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Socio-fascists Rewrite History, Constitution
I'm old enough (67) to remember when junior and high school textbooks dealt more with fact than what is seen today. Today's textbook alterations began some years back with the socialization of historical events and those men and women involved. Ever the keepers of the written word, America's socio-fascists have advanced to rewriting the various--most objectionable--amendments in the Bill of Rights.
If your child attends--among several others--West Forsythe High, Clemmons, S.C., or Guyer High School, Denton, Tx., you should be very wary about their history education and the textbooks used in it's accomplishment. Books like this go hand-in-hand with the Agenda 21 concept of dumbing down American students in preparation for their entry into the third-world rathole America will become in the future.
New York State does the same thing with questionable textbooks but they go even farther. The state education department actively and forcefully promotes mergers between two or more school districts. The state usually pairs adjoining school districts, one with excellent graduation rates, teachers, administrators with a mediocre school having socialistic financial problems. My experience was with the Cohocton (N.Y.) Central School District being forced to merge with the financial geniuses in the Wayland (N.Y) Central School District.
To shorten a long story, the merger was handled in such a manner as to remind one of today's obama Cabal. The social dynamics of each district, of each village were diametrically opposed to one another; the two couldn't have been more different. Where 'political' cliques, various wealth and social strata existed in Wayland, Cohocton seemed to be a closer knit district, community.
Wayland was so in debt that servicing said debt AND budgeting for the upcoming school year was bordering on the impossible without massive school tax increases. Cohocton had almost always had a budget surplus, rarely was there even a revote on the annual budget. The state demanded as many referendums as necessary to get the desired result (it took three). The instruction, the admin, the maintenance staffs were enticed into support with promises of flowery titles and in many cases, exorbitant pay raises. Finally, the forerunners of today's obamacRATic voters (mindless, blind followers) were convinced to send their kids to a mis-managed system over one with a 100% graduation rate!!
Cohocton's community volunteerism was huge. Cohocton Sports Boosters Club built three soccer fields, refurbished a baseball diamond (ALL LIGHTED-unheard of for the time [late 1980s] in a small town, school), built, maintained and staffed a snack bar on site--ALL with volunteers with donated supplies and materials.
For the record I received an excellent education in the Cohocton school system, graduating in 1964. My graduating class had 15 students IF one were to count the two exchange students! We all went through 13 years of education IN THE SAME BUILDING. So far as I know, no classmate ever ended up in prison; all had careers and families.
That's all I got,
Justin Case
1. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/17/publisher-of-ap-history-book-containing-questionable-second-amendment-summary-has-direct-ties-to-common-core-and-theres-more/
2. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/16/wait-until-you-see-how-a-high-school-textbook-summarizes-the-rights-granted-in-the-second-amendment/
3. http://www.dailypaul.com/299365/high-school-ap-history-book-rewrites-the-2nd-amendment
4. http://www.amazon.com/United-States-History-Preparing-Examination/dp/1567656609
5. http://www.conejo.k12.ca.us/Portals/49/Departments/Social%20Science/Palotay/Amsco.pdf
6. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2680207894060?r=1&cm_mmca2=pla&cm_mmc=GooglePLA-_-TextBook_NotInStock_75Up-_-Q000000633-_-2680207894060
7. http://www.perfectionlearning.com/common-core-overview
8. http://www.amazon.com/The-Enduring-Vision-History-American/dp/0547222785
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
This'n'That; September Thirteenth #1; YUP, True!
Ref: The Sunday 'Report;' 09/04/2011
I remember the referenced article clearly (and fondly); it dealt with my chosen career: an over-the-road truck driver! The 'google' query--from Charlotte, N.C.,--most probably was concerned over the earnings claimed by the subject: Jeff McGee, 37, who earns ~~$160,000/year.
I can't speak directly to Mr McGee's annual earnings; he's in a specialized segment of the the trucking industry: He picks up brand-new road tractors (singularly, or in groups like 2,3,4), and delivers them to trucking companies or truck retail sales companies. I was an over-the-road driver from July, 1995 to January, 2006.
