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Image my rejoicing over the news that there is a program which will help veterans get jobs.  I was so excited to learn more about it so my wife sent me this article titled “ DOT Expands Program to Help Veterans Get Jobs as Professional Truck and Bus Drivers”  “ Military Skills Test Waiver Program Now Includes all 50 States and D.C.”.   The more I read the more excited I got, finally we have tailored a program that will get more veterans employed which will make the transition from military life to the civilian world a little easier. The article talked about “t he U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that its waiver program that helps experienced veterans and active duty personnel transition into civilian jobs as commercial truck and bus drivers has been expanded to all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  On June 27, 2014, Alaska became the 50th state to participate in the FMCSA Military Skil...

I touched the wings of an angel today and it felt like all was right with the world.   I didn’t know that I was speaking to an angel at first and only realized it long after the contact was over.   This feeling of euphoria still sticks with me and it is because of that that I would like to share it with you. I have been involved in the Transportation industry for quite some time now and that combined with my years in the military plus all of my interactive experience with people; have made me come to believe that there are angels among us.   They are nothing like those we see in movies or in print and they do not come with halos or wings.   These angels are very similar to us and many times so much like us that it makes me wonder why we can not be much more of an angel than some of us already are. The angel I met today went by the name of Jay and drove for a company called Natural State Carriers.   The first time I met him it was strictly business.   I...

The idea that this country can not deal with the price of gas and how constricting it is to our way of life is a complete joke.   History tells us that this trend comes about this time every year and goes for a few months here and there.   The spin offered by those who believe this is a hot issue is astounding and therefore made to appear so complex that many Americans just throw up their hands and look for anyone who will promise to find the answer. I allowed myself to be drawn into this discussion by Laura Conaway ’s feed on the Maddowblog article titled Your Democratic president on GOP ideas .   In it she quotes Ezra Klien, whom I have great respect for and love to listen to.   While I do agree with what was reported as Ezra writing “t he shift toward Republican thinking hasn't gained President Obama support from Republicans, and it leaves a lot of empty space on the left,” I do not totally agree with his premise and find myself agreeing with the comment by April...

If Joan Lowy Associated Press article titled High-Speed Rail Funds Sought By Twenty-Four States, Amtrak is correct and any one, or a combination of these states Wisconsin, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Washington, makes what Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday will happen “high-speed rail will deliver tens of thousands of jobs, spur economic development across their communities and create additional options for their citizens as the country's population grows," Florida, Gov. Rick Scott who canceled a project will have more to answer for than he ever imagined. This article even shows the hypocrisy of “Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker who turned down $810 million to build a Madison-to-Milwaukee high-speed line but now Walker is asking for at least $150 million of the rejec...