Yesterday said:

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Screw a convoy. Just stop shipping stuff. This would be over in 2 days.

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No kidding. The average American has no idea how quickly the grocery store shelves would empty if truckers just stopped. Frankly, I'd like to see it. Maybe it would scare some people straight.

TomFoolery said:

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Which mandates are they protesting? The ones to go across borders? Well... just refuse to accept cross border shipments. Any domestic mandate is employer based right? So just quit that employer and work for a different trucking company.... or am I missing something

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I'm also wondering this as well? What national mandates are they protesting?

At a state level, it makes sense, but wouldn't that be more effective in state? What is Texas going to do to California?

snowdog90 said:

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As the resident trucker on this board, i will say that i won't be partaking in said convoy. My company has been good to me, no mandates, and this convoy doesn't get loads delivered, which would hurt my company.

Not sure what I think of the effectiveness of a convoy, but I guess we'll see.

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That's a shame. But 699,999 trucks will still send the message

AgResearch said:

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administrative errors said:

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I'm prepped, have no idea about my neighbors.

Perfect time for authoritarian regime to take hold or economic collapse.

Buckle up buttercup. And Bitcoin fixes this.

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Unicorn farts won't fix anything

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$9M USD frozen by gofundme because terrorism, you gonna keep that thought process up?

Removing significant economic tools from abusive governments would help everything about what we are dealing with today.

The game theory changed at the Genesis Block, keep ignoring it.

NoahAg said:

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Yesterday said:

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Screw a convoy. Just stop shipping stuff. This would be over in 2 days.

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No kidding. The average American has no idea how quickly the grocery store shelves would empty if truckers just stopped. Frankly, I'd like to see it. Maybe it would scare some people straight.

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Yep, a lot of people need to wake up and look at what is going on in this country. Many of our politicians are the dumbest and worst people on the planet yet so many people blindly continue to vote for them. Perhaps going hungry for a few weeks because the people they voted for have completely screwed up the country will open their eyes.

So going to costco tomorrow

PaulC_80 said:

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NoahAg said:

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Yesterday said:

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Screw a convoy. Just stop shipping stuff. This would be over in 2 days.

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No kidding. The average American has no idea how quickly the grocery store shelves would empty if truckers just stopped. Frankly, I'd like to see it. Maybe it would scare some people straight.

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Yep, a lot of people need to wake up and look at what is going on in this country. Many of our politicians are the dumbest and worst people on the planet yet so many people blindly continue to vote for them. Perhaps going hungry for a few weeks because the people they voted for have completely screwed up the country will open their eyes.

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Can be a double-edged sword though when it comes to messing with people's food. They will probably vote for the person that says they will never let something like that happen again, and that just might be the dictator you're trying to avoid.

snowdog90 said:

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As the resident trucker on this board, i will say that i won't be partaking in said convoy. My company has been good to me, no mandates, and this convoy doesn't get loads delivered, which would hurt my company.

Not sure what I think of the effectiveness of a convoy, but I guess we'll see.

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Thanks for hauling our crap and safe travels to you.

I wonder what % of goods are shipped by independents(who could participate) vs company fleets.

Dems are hoping and praying this comes to pass. Talk about gift wrapping the mid-terms to them.

Dems are squarely to blame for America's supply problems. A trucking "convoy" that makes the supply problem two times worse is exactly what the MSM and Dems need to convince Americans this is a conservative created problem.

administrative errors said:

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Sigh... I knew it'd happen...


I'm already missing 2 shipments this week.

Our EVERY govt moves so damn slowly we'll all be in total anarchy before they do anything about meeting demands...

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FIFY
Bureaucrats don't give a shi$ about you. They have no economic incentive to help you.

Jack Squat 83 said:

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snowdog90 said:

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As the resident trucker on this board, i will say that i won't be partaking in said convoy. My company has been good to me, no mandates, and this convoy doesn't get loads delivered, which would hurt my company.

Not sure what I think of the effectiveness of a convoy, but I guess we'll see.

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Thanks for hauling our crap and safe travels to you.

I wonder what % of goods are shipped by independents(who could participate) vs company fleets.

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As the resident former trucker on this board, the stat a few years back was that 94% of Class 8 trucks were owned by fleets comprised of 6 trucks or less.

Don't count on a single American Trucking Association (ATA) member company, the "megacarriers", participating in any way, shape or form to this event.

rgag12 said:

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Dems are hoping and praying this comes to pass. Talk about gift wrapping the mid-terms to them.

Dems are squarely to blame for America's supply problems. A trucking "convoy" that makes the supply problem two times worse is exactly what the MSM and Dems need to convince Americans this is a conservative created problem.

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Not a chance.

The reasons why people hate Biden have nothing to do with supply chains. The strategy they used with Trump was to assoicate him with all of the chaos in the world. When the **** hits the fan people always blame the people in power.

If the republicans lose at the mid-terms it wont be bacuse of truckers. It's because of Dobbs v Jackson

The Canadian truckers had / have a clear objective and clear finite injustice they are fighting against: the vax mandate for truckers and the creepy QR code surveillance/passports.

The U.S. situation is not analogous and such a convoy would a) be subject to decidedly unfriendly un-Canadian American style law enforcement action and b) widespread confusion as to why the right wing enemies of the regime straight from central casting are making the poor and disadvantages go hungry in the winter etc.

It's going to be over quickly when the Waltons, Monihans and the other woke CEOs start calling in favors.

