Mexican trucks are a hazard in Mexico so I assume that they will be a hazard here. I doubt that any inspection program will be very effective.

Never fear Rachel.

They will all get inspected just like all illegals will get found and get shiny new ID cards, and they will all pay their fines like happy campers.

/sarc

cheer up, read my link...it will make you giggle.

I can't help but get the feeling we'll see scenes on our highways that seem common place in Mexico City (the unofficial capitol of the VW Bug).

Anyhow, my parents came back for Mexico talking about how the truck drivers would just change lanes, no signal, no checking, nothing. They'd just change lanes and force whoever was there to take evasive action. I kind of figured it was a one time deal they saw and brought back home to tell the kids. Until I seen it, with my own two eyes. Crazy bastards.

No wonder all their cars look like they've been involved in a damned demolishion derby.

Can't we just bring over the Cuban auto imports instead? I'd really like to get my hands on a '57 Chevy...

I think this is just a gambit to get that I-35 corridor fast-tracked.

Are they getting tested on the "Rules of The Road"? If you make a 16-year old know them, it should be required of someone "piloting" (and I use that term very loosely) a multi-ton truck should have to know them as well.

Technically, I think this is a compenent of NAFTA, but Bush is far too lax on holding Mexico to standards of quality commonplace in the civilized world.

Here is the worst-case Scenario of this provision. Try to read this story and not cry ...

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=News&id=953561

Illegal Immigrant Driver Who Bought His Commercial Truck Driving License Kills Six Children in Crash

In November 1994, the seeds of a scandal are planted when a fiery crash killed six children from Chicago's southwest side. The accident was caused by a truck driver who illegally obtained his Illinois commercial drivers license.

Ricardo Guzman cannot speak English and does not have the proper training to drive or maintain his truck. During a delivery to Milwaukee, a chunk of metal fell off his trailer, hit and punctured the gas tank in a family van owned by the Rev. Scott Willis and his wife.

Four years after the accident, an ABC 7 I-Team report questioned Guzman's ability to get a license. The I-Team tracked down Secretary of State employees who claimed licenses were for sale and nothing was being done about it.

"I gave them information about certain asst. mgrs that were taking bribes and giving out licenses out, not even making people take the test and passing them. They kept saying they were working on it but they never did anything because people above them told them to stop," said the whistleblower, a former secretary of state employee.

I should add that, for miles prior to the accident, drivers in other cars tried to alert Guzman to the metal part hanging from his truck. He later claimed to not understand that the other drivers were alerting him to the situation because they were shouting at him in English and he speaks only Spanish.

This almost changes my attitude about the I-69 extension in southern Indiana that's supposed to be part of the NAFTA connector.

Almost -- because we really need that road built, regardless of what the greeny idiots clamor about the supposed impact to the environment.

Perhaps the next president will not have the same blinders on that Bush does when it comes to Mexico. But I'm not holding out much hope.

I can't figure the administration out on this point. For some reason, they roll over and wave their paws in the air, showing their bellies, whenever the subject of Mexico comes up. No matter how much their constituency howls, they keep acting like "La la la, it's all right, people will calm down about illegal immigration/amalgamation with Mexico!"

If I were Pat Buchanan, I'd be thinking very seriously about running again.

Tom Tancredo says that this is the first step of the Chimporer Boosh's North American Union.

WE'RE ALL GONNNNNAAAAAAAAAAA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!11eleven!!!!111

I suppose the upside to all this is that if these trucks are really as bad off as we are being led to believe, they will never make it out of Texas.

Besides we don't get a lot of call for Pinatas and Sombrero's here in the North East, so it's not like they are apt to be heading in this direction to begin with.

Kudos, Rachel; this bugs the living poop out of me, as well. Who would have ever thought we would ever be in agreement with the Teamsters Union?

I *hate* (which I don't use lightly) this situation, and I *hate* this false economy we have built around illegal immigrant labor. It's bad enough that many of our states issue illegal aliens class-c licenses (that's the one most of us have) to pilot 2-4 ton cars and trucks on our roadways. Now we're going to allow foreign nationals to drive on our roads without instruction or inspection.

It almost makes Alex Jones look sane... almost.

The issue of unqualified drivers and badly maintained trucks is real (although looking at some of the US trucks with bald tires and clouds of smoke, I don't know that we do a good job on this either).

But, as to the loads, they would go through the same process at the border as before, as far as I know. Whether that is good enough is another question, but I got a tour a few years ago through the San Ysidro crossing point, and it was pretty thorough. At that time, Mexican tankers were not allowed across the border...they had to pump their load into a US trailer..too hard to locate hidden drugs in a tanker.

We've had several incidents in my area (Northern California) involving non-English speaking drivers, but they were driving for US companies. So that problem is already with us.

