I’ve been neglecting trucking lately. Even thinking about trucking is a little depressing. If I can’t write anything good, then I probably won’t write. I don’t want this to turn into a whine fest, which would be real easy nowadays. But to come out here and have a return trip rescheduled, another trip rescheduled and have a trip offered that paid $1 a mile (thankfully, my office turns that stuff down so I don’t have to deal with those idiots) it gets a little depressing with all of the waiting. Waiting isn’t trucking. Okay, waiting is a part of trucking, but it’s not the good part of trucking.

It’s the Economy, stupid.

I received an email from a Chicago Tribune reporter asking for stories about how truckers are dealing with the high cost of fuel. It’s not the fuel, it’s the lack of freight. It’s the lack of good paying freight, not the price of fuel that’s the problem. Fuel is so high, not because oil cost so much, but because the dollar is worth so little. “It’s the economy, stupid”. Think I heard that from somewhere, long, long ago. Now it’s the stupid economy and it’s stupid politicians that are running our economy stupidly.

Like I told the Chicago Tribune reporter, it’s bad, but not impossible. If you’re dedicated to one or two customers, you’re doing pretty good. If you’re waiting for the leftovers or crap from brokers, you may not be doing as well. Brokers that offer crap for a $1 a mile should be shot. It’s way to easy to become a broker nowadays.

I’m sure the reporter is only looking for a sob story to make into a headline then forget about it. So, I’m pretty sure I won’t be hearing from him again.

McCain Romney Ticket?

I saw a report that Mitt Romney would accept the Vice President if McCain asked him. Since McCain has already admitted he doesn’t know the economy, Romney would be a great choice. Then hopefully he would give him more of a role, then just window dressing, as most past VP’s have been. The Presidency is getting so complex nowadays, there should be a bigger role for a VP instead of waiting for the President to kick the bucket. But with McCain, that’s probably a very real possibility.

…the harder they fall.

Barrack is flying too high on wings of wax right now. Something is going to happen either before the nomination or after, where he comes falling back to earth in a hurry. Like most superstars, the quicker they rise, the quicker and the harder they fall when people wake up. Maybe his preacher will be his fall from grace (get it?) How can you listen to a man for 20 years, be a member of his church, say he’s the inspiration for your book (at least the title) and not hold some of the same beliefs? At the very least, think that his preacher’s beliefs aren’t radical. How can the drive-by media give him a pass for that? Especially after the whisper campaign everyone (including Republicans) got away with about Romney’s religion? For be a Preacher and someone that said he had morals, Huckabee was dispicable for what he did.

On top of all that all of his (and Hillary’s) promises are built on a house of cards and someday soon people will realize that (hopefully). Wake Up America.

Enough Politics

During all of the waiting part of trucking I’ve been building a website and doing some work on the inside of Adventures in Trucking. I’ve been reading on how to make websites better for search engines and about what makes a better blog inside and out.

What’s that Zoom thing?

Part of that process is that Blogging Zoom badge. It’s a new service like Digg, but better. It’s geared more toward blogs and bloggers. Feel free to vote and comment if you feel the site and posts are worthy. You vote by clicking on the badge. You’ll have to register, but from then on you only have to click.

Also, I might be doing some rearranging in the next few days, so if you see something different, hopefully it’s for the better. Let me know in the comments or directly (I get an email every time someone comments, so it’s like the same thing) and let me know what you like or don’t like.

Do you believe that feedburner number? I want to thank everyone for their patience and their support during this tough time. And I thought only my family read this! If I could ask for further support by being more involved in Adventures in Trucking by voting, commenting, and telling me what’s good or bad about the site, I promise to be more involved more on my end.