Freedom with Integrity
Freedom With Integrity
I am starting to wonder if we even know what these words mean anymore? Have we all been sold a bill of goods that our freedom has no integrity? This is what our society seems to think today, that freedom has no integrity. When we sacrifice out integrity for supposed freedom we have really sacrificed our freedom. Freedom without integrity is just anarchy and is really just a herd of animals running amok without any sense of direction. Any of us that have worked with the critters know that when you allow a herd to run amok that they can cause great damage because they are no longer thinking with their right mind but only reacting in fear.
We must as a group have the integrity that our fore fathers did. We must not run amok without any sense of direction. We must remember that we are not just doing this for ourselves but for the betterment of our industry as well as our nation. We must remember that only by working for the common good of all can we achieve our goals both individually as well as a group.
I have grown weary and tired of listening to Independent Carriers, truckers, cowboys, businessmen, farmers, and Americans in general, whine and complain about how the government is screwing them over, but refuse to stand up and do something about it. This is our opportunity to do something about it, I hope that I did not stick my balls on the chopping block for those that just want to hide behind their momma's skirt. I believed that I was doing this for hard working, honest, men and women that still believed that freedom can still be achieved and maintained with integrity.
The puppet masters will have you to believe with their media that the world has no morals, no integrity, well that is bullcrap and we all know it. But like others in history have stated if you tell a lie loud enough, long enough, then people will believe it. We as truckers have been told the brokers are the problem, we have heard this for almost thirty years now. Were the brokers the ones who pushed for deregulation? No it was the shippers, and some truckers as well. Here we are 36 years later and we are almost hauling freight for the same rates that we were back then. Our nation has become greedier and greedier over the past 36 years, we have lost our integrity as a nation that once built the best products, paid the best wages, and believed in freedom for all with integrity. Now we have become a nation that seems to pride itself on little to no integrity, taking more than we deserve, wasting, and no longer caring about the integrity of the product, the integrity of the service, the integrity of the truth.
Let us as the Independent Carrier Group kick of a revolution that will change back our country to one that is proud to have integrity along with freedom. Let us hold our head up high with integrity, pride in what we offer for a service, pride in our work ethic, let us be the example to those that are lost and looking for integrity. I have found often that while others may not agree with my views on everything they respect my integrity. This is what allows me to look others in the eyes directly without looking down at the ground, I have freedom with integrity.
Alfred Scott Jordan
Powerhouse Transportation, LLC
A member of the Independent Carrier Group