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Besides the other posts, here and here, now we have the American Trucking Association’s two cents. This only confirms that the ATA is absolutely worthless.

Critics bash Mexican truck decision
Business groups have wanted the border opened to avoid middleman costs of transferring goods from Mexican to U.S. trucks.

The American Trucking Associations said it supports the program, but wants to make sure that U.S. and Mexican truck companies are held to the same standards.

“We also are waiting to see that when US carriers are allowed to travel into Mexico that the regulatory and permitting process that U.S. carriers undergo is fair and transparent,” the ATA said in a statement.

Let’s bury our heads in the sand when it comes to the violence and vandalism that is already occurring.

And of course Public Citizen has to keep itself in the spotlight somehow -

Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, said inspections will be
meaningless because the trucks won’t have black boxes that record how
long a driver has been behind the wheel.

“They have no way of telling how many hours these truck drivers have
been driving before they get to the U.S., let alone when they get
here,” Claybrook said.

She may have a point, but black boxes aren’t the answer.

And check this out - You’ll have to click on the title to go see the picture,

VDARE.com: Blog Articles ? Mexico Battle Lines — There and Here.

This photo looks like something straight from Baghdad, but it’s actually just across the border in Tijuana. The Mexican government has stationed military checkpoints on the edge of town so the army can check for serious weapons (RPGs are popular)
and other signs of criminal activity. As well it should, since more
than 300 people were murdered last year in the city. Many Mexican
police are on the payroll of the drug cartels, so el Presidente Calderon’s only hope of rescuing his country from total crime anarchy has been to send in the troops to various hot spots.

Not only is tourism down, but kidnapping for ransom is up, and many well heeled Tjuanans are “moving” north to San Diego. At least the worsening crime wave is swell news for the armor-plating shops.

Who in their right mind would go there to work/drive a truck or do anything?