and rolling and stuff.

With all the losses I've taken, maybe the Comprades have accidentally included me in a bailout.

But I doubt it.

Inspector Clouseau

1: A few weeks ago, Leon Panietta shocked me by exhibitting integrity rarely found in a socialist. (OK remember--the dictionary, marxist manifesto, websites? No PC here--accuracy is important so get over your conditioning.).

Anyway, Comrade Pulosi denied having been briefed on waterboarding by the CIA.. and Panietta-director of the CIA-backed up his people and other representatives who were present at the briefing and said yes whe was.

Last week he changed his mind and said no she wasn't.

You see, in order for the CIA to be blinded, deafened, and locked in the basement, we need to close Gitmo and make sure nobody gets waterboarded. If Pulosi knew, then she was complicit, and can't prosecute anybody without prosecuting herself.

Panietta reverted to behavior I'm more accustomed to, and is selling out his country for his party. The agenda is to expose and ruin the consultants and officers who were involved; everybody who served their country.

Now they're cancelling a secret program (which they can't talk about). Shortly, the nature of this program will leak, so that even if it isn't cancelled, it will be compromised and useless--like the cellphone monitoring thing.

Terrorists from all over the middle east now go to Afghanistan to kill americans and prevent the horrors of freedom and democracy. Most are ignorant, brainwashed cannon fodder, but some are bomb-makers and tacticians.

These are the guys who have actionable, operational intelligence about stash and troop locations and pending attacks.

Now I really need you to pretend to think here, so please pretend that your son or your brother is over there, and that these guys are trying to kill HIM, ok? For convenience, we can pretend it's me, since had this happened when I served, I would have been.

Let's get into that: I email not so often, and my emails bitch about how damn hot it is and how I wish I had a beer and could look at the women and stuff--and maybe I told you about one of my pals who is now DEAD.

Got it? Ok now we can proceed: There is a list of high-profile foreign enemies who are certain to have valuable, perishable operational intelligence at all times.

Now, if these assholes are brought to detention centers, they are read their miranda rights--which include their right to an attorney and their right to remain silent. I can only assume that the capture details are preserved in a special file so that the soldiers and officers concerned can be soebpeonaed off the battlefield for courtroom appearances and depositions in a US courtroom later.

Please remember that I am over there and keep your thinking cap on. Who is this asshole? He is a citezen of a foreign country and an enemy of america and it's allies. He is committed to my death and our defeat. He is not a US citezen. He doesn't even represent a country and wears no uniform, so Geneva conventions don't even apply to him.

...an now he has the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, who will be assigned until the ACLU rushes to his defense and a billion dollars hire some mercenary.

Now, this guy knows where the people are who are going to kill me. He knows where the bombs that will kill me are made, and the weapons that will kill me are stashed, and even where and when they are going to kill me.

But we won't find out. And I am dead. And BARRACK OBAMA AND NANCY PULOSI KILLED ME. NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

The ends justify the means.

2: While you've been sleeping, the Cap/Trade bill was passed. You don't think about it, since you personally haven't been hit by it yet.

Let's try time-travel: Suddenly, you get five gallons and it costs you an extra 3.30. You go grocery shopping and what used to cost 50 bucks costs 68 bucks. Your utility bill costs an extra 75 bucks.

YOU ARE LAID OFF.

Gee! How did that happen? I mean, YOU don't work in manufacturing!

Well, nobody can afford the products you sell or distribute, plus some of your suppliers are bankrupt of moving overseas. With shipping costs (now twice as much by the way), they can't see how they can make a dime by sending stuff all the way to you...I mean nobody can afford it anymore.

Good thing you're unemployed, though, since you can't afford anything anyway.

The ends justify the means.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?