The industry:
**The most notable distinction is that practically everything in any American's daily life was on a truck at some point! Railroad tracks don't go the local Walmart's back door!!
**The O-T-R driving career is quite segmented: longhaul (coast-to-coast); regional (like Northeast: New England, New York, New Jersey, etc); dedicated (hauling for a particular company like: the auto manufacturers, General Mills or John Deere, and related suppliers) as well as other segments I'm not familiar with.
Each segment has it's pluses and minuses like:
~Some pluses in longhaul are: You wake up each morning in a locale you've probably never been before; you see sights others pay 'tons 'a' money' to visit; you will meet some of the nicest folks on the planet, etc.
~Some of the minuses in longhaul are: most companies require an 'away-from-home' period of at least two-weeks; extended periods away from home and family; the stress involved in meeting loading and delivery appointments; the stress involved in traffic and construction conjestion; you'll meet some of the biggest a'holes and bullshit artists on the planet; the stress of dealing with company dispatchers and their road-service departments.
The other segments have pretty-much the same pluses. The minuses: Regional-travelling the same routes time-after-time; Dedicated: To-the-minute delivery appointments; constant load scheduling, little time between loads.
My history:
**In early June 1995, I was laid-off from a boring, dusty, piecework, manufacturing job; later that month, I went to the C-1 Drivers School in Indianapolis, Indiana. After a 17-day course--classroom, range and highway time--I graduated on July Third.
**On July 6 or 7th, I reported to my first company, Transport America (TCAM, Eagan, Mn), in North Jackson, Ohio. I was assigned to a company driver/trainer and spent 8 weeks driving with him, earning a flat salary of $250/wk (I think). I stayed with TCAM until the Fall of 1998. My perception was that my dispatcher had slighted me over some detail of my next load; I got pissed-off somewhere in Indiana and bobtailed (no trailer) back to the North Jackson terminal (at my expense-I bought the fuel!); turned in the truck and the keys, unloaded my crap and went home to Cohocton, N.Y. When I was initially assigned my own truck I started earning 23.5 cents-per-mile (CPM). I finished with TCAM earning 34.5 CPM.
**After less than a week, I was certifiably 'stir-crazy!' I had bullshitted with some Crete (Crete Carrier Corp[CCC], Lincoln, Ne) drivers earlier, and decided to call the company for an interview.
After an interview and road test at CCC's regional terminal, McGungie, Pa., I drove in a rented car to orientation at their Linoln, Ne., headquarters. I drove with a company driver/trainer for 4 weeks and then was assigned a truck of my own with an initial--as well as final--payrate of 30CPM. I was a CCC company driver for about a year before I bought my own truck and became an 'owner-operator.'
**In October 1999, I bought a 1998 Freightliner FLD120 (a basic, off-the-rack model). The truck only had the basics, but with 106,000 miles-in the industry, that's "just barely broke-in!" I leased the truck to MS Carriers, Inc (MSCC), Memphis, Tn., a the 'empty-and-loaded' rate of 65CPM, which went up over the course of the lease(s). MSCC was an 'alright' company; I leased onto them to get the 'home time' I wanted, I was dating a Dallas-area actress at the time. I stayed with MSCC until they were near finalization of a sell-out to Swift Transportation, Phoenix, Az. I knew from experience that we would NOT be a good fit: a the time, Swift castrated (demanded they be governed) owner-operator trucks to 65MPH! It's my truck, I'm payin' for it, I'll drive it as fast or slow as I want to!!
**In the Summer of 2001, I returned to CCC, leasing my truck under their sliding-pay-scale, plus 65CPM-empty. The shorter the trip miles, the more CPM and the converse. I stayed with CCC as an owner-operator until September 2005 when I sold my truck (at that time, the truck had 843,000, very profitable miles!!). I then became a CCC company-driver until January, 2006, when "The Young Miss Lovely" made the decision that I should sleep in our bed more than just every-other weekend!!
