An Average Joe

This is a public service announcement.

Everyone, by now, has heard the name of "Joe the Plumber" one cannot escape it, and one should not. Yes, his name inspired a "drink one" game on debate night. Yes, his name inspires derision on the left. But stop and think for a moment about Joe the Plumber - no, really, stop and think about him. Most of us are Joe the Plumber as this excellent article illustrates.

Let me tell you about another Joe so that you can see my point. Let's call him Joe the Trucker. This Joe - the man who named me Oddybobo "Jo" after himself - is a truck driver and has been since his days as a teenager in the Army.

Joe the Trucker is an average Joe. He shops at Walmart, he eats at McDonalds, he didn't attend college and he isn't a rich man. He works long, hard hours - 7 days a week - doing long hard work. He endures hours of stupidity on a daily basis. He pays his taxes, he follows the rules, he puts his pants on one leg at a time - you get my point. Joe the Trucker and his wife Kimchi Kim raised two kids on his trucker's wages and have yet to reach the "good life" now that they are empty nesters. They are the average Joe - albeit with a little asian flair.

Now, Joe the Trucker has worked his whole life to own his own company. Two years ago, that dream became a reality when he bought a small truck and a three car trailer to haul new vehicles to dealerships in Western Pennsylvania. He had spent the last 20 years as a commercial car hauler. But wait, he continued to drive for the company he worked for as well as operate his own business full time. That meant that he worked regular hours for his company and evening and weekends for himself.

Last year, Joe the Trucker and Kimchi Kim grossed close to $250,000.00, of course, after expenses (including skyrocketing fuel prices), major repairs, the replacement of a trailer, necessities and other maintenance, business insurance and TAXES, that amount was reduced to about $90,000.00 - still pretty good. Of course, that $90,000.00 is used to pay personal bills, mortgages, insurance and health care and at the end of the day Joe the Trucker and Kimchi Kim have little to show for their hard work.

Now, add the additional tax burden they will face under Obama - and they will face it - Kimchi Kim and Joe the Trucker may just lose their business despite making ON PAPER a buttload of money.

Joe the Trucker - though average he may be - is also intelligent. He has done his homework on both candidates. He listens to everything that they say. He can argue politics better than any politico I know and he is getting shunted aside as an uneducated member of society by the media elite because of his Joe the Trucker status. In case you wondered - Joe the Trucker is a McCain supporter because contrary to what the media and the Libtards would have you believe, Obama is not for the average, middle-class American and he never was.

So, this message is maybe better directed at Libtards - Don't be fooled by the Joe the's in our midst. They are not the doormats you have made them out to be. They are informed, they are impassioned, and they are the majority - oh, and for good measure, they won't be silenced - right Tito the Construction Worker?

Public service announcement over.