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We did not know why Miles was carrying am acetylene torch to the morning meeting, but things unfolded almost immediately. Vic produced a cartoon image that resembled our Section Leader in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We did not know why Miles was carrying am acetylene torch to the morning meeting, but things unfolded almost immediately. Vic produced a cartoon image that resembled our Section Leader in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need to turn up the heat on a few things. I want to ignore the Epstein noise. That is all a smokescreen about emails now 25 years old accusing the President of things the Minority Leader of the House and the President of Harvard University were doing after Epstein was convicted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is fun,\u201d said Splash. \u201cBut I had to take a cab over to the VABC liquor store for the monthly re-supply and I got a Red Top cab with a driver whose English was a little thick. Red Top is a public service company, so I assume he had a Commercial Drivers License\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Melissa looked across the table and laughed. \u201cCDL\u2019s? Are you referring to the fact that California just revoked 17,000 CDL\u2019s because the recipients were non-English speaking undocumented immigrants?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot precisely,\u201d said Splash over his mug. “The news this morning is that the problem is not just in the Golden State. Apparently the problem is national. A shortage in American drivers was fixed in the last Administration by operating Driver Mills to provide operators to fix a real shortage problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWouldn\u2019t that mean training unemployed Americans?\u201d Holly looked hopeful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, apparently this is part of something larger, which is to remedy the lowered birthrate by importing millions of new people who will eventually be something like US citizens even if they never filled out the paperwork or were approved for entry.\u201d Miles adjusted the knob on his torch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, this was major decision on immigration policy not made through Congress?\u201d asked Rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBlue States have helped by curtailing Customs and Immigration from operating in their jurisdictions,\u201d said splash gravely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCould that be a contributing factor on why we have 40,000 deaths in road incidents annually and 197,000 non-English speaking commercial drivers out there?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were grimaces arund the table. Vapor seemed startled, since he had been looking at Melissa intently. \u201cI heard pedestrian deaths are up significantly here while they have been going down in most of the industrialized nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what occurred to me on the trip to the liquor store. I had the boxes on the seat net to me in the back and noticed the light ahead was red.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Good thing you caught it,” said Melissa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah,\u201d said Splash. \u201cI mentioned it as we went through the light. I hadn\u2019t done that in my life. As a driver or a passenger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTimes are changing,\u201d said Vapor, looking back to those at the table. \u201cI am going to watch out in the crosswalk. And avoid anything that looks like a commercial truck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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