In conclusion, YES-the basic facts of what I've presented here are the truth as I remember them. One should not consider--or enter into--the trucking industry, lightly! It can be a hell'uva stressful job; it can be the most rewarding job you will ever have! It worked well for me; I had no wife or girlfriend at the time I became a trucker; my kids were all grown with families of their own. I was--and will always be--a nomad! I loved the job so much that--during a couple of years of my owner-operator days--I wouldn't see 'the homestead' for three months at a time; if money is your goal, that's one way it's done. With fuel prices being what they are; with the fluxuation they suffer, I'm not so sure that owner-operatorship is the way to go. Company-driver pay has gone up in the past few years; one can make a very comfortable living, with every-other weekend at home. This career is certainly 'worth a look' for practically anyone: man, woman, the retired, the retired-and-bored former professional, the returning veteran-anyone! I've met all kinds of people out on the road: retired doctors, lawyers, accountants; some of the nicest ladies anywhere; just the average 'joes' trying to make a living!
For further information, check some of the sites below, among others. I've included a couple from OOIDA (Owner-Operator, Independent Drivers Ass'n, Grain Valley, Mo.). OOIDA is the only organization that TRULY has the drivers' best interests at heart. I've been a life-member for years, back to when I first bought the Freightliner.
Hey YOU!! That 'googler' from Charlotte: if you see this, I hope it helps to answer some of the questions you may have!!
Til Nex'Time....http://c1training.com/
http://www.transportamericadrivers.com/otr/
http://cretecarrier.com/careers/
http://www.swifttruckingjobs.com/
http://www.classadrivers.com/
www.ooida.com
www.landlinemag.com
I remember the referenced article clearly (and fondly); it dealt with my chosen career: an over-the-road truck driver! The 'google' query--from Charlotte, N.C.,--most probably was concerned over the earnings claimed by the subject: Jeff McGee, 37, who earns ~~$160,000/year.
I can't speak directly to Mr McGee's annual earnings; he's in a specialized segment of the the trucking industry: He picks up brand-new road tractors (singularly, or in groups like 2,3,4), and delivers them to trucking companies or truck retail sales companies. I was an over-the-road driver from July, 1995 to January, 2006.
The industry:
**The most notable distinction is that practically everything in any American's daily life was on a truck at some point! Railroad tracks don't go the local Walmart's back door!!
**The O-T-R driving career is quite segmented: longhaul (coast-to-coast); regional (like Northeast: New England, New York, New Jersey, etc); dedicated (hauling for a particular company like: the auto manufacturers, General Mills or John Deere, and related suppliers) as well as other segments I'm not familiar with.
Each segment has it's pluses and minuses like:
~Some pluses in longhaul are: You wake up each morning in a locale you've probably never been before; you see sights others pay 'tons 'a' money' to visit; you will meet some of the nicest folks on the planet, etc.
~Some of the minuses in longhaul are: most companies require an 'away-from-home' period of at least two-weeks; extended periods away from home and family; the stress involved in meeting loading and delivery appointments; the stress involved in traffic and construction conjestion; you'll meet some of the biggest a'holes and bullshit artists on the planet; the stress of dealing with company dispatchers and their road-service departments.
The other segments have pretty-much the same pluses. The minuses: Regional-travelling the same routes time-after-time; Dedicated: To-the-minute delivery appointments; constant load scheduling, little time between loads.
My history:
**In early June 1995, I was laid-off from a boring, dusty, piecework, manufacturing job; later that month, I went to the C-1 Drivers School in Indianapolis, Indiana. After a 17-day course--classroom, range and highway time--I graduated on July Third.
**On July 6 or 7th, I reported to my first company, Transport America (TCAM, Eagan, Mn), in North Jackson, Ohio. I was assigned to a company driver/trainer and spent 8 weeks driving with him, earning a flat salary of $250/wk (I think). I stayed with TCAM until the Fall of 1998. My perception was that my dispatcher had slighted me over some detail of my next load; I got pissed-off somewhere in Indiana and bobtailed (no trailer) back to the North Jackson terminal (at my expense-I bought the fuel!); turned in the truck and the keys, unloaded my crap and went home to Cohocton, N.Y. When I was initially assigned my own truck I started earning 23.5 cents-per-mile (CPM). I finished with TCAM earning 34.5 CPM.
