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Default Arrow Trucking Shuts Doors


"John R. Carroll" wrote in message
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jeff wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:12:18 -0800, "azotic" wrote:

BREAKING NEWS: Arrow drivers wake to nightmare before Christmas
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 - On Tuesday, as many as 1,400 truck drivers
for Arrow Trucking Co., based out of Tulsa, OK, have been
frantically trying to figure out their next moves as the company
unexpectedly announced it was "suspending all operations" that day.

Truckers started calling in to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers
Association and Land Line after they were awakened with phone calls
from their dispatchers alerting them to the grim news that the
company was shutting its doors and that their instructions were to
turn in their trucks to the nearest Freightliner dealership.


http://www.landlinemag.com/Special_R...ow-drivers.htm

Best Regards

Tom.

That just isn't right... Pretty scary that this is whats happening
around our country.


Same thing happened five years ago (?) with Consolidated.
Did that frighten you?


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John R. Carroll



The scary part, is sometimes I think the Healthcare Bill is to keep people
from looking at the lack of Congressional action on the meltdown. They say
the Recession is ending. BS! Unemployment numbers still very high,
something like 319,000 people moved over to special extended unemployment
just last week. They have given Wall Street bunches of money, and now they
are giving it back after they used it to scam investors out of even more
money, and want no regulation of their business, until the next bailout is
needed. We need to vote out all the incumbents. We may throw out a good
one or 2 in the process, but is worth the error. The government has added
about a 1/2 million in debt per family this year and not much has been
improved. The housing improvement is driven by the Tax Credit, and the Fed
buying all new mortgages. What happens in 2 months when the Fed stops
buying the mortgages. And the interest rate starts rising again. How many
foreclosures then? We have an administration saying we will cut emissions.
While China and India are laughing all the way to more production. What the
hell was Arnold, The Govenator, doing at the Climate summit. The economy in
California is in chaos. The Legislature has been overspending for years and
committing spending into the future. They have the districts Gerrymandered
so 90% get re-elected. We are screwed, or at least our kids and grandkids
are.