I reported yesterday of the possible take-over of Flying J by the Pilot Corporation. The search to find information has been grueling and I have to admit, a lot of it is just plain over my head so I have contacted Thune’s office and his man Dave has gotten the information I have and is using his tools to look further into it, but here is the gist of it:
Flying J is the “only” truck stop operation that is completely self reliant. Flying J is based out of Utah and how nice it was for Congress to block further energy exploration in Utah. Flying J has for years, had to legally fight from being blocked vital access to trucking tools of the trade. Access that had been blocked by tools that Pilot/Marathon had a monopoly on.
Pilot/Marathon on the other hand is totally reliant on foreign oil. Although they have about 2x the number of wholly owned truck stops; they have many more franchises under different names. They have always been the highest price fuel for independent truckers, averaging 3-7 cents higher per gallon at the pump for those of us who pay cash. They rely heavily on big corporate union trucking companies such as YRW.
Luckily for those of us who’s routes take us mainly from the upper midwest to the west coast, where there are enough competitors such as Flying J, so we are able to take advantage of the stations that are more friendly to small mom & pop operations like our that do not have bulk buying opportunities. Bulk buying at this time is set at such a high minimum consumption, there is no little guy like us that could ever meet the requirements to enroll.
The kicker: if Pilot is to get its way and take over Flying J, they would have a monopoly so they would have the leverage to set diesel fuel prices at the pump nationwide, thus further forcing more smaller truck stops out of business and thus forcing us to buy their fuel made from foreign oil vs being able to buy diesel fuel from American oil resources. Remember the price gouging during Katrina? Well, it was none other than Pilot/Marathon that was behind it and although they were never convicted in a court of law, they were able to pay off the claims behind closed doors so the majority of the public wouldn’t be the wiser.
There seems to also be a union/Czar connection here, (remember those pesky secured creditors in the GM & Chrysler take-over that had their appeals denied? BINGO! Basically the same tactics used here) so that is why I turned it over to Thune’s office. They helped to stop the CARB, which is the CA emissions legislation that would have required refrigerated interstate commerce to adopt CA rules that were in conflict to other state laws and US laws. When Obama signed the executive order allowing CA to adopt more stringent rules for its state, thus giving CA the “green light” to get its programs going; he was banking on the ‘cap & trade” passing.
Just when you thought you had seen enough, here comes more pay to play take over tactics. Tactics to grow another company in order to be able to use their all to politically driven phrase of: “TOO BIG TO FAIL”.
Ya know, what better way to control our travels and the fuel our vehicles consume!
NOTE: I will keep updating at this post on the military posts as time is limited, just watch for the X() in the heading to see if it has changed. I have a pressing trucking issue to work on. It seems there is now a underhanded scheme ( liken to the wall street style takeovers) in the works for Nationalized Truck Stops to control our traffic and fuel. WHEN WILL IT END!!!
When have we EVERhad a Commander in Chief that refused to show his bona fides; so that those under his command were assured that the orders they were implementing were from a legitimate Commander?
NEVER!!!
The following post by Dr. Olry Taitz, Esq. speaks volumes as to the illegitimacy of one Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro aka Barry Obama to be holding the highest command of our military:
It looks like we won already and not just on any day, onBastille day
I didn’t even need to fight, the administration blinked and showed it’s cards, actually they showed that they have no cards to play, as they immediately revoked the order for major Cook. You can see below, the revocation is below, saying he doesn’t need to go.
What does it mean? It’s proof that we have a totally illegitimate commander in chief and they will cave in each and every situation. It means that from now on any member of the military, who doesn’t like any order , needs to call Dr. Taitz, ESQ and state that he doesn’t want to follow the order, a legal action will be initiated based on Obama’s illegitimacy in office and the military will cave in. It means that for the sake of covering up for Obama and fraud perpetrated, top brass of the US military is willing to undermine integrity of the military. This has to stop.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
U.S. ARMY HUMAN RESOURCES COMMAND
1 RESERVE WAY
ST. LOUIS, MO 63132-5200
AHRC-PLM-S 14 JUL 2009
ORDERS A-06-916551R
COOK STEFAN FREDERICK EAD8 MAJ EN 155 54 7803
4207 HARBOR LAKE DRIVE W096AA
LUTZ FL 33558
THE FOLLOWING ORDER IS REVOKED OR RESCINDED AS SHOWN.
