So says the flyer lying in the Laundry room at Jim's Truckstop in Buffalo. It is very reminiscent of a copy of Marx's Communist Manifesto I had many years ago, the last line stated, "WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!!!
I guess this coming Monday thru Wednesday, April 23-25 are the days of truckers' protests whereby trucks will be 'slow rolling' the nations' capitol and also state capitols like Buffalo. Jim's Truckstop is the launching point for the protests here. The flyer says "WE WILL BE GETTING ON I90 DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC [sic] WE WILL DRIVE AS SLOW AS ALLOWED BY LAW WITHOUT GETTING TICKETS"
Among the flyer's protests:
SAY NO: to inadequate background checks for Mexican truckers I say let the soccer Moms worry about that
SAY NO: to uninsured Mexican trucks and truckers Again, I say the American public will worry about that plenty without truckers having to crusade
SAY NO: to dangerous Mexican trucks on our roads Soccer Moms've got that one
SAY NO: to loss of loads, loss of income, loss of American trucker's [sic] jobs THAT is what this whole thing is about!
SAY NO: to the loss of our sovereignty and constitutional rights Say what!?!?!
The flyer says: WHY? TO PROTEST BUSH'S NORTH AMERICAN UNION PLANS...AND ALLOWING THE FOREIGN TAKEOVER OF OUR COUNTRY . IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS MORE THAN 17,000 MEXICAN TRUCKS AND TRUCKERS WILL BE ROAMING FREE ON US ROADS.....
WHAT? "CIRCLE THE WAGONS" TO HAVE TRUCKS, & OTHERS PROTESTING TO DO A SLOW ROLLING DRIVE, BUMPER TO BUMPER, AROUND EACH STATES [sic] CAPITOL, OR TO DO A SLOW DRIVE ON THE FREEWAYS, TRUCKS AND CARS SIDE BY SIDE, ALL LANES ACROSS , TO BLOCK TRAFFIC FROM PASSING. PLEASE DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
Looks like the organizers are at saveamericafund.org.
Well, what to say? On the one hand, the grassroots activism has a lot of appeal. On the other hand, they aren't exactly honest perhaps even with themselves about all that is happening, eg. 17,000 Mexican trucks coming in two weeks to 'dismantle' our constitution and take away our sovereignty. Should be interesting to see what kind of participation there will be. Any of you have plans to participate?