John N

Patriots. Capitals. Prob on a boat somewhere. Weather Nerd. #Freedom

[Storm Tracker Mike Scantlin @theScantman]

Storm structure of a lifetime coming into Tulsa @MikeCollierWX

[SuperTrucker 🚛💨→💻 @supertrucker]

My next mission is getting every single foreign national that owns a trucking company in the US that has lied on their MCS-150 de-banked, denaturalized, and deported.

[American Truckers United @atutruckers]

FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs personally went to the scene of this accident. So grateful to have his leadership style now at the FMCSA.

[maybe danielle 💻🚛🇺🇸 @maybedanielleee]

Confirmed everything we suspected.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

When I was in my 20’s I was on a TV show. When Karen Bass was in her 20’s, she was training in terrorist tactics and guerrilla warfare with communists in Cuba. Back when the LA Times was still in LA, and used to tell the truth…

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Karen Bass just violated election law here. She is so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it. Well, those days are over. We just filed a formal complaint for illegally gaming the election. We must protect our democracy.

Electioneering within 100 feet of a ballot box is AGAINST THE LAW. Soliciting votes at a ballot box is AGAINST THE LAW. These clear violations show a reckless disregard for the rule of law and our democratic process. Someone in a position of power should be especially respectful of our democratic laws, but this is just emblematic of Karen's mafia-like regime. It's "rules for thee, but not for me".

Here is the formal complaint we filed this morning. We will uphold the rule of law and our democratic norms. Enjoy your conference calls with your lawyers, Karen!

[maybe danielle 💻🚛🇺🇸 @maybedanielleee]

"The idea is that if the freight brokerage is forced to share part of the liabilities of the trucking companies it selects, it will implement stricter vetting measures to prevent hiring high-risk motor carriers. Freight brokers will no longer be financially rewarded for willful ignorance."

https://t.co/uoEjqVjqAL

[Bartolo Colón @BColon40]

@Mets I might have more in the tank.

[maybe danielle 💻🚛🇺🇸 @maybedanielleee]

Columbus, Ohio is blowing up, again.

Here’s the trucking side of it. The full mini-documentary is linked below the original post.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

“Your company was dead broke?”

“Yes, Dave.”

“But a competitor offered to acquire you and rescue the business?”

“That’s right, Dave.”

“So what happened?”

“Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg blocked the deal and we just went out of business, Dave.”

[Lee Zeldin @epaleezeldin]

Nothing infuriates an uninformed Congressional Dem more than when they realize they voluntarily triggered a debate with someone who actually knows what they are talking about, reads federal statute and adheres to Supreme Court precedent. Today’s self-implosion by @rosadelauro was quite remarkable to witness. Without apology or regret, I will always adhere to the best available reading of federal statute pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright.

[John N @JohnnyNix33]

@ESPNNewYork @DRonESPN @TeamCalandra @flooranddecor @HDumpty39 @RothenbergESPN Audio is brutal, tons of echo

[maybe danielle 💻🚛🇺🇸 @maybedanielleee]

The number of passenger vehicles I see cutting in front of 80,000lb commercial motor vehicles (semi-trucks) is ABSURD.

QUIT BEING STUPID.

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

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[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

I want to apologize for not responding to any of the 22 thousand comments my last post inspired. I’ve been filming all week and just noticed my observations about Jimmy Kimmel and a former plumber named Markwayne Mullin have gone viral. I've also noticed that many of the comments are from people who genuinely seem to believe that Jimmy wasn’t belittling plumbers at all, but was instead, simply trying to point out that Mullin is not qualified to lead the DHS. Here's a small smattering...

Roger Bicknell...
Mikey stop. Kimmel wasn't making fun of plumbers he was making fun of Mullin.

Rebecca Piatt Gonzalez...
Dearest Mike, it's not anything to do with his being a plumber. It's him NOT being skilled in Homeland Security.

Patrick Wise...
Being a plumber qualifies you to be a plumber. Period. The issue Jimmy and the rest of us at the adult table recognize is that jobs require certain training and experience and being a plumber does not qualify you to be Sec of DHS.

Had Roger, Rebecca, Patrick and all the others who rushed to Jimmy’s Kimmel’s defense actually read what I had written, they would see that I did not suggest - even remotely - that a plumber was inherently qualified to hold a cabinet position. What I said was that being a plumber should not disqualify a person from holding such a position. Big difference. Doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, fireman, and university professors are no more or less qualified to run the DHS than plumbers, electricians, or carpenters – but should they all be dismissed as “unqualified” simply because they made a living in some other vocation?

As I wrote in my original post, credentials and diplomas are great ways to bolster a person’s credibility, especially if we’re talking about mastering a specific skill. I think we can all agree that plumbers, accountants, mechanics, and surgeons should all have to prove themselves competent before hanging out a shingle. But what do their credentials and diplomas have to do with their actual competency? Are we not already surrounded by a legion of perfectly qualified experts who don't know what the hell they're doing? Moreover, what do credentials and experience have to do with wisdom, honesty, common sense, integrity, courage, the ability to lead, or any other virtue we’d like to have in our elected officials?

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to question Mullin’s suitability for this role. But there’s no legitimate reason to disqualify him simply because he used to be a plumber. Just as there was no legitimate reason to dismiss AOC because she used to tend bar. As for the joke itself, here’s an honest question. If Senator Mullin was a retired doctor instead of a retired plumber, do you believe he would have would made the same joke?

Roger, Rebecca, Patrick...be honest. Do you really think Jimmy would have said to his audience, "So, now we have a DOCTOR in charge of protecting us from terrorism? Hey – it worked for Dr. Suess – maybe it’ll work for Markwayne!"

Personally, I don't. Not in a million years. Why? Because no one would have found it funny, that’s why. Even though doctors are no more “qualified” to protect us from terrorists than plumbers are, Jimmy knows that doctors are widely respected in society, and that plumbers are not. He knows that medical degrees and doctorates are aspirational credentials, whereas plumbing certificates are not. The entire premise of his joke was based on a personal bias that he knew his audience shared – a bias that presupposes plumbers are uneducated, one-dimensional workers who never made it to college, and are therefore "unqualified" to do anything but plumb.

Jimmy is entitled to his opinion, along with anyone else who believes that Mullin is unqualified to lead the DHS. The Constitution, however, says otherwise, and so does the Senate. Likewise, reasonable people can disagree as to what is funny and what isn’t. Frankly, I couldn’t care less. What I do care about, is the extraordinary shortage of plumbers and electricians our country is facing, and the longstanding stigmas and stereotypes that continue to discourage people from considering a lucrative career in the skilled trades. Jimmy’s joke – and his audience’s reaction to it – is proof positive that those stigmas and stereotypes are alive and well.

PS. We have a lot of money set aside to help train the next generation of plumbers. Apply for a scholarship at https://t.co/vidLSYXCf6 Who knows? Could be the first step on your road to President..

[maybe danielle 💻🚛🇺🇸 @maybedanielleee]

Trucking used to attract people who wanted to be there. Now it attracts people who have run out of other options.

[maybe danielle 💻🚛🇺🇸 @maybedanielleee]

VERY bullish on saving the American trucking industry.

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[Republicans @Republicans]

No Queens