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Right Wing truckers on their way to D.C. to jam the roads and arrest them some politicians. "Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy..."

Courtesy of Think Progress:

On October 11th, a group of right-wing truckers is planning to drive to DC to shut down the major commuter highway that circles the city. They’ll continue to block traffic, they say, until they see the arrest of elected officials who have “violated their oath of office.”

Organizers of the event, which is titled “Truckers Ride for the Constitution,” say they are fed up with a variety of headaches caused by the government: Fuel efficiency standards enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency, Obamacare, state and local laws over idling their trucks, and “insurance companies purportedly requiring technological updates,” according to US News and World Report.

They say that to demonstrate against violations of the constitution, they plan to circle interstate 495 — known widely as the beltway — and not allow through any traffic. If police try to stop them, they’ll park their trucks right on the highway.

Originally, reports from US News and World Report indicated the truckers were looking to impeach President Obama. But Earl Conlon, an organizer of the event, told US News, “We’re not asking for impeachment, we’re asking for the arrest of everyone in government who has violated their oath of office.” These include House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), both for purportedly arming al Qaeda linked Syrian rebels. But while it might seem very US-specific, even some Canadian truckers might join in.

It was not immediately clear how truckers would go from circling the highway around DC to actually arresting elected representatives.

You know my dad was a trucker, and in my experience a depth of knowledge about politics is certainly no prerequisite for driving a big rig.

Most of the truckers that I have ever met spent just about every waking hour on the road transporting cargo just to make ends meet. It makes me wonder what kind of trucker has this kind of time on his hands, or is willing to have his rig confiscated due to public endangerment or trespassing.

But boy does this take me back good buddy. Back to the days when we all had our ears on, were constantly on the lookout for Smokeys, and could always catch our pals on the flip-flop. (Here you go.)

But on a serious note, just how long is all of this going to go on before we start to talk seriously about the fact that we are in the beginning stages of an all out civil war?




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