I am a little confused even though I am also a member of the "1" club on why if you are in the same truck, appears as if you are using the same computer why you would use the same computer to talk to each other? Did I miss something here?
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Doggie Daddy
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It does appear that you have missed something,as we are not in a truck or even on the same computer.And I'm sure if you think long and hard you will know why you are a member of the "1" club.DD.
Wouldn't it be great...Linda, Cheri and Diva in a mud wrestling match at Expo 2008???? Of course the proceeds go to charity...*LOL*
Let me see, how can I say this tactfully.....oh - I know: IN YOUR DREAMS, OVM! 
Whatever mind created mud wrestling was clearly overdosing on testosterone - a battle of wits is much more interesting. ( Especially when one or more of the participants are half-wits. Not that anyone particular here qualifies, of course.)
Whatever mind created mud wrestling was clearly overdosing on testosterone - a battle of wits is much more interesting. ( Especially when one or more of the participants are half-wits. Not that anyone particular here qualifies, of course.)
mrgoodtude
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mrgoodtude
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It does appear that you have missed something,as we are not in a truck or even on the same computer.And I'm sure if you think long and hard you will know why you are a member of the "1" club.DD.
Well I must admit I have not spent much time wondering about being included in the "1" club but it has crossed my mind on what we have done to the two of you personally to get into this club that has many members you have gave this privilege to. I do know that you have sent us private messages about getting into DoD loads and I believe we were helpful in this area so nope really do not know what was done personally to you guys.
Well I must admit I have not spent much time wondering about being included in the "1" club but it has crossed my mind on what we have done to the two of you personally to get into this club that has many members you have gave this privilege to. I do know that you have sent us private messages about getting into DoD loads and I believe we were helpful in this area so nope really do not know what was done personally to you guys.
Doggie Daddy
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I never said it was personal,more like the way you and others on this forum have treated others that only come here for answers and to be treated equally.
And yes we have asked for info from you and you were very helpful.Too bad the same courtesy isn't extended to all who participate (or try to) here. DD.
Doggie Daddy
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a battle of wits is much more interesting. ( Especially when one or more of the participants are half-wits.)
Now Cherry don't be so hard on yourself.DD.
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mrgoodtude
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arkjarhead
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You want to be a lawyer? A lawyer? You are a truck driver and you want to be a lawyer? What in the world has gotten into you?
I have my own reasons. I haven't drove a truck in 13 months. Although I do still have my Class A just not a health card. I tell my wife I wouldn't even remember how to shift the gears. Then she says that's b.s. because you shift them all night every night. She said last night I was asleep telling her how I had to be in Omaha,NE by 8 in the morning. She said she just told me I better get a move on, and then I grabbed my cb mic and said "what did you leave behind you south bound?" Maybe I haven't lost it. I would just about pay money to ride in a truck right this summer.
I'll tell you the main reason I want to be a lawyer. I know this is getting off of subject, and I'm not trying to get anything started here but since a couple want to know I'll tell. In this country you are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, but that isn't the way it is. You are guilty until you can prove otherwise. My own personal experience. Woman driving to fast through a curve and enters my lane. Shes in a Ford Escort I'm in a Freightshaker Classic. I leave the road to avoid a head on, she walks away a little bit shaken up and with out a ticket. I saved her life by risking mine and I get a ticket for Careless and Prohibited drivingand 6 points on my record. Can't afford a lawyer. They all want to much. Trucker's have a hard time fighting these tickets. Plus I did like to represent my state in the House of Represenatives one day. I'm applying to intern with my Rep. this summer. Hopefully I can come up with the funds to pay my room and board. Might have to wait until next year. I mean as a professional transportation business owner why wouldn't you want to see a young, motivated man like myself get his J.D. degree and go to Washington and at least try to throw some rocks at the glass house from the inside? I might not be able to do much by myslef but wouldn't it be nice to have a former driver up there? I am confident in myself even if no one else is.
I have enough confidence in your eventual success to start keeping an eye out for some really good rocks, ok?
Seriously, I expect you to be successful, and am happy to hear that you have a plan - and a pretty good one, at that. It was a tough way to get there, but you know the old saying, "When one door closes", yes?
Seriously, I expect you to be successful, and am happy to hear that you have a plan - and a pretty good one, at that. It was a tough way to get there, but you know the old saying, "When one door closes", yes?
arkjarhead
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I sure do. I bought a book today to help me study for the law school admissions test. That's still a little further down the road. Now that I have the boost of confidence to set my goals high and become a lawyer and a Rep. I don't know which major to choose. It's all so confusing. I have until June. Then I meet with a Educational Counselor at the VA. Only problem is there aren't any openings for me to go talk to the law school advisor where I really want to go until September. Hopefully the advisors at the 4 year university I'm going to be attending will have some advice. I can't tell my counselor "undecided" and once I tell him a major if I switch it I'll loose my Vocational Rehab for it. Decisions decisions.
Who knows in 10 years you guys might be driving down the road and here Land Line Now come on and Mark Redig say "I'm here with Joseph Hodges former driver turned lawyer then U.S. Rep.", and yall will be like holy crap he wasn't lying. He actually made it.
Who knows in 10 years you guys might be driving down the road and here Land Line Now come on and Mark Redig say "I'm here with Joseph Hodges former driver turned lawyer then U.S. Rep.", and yall will be like holy crap he wasn't lying. He actually made it.