ACTION: REVOKE
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For those in the military, the ramifications of this decision should be very alarming. There are many cases still active, cases that have active or inactive/on stand-by as well as retired military officers that could be called back to active duty at a moments notice.
Just what kind of precedence is this sending? From here on in, all any military personnel has to do is question the legitimacy of Obama, and “wha-la”, they WILL BE EXEMPT from deploying.
UNBELIEVABLE, JUST UNBELIEVABLE!!!
UPDATE: Scrub a dub dub. . . this is “NOT” coincidence, this is our right fraud, manipulation to cover some pretty treasonous acts by some pretty high level elected officials nationwide:
Another newspaper reports that President Obama was born in Hawaii – and, for skeptics, it cites unidentified “documents” that can prove it.
In a story WND first reported July 11, the Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Ga., published the account of an Army Reserve officer who claims he should not have to obey deployment orders to Afghanistan, because Obama has not provided proof of his eligibility for office.
In an earlier version of the story, the daily newspaper published by McClatchy followed Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook’s eligibility concerns with a statement claiming the president was born in Hawaii.
“Actually, Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961, two years after it became a state,” it stated, unequivocally.
A screenshot of the original story follows, with the birth statement outlined in red: (full article and Photos here)
But within hours, the statement was bumped down the article. A screenshot of the new version shows that the story now states, “Documents show Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961, two years after it became a state.”
The article was featured on the Drudge Report. The Ledger-Enquirer did not respond to WND’s questions about the alleged “documents” it cites.
With all the scrubbing going on, I sure hope the Obama campers are wearing protect gloves, otherwise they would have pretty sore fingers.
Update # 2: @ more officers sign on to the litigation:
Application for injunction
Late on Tuesday afternoon, July 14, 2009, at around about 4:30 pm, Plaintiff Stefan Frederick Cook returned a call to an unknown telephone call from (813) 828-5884 and was told that his services were no longer required in Afghanistan and that he need not report for duty. In addition Plaintiff an e-mail with the revocation order attached from Master Sargent Miguel Matos (Exhibit C). Upon receipt of the revocation, Plaintiff Major Cook called his civilian boss, the CEO of Simtech, Inc., a closely held corporation that does DOD contracting in the general field of information technology/systems integration, at which Plaintiff Major was employed until taking a Military Leave of Absence on Friday July 10, 2009, a senior systems engineer and architect, in preparation for his deployment to Afghanistan. (Plaintiff has five Cisco Systems certifications in information technology dating from 2000 and just recertified in June 2009 for the Cisco Certified Design Expert qualification exam.)
The CEO of Simtech, Inc., Larry Grice, explained to Plaintiff over a series of four conversations within the next two hours, that he had been terminated. Grice told the Plaintiff that he would no longer be welcome in his former position at SOCOM but that Grice wanted to see whether he could find something within the company (Simtech, Inc.) for Cook. The upshot was that at this time Grice did not have anything for Plaintiff to do. Grice told Plaintiff, in essence, that the situation had become “nutty and crazy”, and that Plaintiff would no longer be able to work at his old position.
Grice explained that he had been in touch with Defense Security Services (an agency of the Department of Defense[1], with regional offices located in SOCOM Headquarters at McDill Airforce Base in Tampa, Florida), and that DSS had not yet made a determination whether Plaintiff Major Cook’s clearances would be pulled, but Grice made clear to Cook that it was DSS who had compelled Cook’s termination. Essentially, because of the “nutty and crazy” situation and the communications received from DSS was no longer employable by him at all. So he was not optimistic about getting me another job at the company. Grice also reported to Plaintiff that there was some gossip that “people were disappointed in” the Plaintiff because they thought he was manipulating his deployment orders to create a platform for political purposes. Grice then discussed Plaintiff’s expectation of receiving final paychecks (including accrued leave pay) already owed, without any severance pay, and wished the Plaintiff well.
