Comments on: ATA Expands Safety Agenda http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/10/09/ata-expands-safety-agenda/1095.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:26:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lesa http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/10/09/ata-expands-safety-agenda/1095.html/comment-page-1/#comment-7966 Lesa Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:02:41 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/?p=1095#comment-7966 I'd like to drug test the ATA....and the croonies they run with....as they are apparently on crack...crack heads....and its disgraceful as they do not know trucking...or they'd slap their friends hand, Lobbyists and bankers..and get them bankers regulated and quit listening to over paid Lobbysists who are selling them a good line......Yeah big brother is watching.....Jesus......Logistics globally stealing...wallstreet... before the ATA helps shut us down further out here and these bankers shutting down more businesses........as it is looking a bit grim out here... I can only hope the evil doers.... keep up the delusional thinking and careless betrayal to a nation...and then run naked for the next elections....or whatever... As this false sense of intelligence obviously needs to be drug tested... GO TRUCKERS...YOU ARE KEEPING US ALIVE....MUCH RESPECT...AND LOVE.... PS: Maybe the ATA should go broke, then they would have time to think past their nose...as no thought is really frustrating.... I’d like to drug test the ATA….and the croonies they run with….as they are apparently on crack…crack heads….and its disgraceful as they do not know trucking…or they’d slap their friends hand, Lobbyists and bankers..and get them bankers regulated and quit listening to over paid Lobbysists who are selling them a good line……Yeah big brother is watching…..Jesus……Logistics globally stealing…wallstreet… before the ATA helps shut us down further out here and these bankers shutting down more businesses……..as it is looking a bit grim out here…
I can only hope the evil doers…. keep up the delusional thinking and careless betrayal to a nation…and then run naked for the next elections….or whatever…
As this false sense of intelligence obviously needs to be drug tested…

GO TRUCKERS…YOU ARE KEEPING US ALIVE….MUCH RESPECT…AND LOVE….

PS: Maybe the ATA should go broke, then they would have time to think past their nose…as no thought is really frustrating….

]]> By: LINDA SUNKLE-PIERUCKI http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/10/09/ata-expands-safety-agenda/1095.html/comment-page-1/#comment-2339 LINDA SUNKLE-PIERUCKI Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:22:18 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/?p=1095#comment-2339 Thanks, Grumpy! Sometimes, I think truckers are their own worst enemy-they dont pay attention to the slings and arrows being pointed in their direction, then bitch after the fact that nobody cares what the new ATA-sponsored regs do to them. You simply cant lead from behind-I'll do an article this weekend about what a driver can do to actually make changes by getting ahead of them. The only way they're going to give lip service to the needs of the trucker, be it in wage compensation or working conditions is if we force it! Look at it this way: Bill Graves=politician ATA=politics. As for the Bondage reference, that was because these folks at the ATA have some real control issues and I figured if we gave them some fantasy control or something to make them feel important, maybe they'd leave us alone. I think I'll pass on the website-I just cleaned all of this weeks accumulation of spyware outta this machine.. . . Thanks, Grumpy! Sometimes, I think truckers are their own worst enemy-they dont pay attention to the slings and arrows being pointed in their direction, then bitch after the fact that nobody cares what the new ATA-sponsored regs do to them. You simply cant lead from behind-I’ll do an article this weekend about what a driver can do to actually make changes by getting ahead of them. The only way they’re going to give lip service to the needs of the trucker, be it in wage compensation or working conditions is if we force it! Look at it this way: Bill Graves=politician ATA=politics.

As for the Bondage reference, that was because these folks at the ATA have some real control issues and I figured if we gave them some fantasy control or something to make them feel important, maybe they’d leave us alone. I think I’ll pass on the website-I just cleaned all of this weeks accumulation of spyware outta this machine.. . .

]]> By: v.grumpy http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/10/09/ata-expands-safety-agenda/1095.html/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 v.grumpy Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:45:50 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/?p=1095#comment-2314 Bondage magazine? Well, um, ah, oh-kay then. Hey, great piece! ATA, the enemy of the American trucker. The danger here is that with everything else falling apart with the economy some of this "stuff" will sneak through. I shudder to think who is going to head up the DOT when Mary Mary Quite Contrary Peters leaves and the new administration takes over. Of course, I saw nothing in this "package" about why I'm making the same (or less) than I did 10 years ago. It says nothing about overtime. Why should UPS drivers have all the fun? It mentions nothing about the portability of my health insurance from carrier to carrier. It says nothing about being paid "real world" miles. And there's nothing about making shippers and consignees pay for waiting time after, let's say, 2 hours. I heard, I believe his name is Lyndon Finney or something, from The Trucker on The Lockridge Report on Sirius (was that this year?) talk about the ATA annual meeting. That's like Shawn Hannity interviewing Sara Palin - all fluff. Bill Graves, the former Governor of Kansas, seems to be his hero. The ATA loves to beat the safety drum, but very conveniently shies far away from the whole driver compensation issue. Again, good job! ps/for the "insider" Kink.com Bondage magazine? Well, um, ah, oh-kay then. Hey, great piece! ATA, the enemy of the American trucker. The danger here is that with everything else falling apart with the economy some of this “stuff” will sneak through. I shudder to think who is going to head up the DOT when Mary Mary Quite Contrary Peters leaves and the new administration takes over. Of course, I saw nothing in this “package” about why I’m making the same (or less) than I did 10 years ago. It says nothing about overtime. Why should UPS drivers have all the fun? It mentions nothing about the portability of my health insurance from carrier to carrier. It says nothing about being paid “real world” miles. And there’s nothing about making shippers and consignees pay for waiting time after, let’s say, 2 hours. I heard, I believe his name is Lyndon Finney or something, from The Trucker on The Lockridge Report on Sirius (was that this year?) talk about the ATA annual meeting. That’s like Shawn Hannity interviewing Sara Palin – all fluff. Bill Graves, the former Governor of Kansas, seems to be his hero. The ATA loves to beat the safety drum, but very conveniently shies far away from the whole driver compensation issue. Again, good job!
ps/for the “insider” Kink.com

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