Just step back and take a deep breath, calm down. It will only take a little while until everyone who has said anything derogatory about this to be called racist.

Why do they keep insisting on all of this when the vast majority in the U.S. don't want open borders. The whole freakin' government just turns their eyes up and whistles loud enough to drown everyone out. Doesn't matter how many people say anything against it. They just keep on doing it.

Maybe Rachel has it right. Just go ahead and open the damned borders, hell make mexico the 51st state. Then they all can draw their money directly without having to send someone north to send it back south. Hell let everyone here with a job pay for the US postal system to deliver the freakin' checks.

Maybe that is ultimate goal. Just keep pounding people with more and more asinine policies until we just all give up and shut up. It doesn't really look as if anyone in our government gives a flying fuck about anyone here anymore. As I've said before the whole mexican thing just pisses me off so bad I can't see straight.

The only hope I see is that people will wake up and vote out all of the idiots that keep doing this. But I don't really have much hope of that.

It gets even better folks.

Some of theses trucks will be LCVs (longer conbination vehicles) which are a combination of three (3) trailers connected together for a length of 120 feet.

Now imagine being on the freeway and having one of these things being driven by a 19 year old Mexican who doesn't speak or read english and has been behind the wheel non-stop for 28 hours fueled by amphetamines and a constant instake of "rooster booster".

It's days like this that I almost wish the United States really was the Evil Empire liberals think it is. We could solve this problem overnight if we annexed Mexico and threw out all the corrupt bureaucrats that are keeping the Mexican economy in the crapper.

Why don't we just open the border and get it over with?

Apparently, we have.

But don't worry. Michael Medved assures me that all this talk of a North American Union is just a figment of my imagination, and anybody who believes it is a fool.

Have y'all noticed the signficant drop in the rate of postings by Rachel Lucas?

She's the one who runs this joint.

Well, I have.

See what happens when you move in with somone?

You spend all your time making "a cosy nest for two love birds."

No more time for devoted readers.

"Screw the devoted readers. I got my Rupert."

Echhh. I'm nauseous.

Rachel and Rupert go shopping for pillow cases.....

"Look, Rupe. Aren't these the cutest? I'd love to see your precious noggin resting on this."

Rachel and Rupert select drapes.....aisle 4,567 G at Lucas Mart.

"These are soooo sweet, Dear. Sure they look like golf pants, but they go so well with the color of Sunny's gums."

"Oh, well, Sunny's gums. We must buy everything with reference to Sunny's gums."

I feel abandoned.

I'm going for a ride.

"Hey, it's pony time. Get up!"

"Shut up, Lance. I'll give YOU a pony time."

"Right. As I was just saying. Pony time."

"I'm gonna stab a scissors into your dang liver while you sleep. Heh."

"AFTER pony time, my Empress. Plenty of time for liver-stabbing after."

What Lance said.

Going into Rachil Lukis withdrawals here...

One more reason to give my dad why I'm not moving back to TX. Here in CA, the freeways are so clogged that the trucks can't get up to a speed at which they could cause any harm.

At times I get the impression that Mexican trucks have been making direct deliveries to Lance's house.

I'm not in withdrawal. I just keep compulsively hitting "refresh".
That's not the same.
Is it??

What in the world are we going to do over a really long holiday. Like Thanksgiving or Christmas? I'm wearing out my Rachel bookmark, it has click tracks all over it.

Just hoping that maybe Rupert had to run to the quickie mart or something and Rachel could spare a few moments to post an old Sunny pic or something.

I think we should make fun of her while she's away...

"Oh, Rupert," said Rachel, enthusiastically. "Look, Rupert, look."

"I see," said Rupert, searching for something with high alcohol content. "What, Rachel, what?"

"These precious slipcovers, Rupert. These precious slipcovers."

"Why do you repeat keep repeating yourself, for Christ's sake?"

"I don't know," Rupert. "I don't know," answered Rachel, not getting the hint about repeating herself.

Rachel Lucas.
Ha!
What kinda name is that?

Rachel and Rupert
Sitting in a tree.
K I S S...
Oh, who cares?

Sunny. You call that a dog?
My cat yacks up better dogs.

Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Yeah, right!
My cat yacks up better Rhodesian Ridgebacks.

Medical transcriptionist.
Oh, sure.
My cat yacks up better medical transcriptionists.

"Oh, Rupert, are you my cute little cuddle bunny," asked Rachel nauseatingly.

"Oh, Sweet Jesus," said Rupert to himself, silently.

They're probably having their first lover's spat about the plaid mattress on the floor that she's trying to pass off as a special orthopedic doggy bed for Digger.
I guess the Mexican blanket on the couch is a special... uh...special...
Aw crap, I got no game.

