Wow... Have not been here in awhile!

Greetings All, 
     It would appear I have been neglecting my "online journal" for quite a long time. Since my last entry I have moved across the country to a new residence in a different state, trained five drivers, driven through several blizzards and a pair of tornadoes, crossed multiple mountains, and basically zig-zagged the country several times over. In short, I have been a tad busy. 

     The past year has been, in a word, interesting. There appears to be nothing original in America these days. A city is a city, a road is a road, a hill is a hill... and in every place I have been everything is painfully the same. Everywhere across America you can shop at the same stores and eat at the same restaurants as you might have done 2,000 miles from where you were last. Traffic is still the same, with the same lack of intelligence behind the wheels of the multitudes of cars across the country from city to city. People still get on the highway while holding a cellphone to their ear with their left hand, effectively eliminating their view of the rear view mirror on the driver's side door... which they should be checking prior to attempting to merge with 65 mile per hour traffic. People in every city across America still hold tightly to the uninformed belief that because I have 18 wheels I have 18 brakes and can stop on a dime faster than they can. What a painfully unintelligent assumption to make... and in some cases even fatal. This past year I have seen many a crash, all of which might have been avoided altogether with a measure of basic common sense while sitting behind the wheel. So many drivers out there will never know I saved their lives by being aware of their lack of awareness and common sense.

     In the past year, with every place I have been, and with every city I see, I notice the complacency of the people. Everyone has complaints about the current status quo yet no one really does anything for it. "We the People" cannot really vote out those in power as our votes do not really matter, nor do they count. If they did, then why would we need an electoral college to tell us who we voted for? It is Their votes that matter, not ours. Florida was a clear indication of that during one election, and Texas during another. It is indeed difficult to vote out those who vote for their own pay raises and draft laws that work specifically against "We the People". So I began digging, and researching, and reading more. The more I learned the more I realized one basic truth: Those "conspiracy theory nuts"... they might really be right! After all, if it has a basis in "fact" then is no longer a theory at all. Goethe was right... "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free".

     Well then, I will make an effort to post entries as time permits... now that I have internet on the truck again. Hopefully, my next entry will not be a year in waiting. Until next time...