it's not his decision On Jan 24, 2:02 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> Obama Plans > to Admit Mexican > Trucks<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/obama-plans-to-admit-me...> > *Scotty Starnes > <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| January > 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM | Tags: Barack > Obama <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=barack-obama>, Mexican > truckers <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=mexican-truckers>, > Mexico<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=mexico>, > Obama <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=obama>, Obama > Administration<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=obama-administration>, > President Obama <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=president-obama>, > Spanish <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=spanish>, Transportation > Secretary Ray > LaHood<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=transportation-secretary-ray-...>| > Categories: Political > Issues <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?category_name=political-issues>| > URL:http://wp.me/pvnFC-4eh > > This should be a winner. More undocumented Democrats flowing across the > border and even more drugs. A win-win if you're a liberal. > > Phyllis Schlafly reports, via > EagleForum.org<http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2011/jan11/11-01-21.html> > : > > It is amazing that, with unemployment unacceptably high, the Obama > Administration has endorsed a plan that will cost U.S. jobs and make highway > driving for Americans more dangerous and less pleasant. *Obama wants to > admit Mexican trucks to drive on all U.S. highways and roads*. > > Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent > Drivers Association, explained what this means: *"U.S. truckers would be > forced to forfeit their own economic opportunities while companies and > drivers from Mexico, free from equivalent regulatory burdens, take over > their traffic lanes."* We wonder if Mexico has any regulatory standards at > all. > > *Mexican trucks are known to be overweight and lacking in safety regulations > we consider essential, such as anti-lock brakes. Mexico doesn't have > national databases that track drivers' records, background checks, drug > usage, and arrests, and it's known to be easy to get a commercial driver's > license with a bribe.* > > Nevertheless, Obama's Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, has announced he > wants to admit Mexican trucks, and he thinks he can appease Congress by > presenting on January 6 what he calls a "concept document." It is two pages > of bureaucratic pablum that does nothing to assure the safety of Americans > on our highways and roads. > > The concept document calls for a "review" of the Mexican carriers' safety > program, the driving records of Mexican drivers admitted to the program, and > inspection of Mexican trucks for safety and emissions. But the document says > nothing about what the standard of review and inspection will be, and > whether trucks and drivers who don't pass inspection will be rejected. > > Under the concept document, Mexican trucks would be subject to border > inspections at the "normal border inspection rate," and subject to > inspections within the U.S. "at the same rate as U.S. companies." That > doesn't reassure us; the "normal" border inspection rate means that only a > few violators will get caught, which the Mexicans will consider just a cost > of doing business, and the notion that Mexican drivers need inspection only > at the 50 percent U.S. rate is ridiculous. > > *U.S. law requires truck drivers to speak and understand the English > language*. The concept document says it will "conduct an English Language > Proficiency" test of each Mexican driver, but *it doesn't say the Mexican > drivers must speak English or pass the test*. > > We know from the House testimony of the previous Transportation Secretary, > Mary Peters, that the Department's policy is to approve Mexican drivers as > "English proficient" even when they *respond to an examiner's questions in > Spanish*. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), who was conducting the hearing, was > so astounded at this answer that he asked Secretary Peters to repeat it. > > Just don't ask these Mexican truck drivers for identification. 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