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September 12, 2007
Truckers in Texas, Calif, Protest Mexico Carriers on US Roads | online.wsj.com
In response to Mr. McWilliams article, your opinion was very well articulated, but your synopsis would only work, if we lived in a perfect and non greed driven society.
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Cross Border transportation, will it be a disaster?
September 11, 2007
Mexican Trucks Begin Deliveries Beyond U.S. Border | www.bloomberg.com
In response to Mr. Thompson's article; as usual very well written, but opinions and statistics are they legitimate factors pertaining to the effectiveness or the ineffectiveness of the cross border agenda.
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Union membership falling? Are they serving their union members, or are they self-serving.
September 5, 2007
USF Reddaway Workers in California Join Teamsters as Campaign Rolls Along | www.prnewswire.com
Mr. Thompson your analysis as usual was a pleasure to read. I realize my outlook on the union is anything less than favorable, but as human beings are opinions are derived from what we lived. I believe the union's self greed has caused their own demise.
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Locking Rates? A bit to early.
September 4, 2007
Shippers Try to Lock in Low Rates Heading into Peak Season | www.logisticsmgmt.com
In response to Mr. Schulze's analysis, It is always a pleasure to read your opinions, but being the owner of a consulting company; percentages and opinions, do they really tell the truth?
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A late start? or is the union leaving their members in a non negotiating dilema.
August 31, 2007
YRC Worldwide Subsidiaries to Begin Labor Negotiations Early | money.cnn.com
In regards to Mr. Schulze's article, your opinion was very well articulated. What I'm about to say, I'm sure won't make many unions or union members happy, but I can only write what I've lived.
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Collusion, If we can sue trucking companies, then why not sue shippers for gratuities?
August 28, 2007
Trucking firms face price-fixing lawsuit | www.emailthis.clickability.com
Mr. Thompson, your analysis was very well written, but if a shipper can sue in regards to collusion, then as logistics companies let's sue for illegal gratuities.
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Stagnant transportation stocks? what is the true cause.
August 22, 2007
YRC Worldwide Needs a Total Restructuring If the Stock Is To Rebound | transport.seekingalpha.com
Dear Council members, I wanted to write this analysis, due to the fact that this morning I received a couple of phone calls from some very good friends of mine. These individuals have stock interest, in some very large publicly owned transportation companies. Our conversation started as Tony, what is your take on our quarterly dividend losses, is it the C.E.O. or what? I began by saying I just gave an opinion regarding this very issue, to members of a council I belong too. This issue can take one page to explain, or two hundred pages. I'm going to try an explain my belief regarding this very scenario, but please understand, my analysis are strictly written by my own experiences, and what has worked for me as a business owner. What truly surprised me, was the fact these individuals agreed with my synopsis. I've known these individuals for years and there anything less than agreeable.
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YRCW, is it poor management or a poor economy?
August 20, 2007
YRC Worldwide Needs a Total Restructuring If the Stock Is To Rebound | transport.seekingalpha.com
Your analysis was very insightful, but in my opinion, I believe this is more of a competitive issue and poor economy, rather than poor management.
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A Lock in fuel, is it to risky?
August 16, 2007
Trucking firms face price-fixing lawsuit | www.emailthis.clickability.com
In response to Mr. Adams analysis, great idea but I believe it's a bit to risky for the carrier.
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Fuel Surcharges, is it the industry or our society?
August 15, 2007
FedEx Freight cuts standard fuel surcharge by 25 percent | www.commercialappeal.com
In response to Ms. Mander’s article, your analysis was very well written, but I do believe their are other contributing factors to this dilemma.
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U.S. shippers, quit passing the blame.
August 14, 2007
Trucking firms face price-fixing lawsuit | www.emailthis.clickability.com
In regards to Mr. Schulz's article, your analysis proves the legal reasoning behind fuel surcharges
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Mr. Thompson great analysis, but my opinion differs somewhat.
August 1, 2007
Court strikes down truckers hours ruling | www.forbes.com
In response to Mr. Thompson’s article, your article was very well written, but their are a couple areas in regards to your analysis that I disagree with.
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The thirty four hour rule, was it logical?
July 31, 2007
Court strikes down truckers hours ruling | www.forbes.com
In response to Mr. Adams article, spoken like a true Logistics Manager. Please understand, I owned and built a logistics company, yet is the financial aspect of this law correct or individuals lives?
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FMCSA, backwater? you be the judge. Please read below.
July 30, 2007
Court strikes down truckers hours ruling | www.forbes.com
In response to Mr. Schulze's article, The FMCSA was implemented to insure all federal transportation guidelines are enforced on a federal level. As businessman in the transportation industry, what we seem to forget is this fact, the FMCSA is a very small entity in the scope of things, trying to police the globe.
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Funding......Funding....... Funding, and more funding.
July 27, 2007
Danger: More Night Roadwork Ahead | online.wsj.com
In response to this article,the immediate concern regarding human safety is warranted, yet what we all fail to understand, is without proper funding and an abundance of law enforcement personal, this issue will continue.
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Rush Enterprise, is their outlook viable.
July 25, 2007
Rush Enterprise's sales, profit fall | www.bizjournals.com
In response to this article, the over numbers are staggering, but is Rush's Enterprise second half outlook feasible. Here is my opinion, tell me what you think.
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Wards Automotive analysis, is it correct?
July 23, 2007
Rush Enterprise's sales, profit fall | www.bizjournals.com
In response to Mr. Thompson's article, is Ward's Automotive analysis missing some key factors? Please see below, and tell me if you agree.
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Excess capacity, sometimes looks better on paper then in reality.
July 16, 2007
Rail, Intermodal Levels Fall | www.ttnews.com
In regards to Mr. Mcwilliams articles, your commentary is right , but to be honest it looks like a page right out of a college workbook. The one thing I've learned is business is this fact, what looks good on paper, doesn't always work in reality. Please note below, I will break down some of your commentary, to insure I explain why my opinion differs from yours.
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Night road work, do we have the proper funding?
July 12, 2007
Danger: More Night Roadwork Ahead | online.wsj.com
Dear Mr. Karr, Your article brought up some very key issues, regarding night construction. I believe the key issue here, has to do with the states inability to properly enforce these laws. To elaborate; the cost for each state to insure all drivers follow state and federal laws, not to mention their own municipality laws pertaining to night roadwork would be astronomical. In my opinion, I believe the states our doing a phenomenal job enforcing these laws, even though they have very limited law enforcement personal. If we take a look at some of the federal and state laws that have been implemented in the past ten years, there approach is correct but without the proper funding they can't be legally enforced .
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IRS laws, alot of retoric or facts?
July 9, 2007
Insurance or not? IRS provides some guidance | www.irs.gov
Please understand; I'm a firm believer in the U.S. government, although as a U.S. citizen at times I might not always agree with their policies or tactics. The Internal Revenue Service laws and policies are written in a very vague manner, and can be interpreted in multiple contexts. I fully understand and respect the fact, that the Internal Revenue Service is a very small entity trying to mandate laws throughout the U.S., but when laws are written in an interpretation manner, it only leaves individuals dazed and confused. One last point regarding my key implications, the Internal Revenue Service laws have become so vague, that even accounting firms have become confused regarding the proper deductions pertaining to said IRS laws.
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