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First Observer Program: Protecting Our Country

By Sandy Long

Terrorism, whether domestic as in the bombing of the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, or foreign as the World Trade Center bombings were, can affect us in many ways. After the Murrah Building bombing, security was intensified around federal and state government buildings and people were appalled that Americans could do such an act. After 9/11, fear entered our lives as security increased, racism increased ...

I'm taylor and a newbie. Like most of us, trying to get more pay per mile.
My question is this: Anyone out there heard of freight brokering school called Freight Broker School out of AZ. The expert is David G. Dwinell. He states drivers can make .50 per mile more if he is a trucker broker. Has anyone else heard about this person? Does anyone have any commemts?
I received the cd,watched it and my immediate reaction was "this is to good to be true." If the information stated ...

The Face in the Mirror
Copyright Sandy Long

Yesterday, I got lonely while driving and called my brother. His wife took over the phone and started talking about that scam artist that just was arrested for scamming those Wall Street investors. Her take was that he was an evil man. Though I agreed with her that he was a criminal, I also told her that people had to take some responsibility for losing their money too. Of course, this led to a heated debate with her giving the phone back to ...

Truckers are Human Beings Too
By Sandy Long

It is a sad state of affairs when the well-being of an animal is taken more seriously than the well-being of a human. Alas, this is what is happening in the trucking industry throughout the country as more and more anti idling regulations are being passed and as companies limit idling in their attempts to increase their bottom lines. Citing fuel costs, almost all companies are requiring their drivers not to idle the trucks except in ...

Digging Out
Copyright Sandy Long

In my old age, I often think that if I would of known when I was young that I was going to live this long, I would of taken better care of myself. I have added another regular thought; if I would of known that the economy was going to tank, freight was going to go so soft for so long and I was going to end up job scared, I would of saved more money and done things differently years ago. Sad part is that I am actually better off than most are. Many people ...