NOTE: The original article appears to have been pulled by the NY Sun, most likely because of government censorship. (IMO) LINK
The truckers of America are the last group, in this writer's opinion, that actually has to power to immediately force Congress to take action against a Presidency that refuses to listen to them, or even more importantly, to the American people. There is no time left. I am asking that America's truckers unite, and instead of protesting in a manner that will not do anything more than cost you fuel and time off the job - mount a protest that will immediately send a message to Congress that they must effectuate the change the people are demanding or face the consequences of a nation that has suffered enough!
If the truckers go on strike, we all know that the United States will come to an immediate stand-still - and it will hurt, but in these times when most of Middle-class America is under assault by our own government and fuel prices are destined to soar even more, what choice to you have to ensure your own economic future and be in a position to feed your own families?
I ask you to protest intelligently, making sure that essential medicines and hospital supplies reach their destinations and other services that are critical to ensuring that your protest does not endanger lives - but will send a message that will reverberate throughout the world! Begin organizing a general strike within your own ranks, refuse to haul anything other than goods that are essential to prevent the loss of life - and do it for at least a week, with the promise that if Congress doesn't act, the next one will be infinite - and will only stop when Congress rejects the corporatist enablers of fascism and votes the will of the people, something they have failed to do even when that's why they ere elected in 2006 to halt the illegal activity of the Bush administration.
If you do protest in this manner, you will be able to shut-down this country and make the voice of America heard once again, and it's been far too long that anyone has banded together in solidarity to help and protect the Average American. Use your intelligence and disable your vehicles so they cannot be commandeered by scabs and government operatives; you know how, and it can be reversed immediately when Congress gets a message that has been too long in coming.
Do it for yourselves and do it for the United States of America. We will all feel the pain of bringing this nation to a stand-still, but looking at the situation realistically, nothing else has worked, and you DO HAVE THE POWER TO USHER IN CHANGE! The truckers of America may be our last chance to bring this nation back on track, and if you fail us as most of the general population has, the throats you cut will eventually be your own - and the era of independent truckers in America will soon be another segment of our economy that is vanishing as fast as the food from our tables.
William Cormier
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