‘Gee our old Lasalle ran great' “Do we have a presidential candidate? Do we have a president? Is it November yet? Can I unbury my head from the sand?” Fed up with the rhetoric of the primary campaigns? You're not alone. Read Dave Sweetman's blog.
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They rally around the family Each of the twin ports at Los Angeles and Long Beach have been considering an employee-only driver plan for months that would effectively remove all owner-operators from the port business, including local drayage trucks and long-haul drivers who make up a majority of Land Line readers. This plan is drawing sharp criticism. Read about it in today's blog by Charlie Morasch .
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N.J. toll increases will only shift debt New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine recently released a draft of his plan to increase tolls on the state's three major toll roads to refinance other forms of state debt. There's just a really big catch to his deal. Read about it in David Tanner's blog.
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Blacklisted Blacklisting is used as a tool to suppress or make people stop what they are doing, saying or in some cases, writing. The U.S. DOT has taken blacklisting to a new level and it's something Land Line Managing Editor Sandi Soendker knows firsthand.
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New Jersey, the Jackboot State? Maybe there's some job description in New Jersey that requires cops or other government people with authority to be uninformed, uneducated, unacquainted and totally in the dark on the Freedom of Speech in our country. Read what has Sandi Soendker on a tear in her blog today.
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Truckin' Marines Justifiably, much has been said about American truckers who streamed into Iraq as contractors to help support the early years of the long “War on Terrorism.” Now Marines are taking the wheel. Read about it in Bill Hudgins' blog today.
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The real cost of oil remains to be seen The price of crude oil surpassing $100 per barrel has broken a major psychological barrier, and some oil traders believe the price will only go up from there. David Tanner writes about the possible future of oil prices in his blog today.
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Put the hammer down Too many government people are carrying hammers around these days and nary a piggy bank is safe. David Tanner takes irresponsible government spending to task in his blog today.
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