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The Independence Party of Minnesota does more than motivate people to "waste" their vote. Year by year, the IP is becoming better established not by winning votes but by winning members. When a person stops identifying one's self as a Democrat or Republican and starts identifying one's self as...

You would not know it by the way he campaigned. Franken and Coleman both ran despicable campaign ads that suggested a lack of personal integrity, lack of respect for the process and lack of respect for the voters.

Among people who track such things, Minnesota state election processes are known as some of the cleanest and most reliable in the country. The recent election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat produced a razor-thin margin of victory, initially for Coleman (Republican) and then for Franken...

Thank you, Dreammaker, for the link to this interesting, informative and thorough article. It is well worth the read.

Lower truck speeds produce better fuel economy because wind resistance increases at higher speeds. The laws of physics apply equally to all truck brands. On our 2006 Volvo, we can instantly see the difference. On any road, if we are driving 65 mph and then slow to 55 mph, the mpg indicator...

I'm not advocating a specific speed or saying 55 mph will work. Just stating my preference for a uniform 55 mph speed limit. I know this is a minority view. 55 mph would work if speed limiters were put on cars. Think green! Think safety! Think how much better off the four-wheelers can be!

While I agree that the elimination of split speed limits is a good thing, I would have preferred to see car speeds reduced to 55 mph instead of truck speeds increased. Fuel economy is better at slower speeds.

California's fiscal year came to an end last night and no balanced budget is in place for the 2009-2010 fiscal year that begins today. The state will begin paying its creditors with IOUs starting tomorrow if a last-ditch effort to agree on a balanced budget is unsuccessful today. Why IOUs...

wellarmed, The non-swimmers who are also non-sinkers have nothing at all to do with the price of tea in China. I mentioned them in reponse to Ark's comment about Washington. As to more about them, that is better debated in the Soapbox. Back to expediting, you are exactly right. "Expediting is...

Anyone paying attention can learn from this thread. You make it clear that: (1) truck damage can be sustained that will take you out of the business for a time, (2) full compensation for down time is not readily available, and (3) vendors cannot be counted upon to do what they say will do. It...

You are exactly right. Life itself is a terminal condition. People who make a living in the safety of their home office drop dead there too. One minimizes the physical risks in an expediting business by operating safely, but the risks remain. One minimizes the financial risks in an expediting...

You have written about this before in the Open Forum and I know about the damage your truck sustained. Having never been trained as a firefighter, I have never learned that lesson about assets. But in the U.S. Army Infantry, and as a financial planner, I learned to never become decisively...

We must also remember that there are people out there who can't swim and never will be able to learn, or if they could have once learned, it is now too late. What of them? Do we let a person in a wheel chair sink simply because he or she cannot swim? Do we let a prison inmate rot in jail...

The fact remains that we make more money hauling freight for the government than we pay in taxes, and we remain free to work when we please, for whom we please, and to say yes or no to any offered load. Call it dependent contractor if you wish. Our carrier and the IRS call it independent...

We are running freight in the Western states at the moment and don't know where we will be over the long weekend. There are very few reefer trucks out here and freight has been moving. The best we can hope for is a good run that keeps us busy over the 4th. If we are laid over someplace, I bet...

Diane and I were driving on a New Mexico back road yesterday and could not believe our eyes when we happened upon a group of oryx. What are 6,000 African oryx doing in New Mexico? Check it out.

I am not unsympathetic to your plight and do share some of your views about the federal government. However, the more you look to blame the government for your ills, the less power you retain to solve your problems. Every expediter operates under the same federal government you do but not all of...

Facts about carriers can be more easily determined, like when you call them and get the message that their phone number has been disconnected and their advertising stops where it used to appear before. While specifics about individual expediters are hard to come by in any meaningful fashion...

Come on, Moose! Are you getting soft? You've seen Minnesota mosquitoes bigger than that.