A federal agency (such as the Department of Defense, acting through the Defense Security Services Agency) clearly violates the Whistleblower Protection Act if it takes or fails to take (or threatens to take or fail to take) a personnel action with respect to any employee or applicant because of any disclosure of information by the employee or applicant that he or she reasonably believes evidences a violation of a law, rule or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; an abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. What has happened in the present case of Stefan Frederick Cook is that a federal agency appears to have taken action against Stefan Frederick Cook’s private employer, Simtech, Inc., which is a closely held corporation owned and operated by members of a single family, who are as much victims of the Department of Defense’ heavy-handed interference with Plaintiff Cook’s private-sector employment as is Plaintiff Cook himself.
Staying true to form, today the Commander in Thief announced his choice for Surgeon General.
Reuters reports that President Obama announced Dr. Regina Benjamin as U.S. surgeon general pick at around 11:30am-ish this morning.
I guess it wasn’t enough to further politicize the Supreme Court, or take over and politicize private business, we now will, for the first time, have an activist affirmative action baby in the top medical position of the United States as well.
UPDATE: Benjamin on abortion:
WND reporting: On the issue of abortion, Benjamin has advocated more training for doctors on how to terminate pregnancy.
In December 1996, Benjamin “spoke in favor of a vote by the AMA’s governing body to ‘urge medical schools to expand their curriculum’ to teach ‘more about abortion,'” LifeNews reported.
“We are adopting a policy that medical school curriculumprovide the legal, ethical, and psychological principles associated with abortion so students can learn all the factors involved,” she said, according to the Associated Press.
Benjamin is also a member of the board of directors of Physicians for Human Rights, an organization that condemns illegal abortions in many nations across the world. According to LifeNews, the group has used on questionable statistics on mothers’ deaths from abortions to call for legalization.
Benjamin, a professed Catholic, told the Catholic Digest in 2007: “The most important thing to me is when I walk into a room and tell a mother that her baby’s going to be all right. It lets me know that I’m doing the right thing in life.”
If she is confirmed by the Senate, Benjamin said she hopes “to be America’s doctor, America’s family physician.”
And when it comes to health care, she said she plans to ensure that “[N]o one, no one, falls through the cracks.”
Like I said, Obama holds true to “HIS” values. Especially the value to shove his values down our throats whether we like it or not.
The question is, who will be left with the major case of indigestion, the defendent or the plaintiff?
I am publishing full text of TRO. Apparently, Lili Gordon, reporter from ledger-enquirer, doesn’t know how to read. There are so many serious errors in the report. I wish she would’ve called me prior to publishing and clarified issues, that she doesn’t understand.
read the full TRO here, it is quite enlightening and very well written.
I find it always help to read a bit of humor before digesting all the crap being thrown our way every day by this radical administraion and lame steam media:
Obama had a “Russian style” working brunch with Putin with smoked beluga and black caviar. At present, the commercial production, sale and consumption of beluga or black caviar is illegal in Russia to protect endangered species. It was speculated that Putin served Obama Iranian-made caviar, which is legal (Interfax, July 8). Of course, in Russia, laws do not apply to the top nomenklatura, so the delicacy Obama consumed was most likely Russian-made and contraband. It is not clear what is politically more damaging for a U.S. president: to publicly eat Iranian caviar or Russian contraband. Putin indeed has a peculiar sense of humor.
I can not say in words the awesome power of prayer, but what I can do is show you is is that it “DOES” work”.
Today, Federal Judge David O. Carter of the California US District Court ruled on behalf of Dr Orly and her plaintiffs. Though the Commander in Thief sent out his lackeys in California, in an attempt to intimidate and thwart off yet another the possibly the he could be held accountable for his eligibility and made to show his bona fides, Judge Carter ruled, not this time buddy:
“as a former Marine, I recognize the importance of having a constitutionally qualified president.”