Hoosegow said:

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Stop shipping to democrat ruined cities. Make Chicago starve.

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Because no Republicans live in those cities? Or would they just be SOL?

administrative errors said:

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I'm prepped, have no idea about my neighbors.

Perfect time for authoritarian regime to take hold or economic collapse.

Buckle up buttercup. And Bitcoin fixes this.

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Bitcoin works great without electricity or internet.

AGHouston11 said:

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Isn't the problem many trucks are corporate owned. Are there still that many independent truckers.

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https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3269077/replies/61392430

Independent Owner Operator Truck Driver Statistics for the United States

2021 Truck Driving Industry Statistics

That's a lot of truck drivers. Independents would most likely make up a majority of a convoy to DC. Could be as high as 200,000?

RGLAG85 said:

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administrative errors said:

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Sigh... I knew it'd happen...

U.S. truckers are organizing and planning a Coast to Coast convoy to protest the mandates.

They want to beat the size of the Canadian convoy.

Their goal is to have 700,000+ trucks protest from California to D.C.

Every city only has 24 hours of food supply on hand.

— Derek Utley (@realDerekUtley) January 31, 2022

I'm already missing 2 shipments this week.

Our govt moves so damn slowly we'll all be in total anarchy before they do anything about meeting demands...

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And here we have why this country is in the shape it's in. I'll take a stand as long as it doesn't inconvenience me.

I can take a little suffering if it's to stop tyrannical mandates. Good for them, I'll survive.

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Couldn't help myself-just a joke

If they hook up their big rig engines to generators they can fund their own convoy by mining crypto and skip gofundme.

Literally any asset but the US dollar is a good bet. Anything.. Bullets, gold, silver, land, food, toilet paper, used cars.

As everything crashes, you'd better have some unicorn farts in that bag of not-cash.

This thread is peak F16 good lord

PaulC_80 said:

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NoahAg said:

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Yesterday said:

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Screw a convoy. Just stop shipping stuff. This would be over in 2 days.

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No kidding. The average American has no idea how quickly the grocery store shelves would empty if truckers just stopped. Frankly, I'd like to see it. Maybe it would scare some people straight.

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Yep, a lot of people need to wake up and look at what is going on in this country. Many of our politicians are the dumbest and worst people on the planet yet so many people blindly continue to vote for them. Perhaps going hungry for a few weeks because the people they voted for have completely screwed up the country will open their eyes.

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You do realize this would impact everyone and not just those people that voted for the idiots in charge, right? Screw that!

Signel said:

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Literally any asset but the US dollar is a good bet. Anything.. Bullets, gold, silver, land, food, toilet paper, used cars.

As everything crashes, you'd better have some unicorn farts in that bag of not-cash.

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I have many of those physical, non-internet created assets listed. The unicorn farts are worthless whenever the government decides to make it so.

Hoosegow said:

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Stop shipping to democrat ruined cities. Make Chicago starve.

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This. Just pick on the democrats!

Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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Not going to lie these responses are pretty shocking. Probably better to do nothing I guess. That will show the government.

It's like we have totally forgotten as a country that sacrifice sometimes is painful and yet worth it.

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Absolutely right. Yeah, it will be painful. That's the point. The cities will hurt the worst and they are there ones that need the most correction. They need to be rudely awakened from their artificial Matrixesque stupor. The will continue to support their elitist overlords so long as they get their little portion of bread and circuses. It is time we find out how loyal a hungry dog really is.

CanyonAg77 said:

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Been on a convoy to DC myself. Lots of headlines, little action.

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NICE! My dad was on that trip! Great stories.

So much this. Why cant people figure this out? Starve off the problemtic areas and leave the rest of us alone.

AgResearch said:

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Signel said:

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Literally any asset but the US dollar is a good bet. Anything.. Bullets, gold, silver, land, food, toilet paper, used cars.

As everything crashes, you'd better have some unicorn farts in that bag of not-cash.

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I have many of those physical, non-internet created assets listed. The unicorn farts are worthless whenever the government decides to make it so.

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Worthless when ice fells a power line.

If I send you some mushrooms will you take them and stop contributing to bitcoin discussion?

Ahhh a downed line, the bitcoin network is ruined! Ahhhhhhhhh

"No other digital asset is likely to improve upon bitcoin as a monetary good because bitcoin is the most (relative to other digital assets) secure, decentralized, sound digital money and any “improvement” will necessarily face tradeoffs."

- Fidelity Asset Management 1/31/22

— Andy Edstrom, CFA, CFP (@edstromandrew) February 1, 2022

OverSeas AG said:

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I read a lot of these posts and all I see is fear.


Yea… lets wait 10 more months to vote and then another two months before the elected take office. Nothing bad will happen in the mean time. And oh while were at we'll hope nothing bad happens on election night.

That's a bold strategy cotton. You want change… it takes work and sacrifice.

No wonder we are where we are. We are driven by fear.

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The problem is - several have asked on this thread was the point of the protest is. There is no national mandate for US truck drivers to protest. If they are protesting state mandates, wouldn't it be more effective in the state?

That tweet stated they wanted it to be bigger than the Canadian convoy. If the goal is a protest greater than the Canadian convey, the protest is very misguided.

The possibility of messing with people's food and the ramifications you cannot see might not be worth some sort of protest that has no clear goal.

People are willing to sacrifice for a clear goal. This convoy seems to not have a clear goal at this point, and no one on this thread can answer what the protest is for, or maybe more frightening, don't care.

A disconnected network is not one.