**After less than a week, I was certifiably 'stir-crazy!' I had bullshitted with some Crete (Crete Carrier Corp[CCC], Lincoln, Ne) drivers earlier, and decided to call the company for an interview.
CCC had several benefits others didn't offer, like their--at that time--exclusive 'Load-Select' system. Upon delivery, the company offered up to three trips-driver's choice! Those trips were usually in different directions; with different lengths, so whether the driver wanted to 'see the country' or 'get some miles,' the choices were there!! Another great advantage--businesswise--is, CCC is a privately-owned company-owned by the Dwayne Acklie family. Everything the company has is wholly owned--they essentially don't owe nobody, nothin'!!
After an interview and road test at CCC's regional terminal, McGungie, Pa., I drove in a rented car to orientation at their Linoln, Ne., headquarters. I drove with a company driver/trainer for 4 weeks and then was assigned a truck of my own with an initial--as well as final--payrate of 30CPM. I was a CCC company driver for about a year before I bought my own truck and became an 'owner-operator.'**In October 1999, I bought a 1998 Freightliner FLD120 (a basic, off-the-rack model). The truck only had the basics, but with 106,000 miles-in the industry, that's "just barely broke-in!" I leased the truck to MS Carriers, Inc (MSCC), Memphis, Tn., a the 'empty-and-loaded' rate of 65CPM, which went up over the course of the lease(s). MSCC was an 'alright' company; I leased onto them to get the 'home time' I wanted, I was dating a Dallas-area actress at the time. I stayed with MSCC until they were near finalization of a sell-out to Swift Transportation, Phoenix, Az. I knew from experience that we would NOT be a good fit: a the time, Swift castrated (demanded they be governed) owner-operator trucks to 65MPH! It's my truck, I'm payin' for it, I'll drive it as fast or slow as I want to!!
**In the Summer of 2001, I returned to CCC, leasing my truck under their sliding-pay-scale, plus 65CPM-empty. The shorter the trip miles, the more CPM and the converse. I stayed with CCC as an owner-operator until September 2005 when I sold my truck (at that time, the truck had 843,000, very profitable miles!!). I then became a CCC company-driver until January, 2006, when "The Young Miss Lovely" made the decision that I should sleep in our bed more than just every-other weekend!!
In conclusion, YES-the basic facts of what I've presented here are the truth as I remember them. One should not consider--or enter into--the trucking industry, lightly! It can be a hell'uva stressful job; it can be the most rewarding job you will ever have! It worked well for me; I had no wife or girlfriend at the time I became a trucker; my kids were all grown with families of their own. I was--and will always be--a nomad! I loved the job so much that--during a couple of years of my owner-operator days--I wouldn't see 'the homestead' for three months at a time; if money is your goal, that's one way it's done. With fuel prices being what they are; with the fluxuation they suffer, I'm not so sure that owner-operatorship is the way to go. Company-driver pay has gone up in the past few years; one can make a very comfortable living, with every-other weekend at home. This career is certainly 'worth a look' for practically anyone: man, woman, the retired, the retired-and-bored former professional, the returning veteran-anyone! I've met all kinds of people out on the road: retired doctors, lawyers, accountants; some of the nicest ladies anywhere; just the average 'joes' trying to make a living!
For further information, check some of the sites below, among others. I've included a couple from OOIDA (Owner-Operator, Independent Drivers Ass'n, Grain Valley, Mo.). OOIDA is the only organization that TRULY has the drivers' best interests at heart. I've been a life-member for years, back to when I first bought the Freightliner.
Hey YOU!! That 'googler' from Charlotte: if you see this, I hope it helps to answer some of the questions you may have!!
Til Nex'Time....http://c1training.com/
http://www.transportamericadrivers.com/otr/
http://cretecarrier.com/careers/
http://www.swifttruckingjobs.com/
http://www.classadrivers.com/
www.ooida.com
www.landlinemag.com
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