Ark, as an aspiring attorney and politician, yours are ambitious and worthy goals, expressed by a man of conscience, and obviously motivated by a desire to make a positive difference for others.
If you read my biography, you will see that Diane and I have operated effectively in the arenas you seek to enter. We too were once involved in law and politics, and motived by a desire to make a positive difference. We look back on those years with pride in what we accomplished and no regrets. We are also glad to be out of it. As I said at the time, "Politics will rot your soul if you stay in it too long."
Allow me to share the following advice. You are of course free to reject it totally.
1. When you seek public office at the U.S. Representative level, and if you become an actual threat to win, professional and highly skilled opposition research people will research every word you have ever posted online and twist it in ways that can be used against you in the public eye. From this point forward, if you write anything online, think ahead 20 years. Think how the words, in an entirely different setting, may be ripped out of context and used against you by opponents who care about nothing about fairness or civility but get paid to care about hurting you.
I once watched a live debate between political candidates where one candidate's opposition orgainzation had people with laptops sitting in the audience. They typed the candidate's words as she spoke. Computer programs they developed instantly ran those words against every word the candidate had ever written or spoke in public (that they knew about), and against her voting records in the public offices in which she had previously served. When something was found that could be spun as a contradiction, news releases were instantly drafted and broadcast faxed to media outlets. Before the candidate's words had barely entered the ears of the audience, opposition press releases proclaiming the hypocricy of the candidate were flying through cyberspace.
At another level, something you say here may, twenty years later, end up being quoted in your opponent's campaign literature and hung on your neighbor's door knob, and 10,000 other door knobs in the district you seek to serve.
The higher you go in politics, the rougher it gets. The battle rages 24/7 and the persistent and intense stress levels are not well understood by people who have not worked campaigns. The only difference between politics and outright war is in war your enemy wants to actually kill you. In politics you will develop enemies that would not mind killing you but are prohibited by law from doing so. I'm not talking about the candidates themselves, but the staff members (or political operatives as some like to call themselves) who lose all sense of playing the game for the public good and instead focus on playing the game to win.
2. Serving as an intern is an excellent way to learn your way around the capitol and to watch others play the game. Volunteering as a campaign worker is a good way too.
Campaigns are always happy to receive volunteer help. Knocking on 1,000 doors to talk to voters about candidates will help you get good on your feet in political discussions, which you will need to be if you run for public office. You will learn how to disengage from the true believers in your opponent or opposing point of view. You will learn how to identify someone who might be persuaded to vote for you and how to work on that person to earn the vote. You will learn how to identify, thank and quickly disengage from a true believer in your side, and how to motivate that person to provide more money and support than he or she already is. Working telephone banks or doing phone work from home is also an excellent way to develop a tough skin and refine your debating skills.
3. One of the best ways to grasp the ins and outs of campaign finance is to serve as the treasurer of a campaign.
This is a high risk and sometimes unpopular position. It is high risk because if campaign finances are not well managed, frequently required campaign finance reports are not filed on time, or you are not otherwise in compliance, you are the one the regulators come after. It is unpopular because people become very excited in a campaign and enthusiastic to win. They will want to do things with money or contributions in kind that are illegal, and you will be the only one in the campaign telling them no. Your candidate will receive gifts not just from corrupt lobbyists but from innocent and well meaning citizens who, in gratitude, might do something like send a custom-made fishing pole with the candidate's name on it as a gift. Then you get to tell your boss that he or she can't keep it either. And the very worst part is breaking the donor's heart when you explain the gift cannot be accepted because it is illegal under laws that govern elected public officals (assuming your candidate is an incumbant).
4. Every community, county, state and national political organization has its political elite. These people have been in the game for years. They include political reporters, past and present public officials, the bureaucrats that regulate the game, and the political operatives that support and oppose all of the above, depending on the race or public policy issue currently in play. The more known you are by all of these people, the easier it will be to break into the game at higher and higher levels.
You get known by doing the things described above, and also by be simply being seen at the countless and endless low-level meetings these people have. These include village long term planning commission meetings, county board meetings, and banquets where someone is honored or is speaking for one reason or another.
5. Another way to easily break into the inside is to make a lot of money and give it to your candidates and causes of choice.
6. About the money, if you have any hangups about asking people for money to support you as a candidate, get over it now. Winning candidates spend most of their time raising funds.
The above applies to politics inside of today's two-party system. The third-party or independent route is another possibility and it sometimes works. It worked for me when I set out to make a difference. In the U.S. Congress, there is usually one or two independent people who were elected as such. Nationwide, the occasional third-party or independent governor or state office holder can be found.
In that arena, you are less encumbered by the two-party practices that traditional-approach candidates must observe. But you will have instead a different set of hoops to jump through to win. They include overcoming the widespread belief that third-party candidates can't win and ballot access requirements set in law by the two parties that make it more difficult for independent and third party candidates to even get their names placed on the ballot people see in the voting booth.
Ark, it warms my heart to hear you speak of your ambitions and the public-good reasons behind them. I wish you all the best. Just know that if you jump into the political arena, there are people out there that will instantly align against you and will not only wish you the worst, but take calculated and practiced actions to bring it to you.
The ruffled feathers that happen here in the Open Forum is kids stuff compared to what you are in for if you follow your delcared path.
Finally, I would be pleased and proud to support a CDL-licensed office holder with a sense for the public good. When you form an organization that can legally receive funds, let me know where to send my check.
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arkjarhead
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Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it.