"Aw crap, I got no game."

No, no, Annie.

Good start.

Problem is, you're not psychotic enough.

Now, you take me, for instance.

I'm PLENTY psychotic.

Also demented.

You got to shoot for bizarre associations, young Annie.

When you are writing comments to a blog such as THIS one, you have to think, "Is this insane enough?"

Here's an example...

"I went shopping at Lucas Mart today. I wondered how so MANY persons get by with so FEW teeth."

See? Who expects the association of customers and dental equipment?

So, let's build on the worthy foundation you have laid.

[I once laid a girl named Foundation. Sandy Foundation, if I remember rightly. She kept sinking into the bed. I had to secure her with a rope. Oh, wait. The rope thing was for something else.]

"This guy's %$#@ing nuts."

So, here we go....

"I guess the Mexican blanket on the couch is a special... uh...special...

1. kind of farm for Lucas vermin. [See I could have said "fleas," but you'd never expect "vermin." Hence, a real knee slapper.]

2. device for infesting the neighborhood with small pox and dandruff. [The addition of "dandruff" made it real funny. I'm still peeing my pants. I may just continue, it feels so comforting.]

3. variety of oven mitt---large enough to accomodate a person with REALLY big thumbs.
[Catch the clever allusion to "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"?]

4. sign of a mind gone bad---kind of like a rotten egg, but twice as disgusting.

See?

Okay, your turn.

I have to polish my Harley.

[That's what I call it now.]

So is anyone else starting to suspect that the reason we haven't heard a peep out of Rackel Lukis for 3 days now is because she got run over by a Mexican Trucker transporting a load of pigs ears to Saskatchewan?

You see Rachel. Just look what happens when you leave us to entertain ourselves. It started out innocently enough then.. Well it just slid completely off the deep end. Just look at poor Lance.

No wait thats how his posts usually are. OK bad example, but just look at how many times I've posted. I hardly ever post anything in the comments.

Add me to the list of those who don't understand why Mexicans are being given a pass...

If I have to obey the f---ing laws (in the form of having a current registration, insurance, and a license to drive), I believe that Mexicans (and everyone else) should obey the law too.

Nearly everyone I know has had a friend, relative, or acquaintance who has been either killed or maimed by some frigging drunk-on-his-ass Mexican driver.

A long-ago ex-boyfriend had three kids, all adopted (more or less--long story). Two of them have been killed by drunk or hit-and-run drivers.

With the oldest, his son, it is known for sure that a f---ing drunk-on-his-ass Mexican deadbeat (with his whole family in the car) ran him down on the freeway one night. He had no insurance, no license, no registration, no nothing.

The guy lied about the driver of the car going "that-a-way"; by the time they figured out his lie, his blood alcohol level came down.

The bastard should have been at least arrested for manslaughter, if not something worse.

But he wasn't. He was turned loose to go free and kill again. (This was in Los Angeles.)

The younger of his two girls was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Las Vegas. This much is known: The bastard was driving a white van. He may have been Hispanic, according to a witness, but he hasn't been found yet, and he hasn't turned himself in.

I also type up a fair number of medical reports for people with Hispanic surnames who are brought in to the emergency room drunk, after having been in accidents.

It's one part of their culture I wish they'd leave behind when they cross the border.

My turn... hmmm.

I was sitting here trying really hard to come up with something incredibly snarky. The only thing that comes to mind is that I bet the jury she's on got sequestered.

"Oh Rupert... we've finally moved in together and now we must face this government imposed unrequited love..."

"Oh Rachel...you should have gone with the 'Jury Nullification' answer. Let this be a lesson to you - that 'annie' is always right".

Just to add my two cents about Mexican drivers (truckers or not, it doesn't matter)...
I live in Utah and there are tons of illegals here. I quit frequenting certain retail establishments (restaurants and stores) because they have been overrun by illegals. But I digress.
My sister was rear-ended by an illegal in a Suburban. She was driving a mini-van, stopped behind a pedestrian cross-walk on a busy street (as were all four lanes of traffic). The illegal driver hit her without even slamming on his brakes, going at least 40mph. If my sister hadn't had her foot on the brake already, her van would have been pushed right onto the (illegal alien) family crossing the road (hence all four lanes of traffic being stopped).
She ended up with four herniated disks in her neck because of this asshole. And because he was driving his employer's car (which was insured at the very minimal level), there wasn't much to sue the insurance company for (enough to cover her surgery; that's it). She's stuck with a neck that has lost about 30% mobility and is in constant pain, 24/7.
So word to the wise - especially to those living near interstates where these morons will be driving - increase your car insurance coverage so that if you are hit by uninsured/underinsured drivers, you can still be covered at a decent level.

/rant