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From: tedorn44 on 24 Feb 2007 08:16
On Feb 23, 9:33 pm, "johnny@." <johnny@.> wrote:
> [February 23, 2007, 9:30 pm]
>
> By LESLIE MILLER
> Associated Press Writer
> WASHINGTON
>
> The news that Mexican trucks will be allowed to haul freight deeper into
> the United States drew an angry reaction Friday from labor leaders,
> safety advocates and members of Congress.
>
> They said Mexico has substandard trucks and low-paid drivers that will
> threaten national security, cost thousands of jobs and endanger
> motorists on the northern side of the border.
>
> The Bush administration's plan to let 100 Mexican trucking companies
> carry cargo beyond the immediate border area was announced Thursday in
> Mexico.
>
> "This...
> ...program will make trade with Mexico easier and keep our roads safe at
> the same time," Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday. She
> announced details of the plan in El Paso, Texas, at the Bridge of the
> Americas, which connects to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
>
> Said Teamsters President Jim Hoffa: "They are playing a game of Russian
> roulette on America's highways."
>
> Access to all U.S. highways was promised by 2000 under the 1993 North
> American Free Trade Agreement, as was access through Mexico for U.S.
> carriers.
>
> That aspect of NAFTA was stalled by lawsuits and disagreements between
> the two countries,though Canadian and U.S. trucks travel freely across
> the northern border.
>
> The Bush pilot project will let Mexican truck companies travel from
> Mexico throughout the United States and back. No hazardous material
> shipments will be permitted.
>
> According to the Transportation Department, U.S. inspectors will inspect
> every truck and interview drivers to make sure they can read and speak
> English. They'll examine trucks and check the licenses, insurance and
> driving records of the Mexican drivers. Inspectors will also verify that
> the trucking companies are insured by U.S.-licensed firms.
>
> The first Mexicantrucks are expected to drive into the United States
> beyond the border area in about 60 days, the Transportation Department says.
>
> National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman questioned
> how the U.S. could spare sending inspectors to Mexico when only a tiny
> percentage of the hundreds of thousands of U.S. truck companies are
> inspected every year.
>
> "They lack the inspectors to conduct safety reviews of at-risk domestic
> carriers," Hersman said. "That situation only gets worse if resources
> are diverted to the border."
>
> One-fourth of all U.S. trucks are taken off the road after
> randominspections because they're so unsafe, she said. An even higher
> percentage of Mexican trucks are taken off the road at Texas border
> crossings, she said.
>
> Mexican carriers insist their rigs meet U.S. standards. And according to
> the Transportation Department, 240 government employees deal with
> Mexican truck issues.
>
> Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, said inspections will be
> meaningless because the trucks won't be equipped with black boxes that
> record how long a driver has been behind the wheel.
>
> "They have no way of telling how many hours these truck drivers have
> been driving before they getto the U.S., let alone when they get here,"
> Claybrook said.
>
> Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Appropriations
> Subcommittee on Transportation, announced a March 8 hearing to determine
> whether the arrangement meets safety requirements.
>
> Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chair of the House Highways subcommittee,
> said Congress will keep a close eye on the program.
>
> Mexico responded to the U.S. announcement by saying it will allow trucks
> from 100 U.S. companies to travel across the border.
>
> Business groups have wanted the border opened to avoid middleman costs
> of transferring goods fromMexican to U.S. trucks.
>
> The American Trucking Associations said it supports the program, but
> wants to make sure that U.S. and Mexican truck companies are held to the
> same standards.
>
> "We also are waiting to see that when US carriers are allowed to travel
> into Mexico that the regulatory and permitting process that U.S.
> carriers undergo is fair and transparent," the ATA said in a statement.
>
> http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/ap-mexican-truck-deal-draws-angry-...
> ___
>
> On the Net:
>
> Transportation Department:http://www.dot.gov
> --
> Tom Tancredo for President in 2008
> For a Secure Americahttp://www.teamtancredo.org/http://tancredo.house.gov/

Wave that flag, shout for joy! Don't we have a wonderful government?

ted


From: Brent P on 24 Feb 2007 19:19
In article <XG%Dh.733$BE2.295(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, David R wrote:

> but keep on electing those hillbilly republicons,

And while you're at it, stop electing those democrats too.

After all, both of them are working hand in hand, especially when it comes
to merging our economy with Mexico's.


From: David R on 24 Feb 2007 22:16

"Brent P" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:NqadnYE0H7JhSH3YnZ2dnUVZ_vjinZ2d(a)comcast.com...
> In article <XG%Dh.733$BE2.295(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, David R wrote:
>
>> but keep on electing those hillbilly republicons,
>
> And while you're at it, stop electing those democrats too.
>
> After all, both of them are working hand in hand, especially when it comes
> to merging our economy with Mexico's.
>

who has been letting them in for the last 6 years ?

before that they were being caught by Social security, reported and
deported,

bush has stopped the INS and the SS administration, except for a few
incidents
to make people think they are serious about stopping the illegal immigration


From: Brent P on 24 Feb 2007 22:31
In article <Kc7Eh.1322$m85.980(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, David R wrote:

> who has been letting them in for the last 6 years ?

See here we go again, you need to try to make me into one of the two
teams. The same people who've been letting them in for the past half
century, the democrats and republicans.

> before that they were being caught by Social security, reported and
> deported,

Bullshit. There are token round ups and that is it.

> bush has stopped the INS and the SS administration, except for a few
> incidents
> to make people think they are serious about stopping the illegal immigration

That's how it's been since Ike left office.


From: Brent P on 24 Feb 2007 22:44
In article <Vm7Eh.1323$m85.18(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, David R wrote:

> true, we're tired of the republicans mouths,slander, lies, character
> assassinations, etc.

Same thing the democrats do. It's just drama to keep people's eyes off the
ball and have them waste their political energy on nonsense while always
voting in the controlled system.

> but the fact is, that everyone will suffer because of these policies,
> the divide and conquer technique makes everyone helpless,

So long as most people think in the terms of D or R... Until black box
voting or some incident renders voting obsolete it's up to the people to
choose otherwise.

> America desperately needs a uniter and compromiser to start carrying out the
> will of the People, and work out the differences between them,

It's called the constitution and bill of rights and there is no
compromising it. Compromise is what has allowed incrementalism to work.
Each time people compromise, but that compromise is always giving
government or the monied interests more power or their way, just makes it
take longer to get it all.

> Americans need to take their government back from the self centered
> politicians and the moneyed interests that own them

And the first thing to do is realize they are bought and paid for and that
the choices presented time and time again are really non-choices.

> if my neighbor is a raving lunatic, that being a republican bush supporter,
> it doesn't mean his
> kids and mine can't play at both our houses where we both know they're safe,
> that we can't cut each others grass when one is
> on vacation, or go fishing together,or call each other raving lunatics and
> laugh while we say it

> but the politicians have divided people to the point that they are beginning
> to hate the other side,
> where in the past they only disagreed, and went ahead on with the important
> things,

It's because people are not happy with the loss of liberty. They aren't
happy with massive borrowing, they aren't happy about a lot of things. And
because all political effort is channeled into the D vs. R football game,
that is what it becomes. Wasted effort that should be going to a real
political revolution.


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