April 30, 2005

• This link is swiped from StrangeBlackCat:
  

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he would give equipment and training to Palestinian security forces and he offered to help rebuild the Palestinians’ crumbling infrastructure in Gaza, which Israel is withdrawing from this summer.

  Article: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/29/meast.putin.ap/index.html

  In other stories, my return to the United States has been delayed because the Teamsters have been causing road obstructions in Canada protesting high fuel prices. This has resulted in the Uhaul truck we rented not having made it into Vancouver, sticking us here.

  My dad used to be a Teamster and suggested that I should support the strike. The problems I have with that:

  * Petro fuel should be expensive. If they’re protesting something, it should be that they’re not getting paid enough for their deliveries to cover fuel costs.

  * The Teamsters took a major part in undermining the American rail system. Yeah, I know, these are Canadian teamsters, but I’m still annoyed about it.

  I’m not a “will never cross a picket line” type of person. I need to know the reason behind the picket line. See, I keep saying I’m a bad “liberal”.

  If they were protesting their pay not being high enough to compensate for the increasing costs of fuel, I’d be in far more support. As base costs go up, those costs need to be passed on, eventually being covered by the consumer of those delivered goods.

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