Truckers Strike.

A "STRIKE FOR TRUTH & JUSTICE" is a wonderful idea. It would send a STRONG message of "non-cooperation" and "civil resistance" alright !!!

To be effective...it would need to be observed by a large cross-section of the population. In fact...as I see the world as a whole waking up, it may very well become a popular idea across the planet.
*** Afterall...if "anti-FARC" organizers can get millions of people worldwide to march on one particular day...we should be able to get hundreds of millions to do so for the future freedom of mankind.

Marches...Boycotts...Concerts...Meetings...Services.

I have not heard of a trucker's strike particularly, but April 15, 2008 will be the Great American Strike in peaceful protest of the IRS and Federal Reserve.

Why?
"Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve" by the Ludwig Von Misses Institute
available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iYZM58dulPE

"Freedom to Fascism" by Aaron Russo
part 1 available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ueEfRXZCVA

Pass those on and ask people to go to www.LibertyTax08.com to find out why they too should participate in the Great American Strike of 2008.

Also, don't forget to email RFIDpetition@gmail.com for a copy of the petition against the Real Id/RFID.

Hope that helps...

Thanks,
Rochelle

http://digg.com/politics/Truckers_We_re_Haulin_For_Paul_RON_...

... strikes and protests are SUPPOSED to be disruptive.

Why do current Americans when confronted with the idea of strike, protest or march get all upset about being nice and well-mannered and not causing any "trouble" and then whimper about being called names by the Old Media?

I don't get it...

"Give me liberty or I'll go sit in the corner and behave!"

=)

time diesel was cheaper than gas. I guess they figured they could back door us by reaming the truckers, so consumers wouldn't pay much attention.
All the while consumers were getting double screwed because a large portion of the diesel price increase was being transfered to the consumer.

Here's The Scoop

*Independents and Union Drivers will mainly be the striking drivers
*Dedicated drivers have largely been told if they participate they will be fired 4/2 Many dedicated outfits just won't load on 4/1 to avoid the strike mess. Dead-heading (driving empty) home already is basically not allowed at present cost so if you are out and get a load you must drive to aviod firing.
* Diesel is at $3.90 give or take Nationwide
* At $5.00 for Diesel the trucks either can't run or the driver's would have to be replaced by cheaper labor (Mexican?) At any rate they see jobs ending soon since Diesel will hit $5.00 before regular gas hits $4.00
*Truckers understand that cost of Diesel is due to inflation caused by Federal Reserve NOT OPEC or lack of supply (Go Trucker's...apparently been talking about it on radio to radio rather than watching FAUX news/they get it)
* The point is to tell Government to lay off with the inflation that will soon put them out of a job.

Devon: How long until Diesel hits $5.00 nationwide average?

Let them know there's no energy crisis. Go to www.lwoil.com and find out about the Alaska Oil Refuge, the largest oil reserve in the world known about since the sixties.

...there shouldn't be near so many long-haul truckers in the first place. If market forces were truly allowed to operate, the vastly greater efficiency and safety of rail freight would dominate.

PS I don't know if any of you have been on Eastern I-40 in the middle of the night but the 18-wheelers flying down the road at 95 mph in the dark are just death waiting to happen. Maybe the scariest driving situation I've ever been in.

what would it be like if we all went on strike for a week. Especially small businesses

Why is Mexico's gasoline so much cheaper than ours?

lets all go on strike.

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http://www.truckers4ronpaul.org/index.html

http://truckdriverblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/who-is-ron-paul....

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Truckers we're Haulin for Ron Paul

i feel for them. they saw the rising fuel costs and what it would do to them AND they have so much power to stop it if they band together. i hope they realize that. just imagine if the trucks stop trucking!
i hope that they do. it will be hell for all while it lasts but it needs to be done.
and yes, it's got to be about more than the price of fuel.......the truckers who don't know, need to know about the nau/ttcorridor etc.
i'm sure many of them do and the word needs to spread.

what can we do? we can help them spread the word.

if the truckers go down, we all go down. it's that simple.
and it's that horrible.

PS time for veggie oil trucks!

In the 60's and 70's, even into the early 80's they could have caused a major stir, but that all changed with (guess what?) big business buy outs. Companies came in with money and pre paid for fuel in the 10's of thousands of gallons at 1.85 a gallon. Ask an Independent how many owner operators there are in America versus 20 years ago and they will tell you that the .gov has made it hard if not near impossible to make it on your own. The drivers that work for companies as opposed to independents do not pay for their fuel, the companies do so, so it is no sweat off their backs. If you read the writing on the wall with allowing Mexican trucks to deliver inside the U.S. how long do you think a U.S. trucker strike would last when Mexican drivers can and will deliver for half of the pay an American driver would, and unlike American drivers I would dare say that companies would not hesitate to pay a foreign driver a fair fuel surcharge due to the reduced rate of delivery. So no go on the American truckers striking as the .gov has made sure that the company drivers are taken care of, and any and all increases of fuel will be taken care of through inflation and the tax payer can split the bill. Think I am crazy, go to a truck stop and talk to the drivers as the .gov has assured that they have very little political pull like they did in yester year.

BT

Dam politicians, not rivers!

the plight of truckers is not bad enough, the demolition of homes and construction of the next phase of the non-existant NAFTA Superhighway has begun.

http://nevernwo.blogspot.com/2008/03/demolition-for-naftas-i...

Any sites for this. I will shut down my business this day too. I am paying 4$4.25 per gallon and have had it.Where did you find this info? Is it just a rumor.

I think they have good reason to strike.

They are the lifeline of this nation and are getting screwed over right now. The independent ones anyway.

If they do strike it would have serious consequences.

The globalists want to destroy America's truckers. Opening the U.S. to Mexican trucks and truckers is the plan.

I have worked in the heavy hauling transportation sector for years, and if the trucks stop running, there are about 4 DAYS worth of products on shelves in all stores.

This doesn't include 'panicked' buying, which could shorten it.

Bottom line, if the trucks don't run, the shelves run dry within a week.

im no economist, but it seems like such a protest would effect a rise in the prices of everything else due to mass shortages. no?

if they were informed they'd go on strike protesting the Trans Texas Corridor and the fact Mexican drivers are now allowed to cruise around the US with their goods. they also need to understand gas prices haven't gone up at all. it's just that their dollar buys less gasoline. i always try to educate people on monetary issues when i get the chance.

once that highway is complete the Teamsters can kiss their jobs goodbye. of course they'll probably be squeezed out long before that happens. the new contract they got is ridiculous.

.. truckers have been very effective at hell raising..

=P

http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/03/19/news/iowa/doc47e0...

stopped by yesterday and talked for 3 hours. She has to stop trucking because she said that she is barely breaking even. She is looking for a job in the mining/oil industry,and has to refinance her loans on her truck (who would buy it?), land, etc. in order to be able to afford the payments. She will have to live in her truck. I asked her how the Mexican truckers fare, then? She said they can fill up in Mexico, where diesel is 87 cents a gallon, so only they are making any profit at all.

would do wonders to bring the gas prices down!

I think they should strike in protest of Bush's open borders Mexican truck initiative.