While no attorneys appeared on Obama’s behalf, several members of the U.S. Attorney’s office in California were in attendance, and sought to intervene on behalf of Obama over his actions before becoming president.
The judge ordered them to accept service of the lawsuit immediately and then continued the case to an unannounced date.
Taitz told WND, “For first time, we have a judge who’s listening.”
Multiple WND calls to various branches of the U.S. attorney’s offices in California did not generate any response.
Taitz said she has some changes to make in the pleadings, but she was able to fully explain the reasons for her case.
“He [the judge] heard the whole thing,” she said.
God Bless the Patriots and Keep on Praying for our Country and Constitution
An interesting piece from the African news mediain response to the Commander in Thief’s trip to Ghana. It seems that “NOT” quite all are so enamoured with our temporary leader.
“Obama is an American president like all others before him. He is in Ghana to ingratiate himself with the present generation of American African slaves of yesteryear, through visiting their ancestral lands. He already came to Kenya to sanitise his own ancestry ahead of his successful presidential bid. He did not want this to be an election issue. He has been to dictatorial Egypt to pacify the Islamic world. There is nothing to bring him to Kenya, and I doubt that it is important for him to come to Kenya – to bring what? Ultimately, our destiny is in our own hands.“
I would expect that if you were to travel throughout Kenya, you would find this to be more of the norm, rather than the exception.
Kudos to them for taking personal responsibility and standing up for their own freedom. Support they would not getfrom the Barack of the USA.
Get out the old phonograph and pull out the Neil Sedaka vinyl:
MOSCOW, July 8.— Former Russian presidential candidate Guennadi Ziuganov has demanded an end to the US blockade on Cuba at a meeting with American President, Barack Obama, advisors of this political leader announced today.
(snip)
Ziuganov, who is also the head of the Communist Bloc the Duma (the Parliament’s Lower Chamber) urged Obama to suspend NATO expansion and give up the unnecessary antimissile defense shield in Eastern Europe, the sources added.
The very fact of Obama’s meeting with the leaders of Russia’s opposition infuriated the authorities.
UPDATE: Ruskies snub Obama…this just made my day!
I guess once a communist, always a communist, it’s just that not all communists agree with your back stabbing tendencies and they are not afraid to show it in public.
In Sotomayor’s statement (54:00:00 into video) to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor said that she has always applied the “rule of law”, not her personal bias/empathy to ALL her rulings:
“My personal and professional experiences help me listen and understand, with the law always commanding the result in every case,”
HELLO: RICCI case just overturned, not to mention that 80% of her rulings that were appealed were overturned by the Supreme Court.
Also, her statement read something like right out of the White House playbook to divert attention away from her unethical rulings from the bench as well as her past philosophy.
Her statement along with the forth coming answers to some tough questions will make for a great fiction short story some day.
you can read Michelle Malkins developing play by play of the day here and full text of Sotomayor statement here
~ “And not with you alone I am making this covenant and this oath, but with him who stands here with us today before YHWH our Elohim, as well as with him who is not here with us today." ~ “Set your heart on all the words with which I warn you today, so that you command your children to guard to do all the Words of this Torah. For it is not a worthless Word for you, because it is your life," ~ "for Mosheh commanded us a Torah, an inheritance of the assembly of Jacob (Israel)"
~ "Listen to Me, O coastlands, and hear, you peoples from afar! YHWH has called Me from the womb, from My mother’s belly He has caused My Name to be remembered. 2 And He made My mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of His hand He hid Me, and made Me a polished shaft. In His quiver He hid Me.” And He said to Me, ‘You are My servant, O (Yeshua) Israel, in whom I am adorned.’ And I said, ‘I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for emptiness, and in vain. But my right-ruling is with YHWH, and my work with my Elohim.’ ” And now said YHWH – who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, though Israel is not gathered to Him, yet I am esteemed in the eyes of YHWH, and My Elohim has been My strength – and He says, “Shall it be a small matter for You to be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to bring back the preserved ones of Israel? - And I shall give You as a light to the gentiles, to be My deliverance to the ends of the earth!”
Constitutionally Speaking 