Teenager hit by tractor-trailer dies
Isn't it illegal to ride dirt bikes on the street? (2 hrs ago | post #1)
We can't forswear use of fossil fuels
Oh that we were irrevocably tied to trains. The number of people who could be moved for the same amount of fossil fuel (or the resultant electricity from the burning thereof) would save millions of barrels of oil a year. (2 hrs ago | post #1)
Inaccurate labels stigmatize city kids
If the little darlings hadn't run afoul of the law to begin with there wouldn't have been any knocks on the door. Stop blaming everyone else for your screwups. (2 hrs ago | post #4)
High winds and rain lash the region High winds and rain lash re...
The second storm provided some fantastic fireworks - made driving an adventure, but still.... (23 hrs ago | post #3)
Pastor gets into motorcycle crash - during service
When you have the courage to use your real name, I will be concerned about your opinions of me. Unitl then... (Wednesday | post #23)
Spying on protesters curbs basic rights
Oh please. Philip Berrigan and the Catonsville Nine didn't let being spied on stop them; they had convictions to their cause and did what they needed to do no matter what. The only thng missing is Chlarlton Heston coming out and uttering the famous line "Soylent Green is people!" (Wednesday | post #1)
Pastor gets into motorcycle crash - during service
God DID protect him - he drove into an empty row of seats; had there been people in those seats there would have been many serious injuries and instead of being able to laugh at himself this poor guy would be tormented with guilt. (Tuesday | post #17)
Unsafe truck, bus drivers on the road
I never said truck driving wasn't difficult - I said it would not be difficult to find replacement drivers; if it were, then when the people who are driving trucks now are dead, we won't have any more truck drivers. And yes, I have had a criminal background check - it was required at the job form which I recently retired. (Tuesday | post #12)
Unsafe truck, bus drivers on the road
I take it from your comments that you drive a fire engine/quint/ladde r truck/heavy rescue vehicle? First off, save the "autombile drivers are at fault, not truck drivers." While that may be true in some cases, it is not true in all cases. Besides, that is not the issue the article addressed. If you had read my post without a jaundiced eye you would have noticed that I was addressing one comment by one driver who made it sound like we should let commercial truck drivers do anything they damn well please because truck drivers are so "rare". Well, sorry but I DISAGREE with that person - and I don't need a CDL to be allowed to do that. But based on your post - which is very defensive, and very protective of truckers - I have to ask: are you actually implying 1) that truckers never drive drunk or under the influence of any sort of drugs, and that they never break any laws regarding speed, lane-changing, crowding, aggressive driving, and so forth, and 2) that truckers should be allowed to do as they please without regard for the law? (Tuesday Jul 22 | post #6)
Carter-era appeal won't work today
Then we're doomed; the United States hasn't had a statesman since the Founding Fathers. (Tuesday Jul 22 | post #3)
Leno's days on 'Tonight' are numbered
O'Brien will take over on June 1, and the Tonight Show will be laid to rest by Labor Day. Jay Leno has done an admirable of job keeping the show alive, albeit on life support, since Johnny Carson retired, but O'Brien doesn't have what it takes to host the granddaddy of talk shows. (Tuesday Jul 22 | post #1)
Unsafe truck, bus drivers on the road
'"Do you enjoy your clothing and house? Without the truck driver you would have none of it," said Gary Hull, 52, a trucker for a Louisiana company, as he drove from Edinburg, Texas, to Mansfield, La. "Our economy is based on the truck. People don't understand the ramifications of making it more restrictive for truck drivers to drive." ' Tha's the kind of attitude that makes the eight recommendations, made by safety regulators, necessary. Yes, Mr. Hull, we do understand the ramifications: we'd have safer roads. There are people out there who would readily take the spot of any trucker who was disqualified from driving. It's not as though truck drivers grow on an endangered species of plant; they're just people, and there are lots of people around. (Tuesday Jul 22 | post #2)
Gas tax seems to have nowhere to go but up
And actually, Angel Soft, I'm a conservative. I believe in SMALLER government, personal responsibility (I've been working since I was 13 - 38 years - and have NEVER been on welfare), and limitations on social programs that would force recipients to get off their arses and get jobs instead of endlessly sucking on the teats of government handout programs. (Sunday Jul 20 | post #14)
Gas tax seems to have nowhere to go but up
Oops...please cut one "into the discussion" as you read my second post (#9). (Sunday Jul 20 | post #11)
Gas tax seems to have nowhere to go but up
Well, "billy bob", at least I can spell. "wating" ??? And at least I use my real name on my posts - and I dont' call people names. EXCEPT this one time, you wad of used toilet paper. (Sunday Jul 20 | post #10)
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