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Confessions of a Hamilton Cab Driver

I wrote a book.

"Now, Hans Wienhold has published to Amazon his first full book, “Confessions of a Hamilton Cab Driver,” and it is a blast."

(See Rita Smith's review in Road Warrior News here.)

It's about my experiences over the years in the Hamilton taxi business. I threw a few opinions of mine into the mix.

From the description:

This is the story of one man's adventures in the Hamilton taxi business spanning the years from 1977 to 2018.

There is nothing particularly unique about my story. Every cab driver has his own. Not every cab driver gets around to writing a book about it.

Over the years I drove thousands of customers to their destinations. Most were happily satisfied with my service, if not downright euphoric.

While the stories told in this manuscript are derived from the way the taxi business operated in Hamilton, Ontario in those times, I am confident that any taxi driver, just about anywhere in the world will be able to relate to them.

Some will find my tactics in the trade disagreeable. Others will nod their heads knowingly. Politicians and their regulatory staffers will be outraged. They will certainly want to drag me in front of one of their tribunals to cancel my taxi driver's license and prohibit me from ever driving a cab again.

Too bad for them. I already quit.

Over the last four plus decades, I don't know how many times people have told me, "You should write a book."

Well, okay.

I just did.

Now all you need to do is buy it, and read it.

Confessions of a Hamilton Cab Driver.

(Also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

Ideological Subversion Yuri Bezmenov Full Interview 1984 KGB Defector

Confessions of a Hamilton Cab Driver

This is the story of one man's adventures in the Hamilton taxi business spanning the years from 1977 to 2018.

There is nothing particularly unique about my story. Every cab driver has his own. Not every cab driver gets around to writing a book about it.

Over the years I drove thousands of customers to their destinations. Most were happily satisfied with my service, if not downright euphoric.

While the stories told in this manuscript are derived from the way the taxi business operated in Hamilton, Ontario in those times, I am confident that any taxi driver, just about anywhere in the world will be able to relate to them.

Some will find my tactics in the trade disagreeable. Others will nod their heads knowingly. Politicians and their regulatory staffers will be outraged. They will certainly want to drag me in front of one of their tribunals to cancel my taxi driver's license and prohibit me from ever driving a cab again.

Too bad for them. I already quit.

Buy my book here.

Also available in French and German!

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The vandals are not giving up.

Main Street Conversion Study https://t.co/YYH3WdDrU2

— Hans Wienhold (@Hans_Wienhold) May 12, 2023

A Defense of One-Way Streets in Hamilton

White people should be paid reparations

Even though I am a Canadian subject, I should be entitled to reparations for my German half since many of my ancestors fought for the Union during the Civil War.

I figure about half a mil should settle the matter equitably.

Part of my work at Dupont Research involved the use of a "colorimeter" to measure the color in polyethylene samples. In order to implement the programs, I think either Service Ontario or Service Canada should all be outfitted with colorimeters to be used whenever anyone shows up to apply for pogey or health cards, etc. The adjustments can be made every year when income taxes are filed. The darker the skin, the higher the premium. (Sorry Kro and KK.)

White people should be paid reparations – US Senate candidate

Re: Libertarian or Lunatics?

I haven't watched the video yet, but...

Each one of those points are logical implications of libertarianism.

The problem occurs when they try to inject libertarianism into a socialized system.

Without turning this into a rant...

For example, consider this paragraph:

"The report further suggests decriminalizing all drug use and drug possession as well as leaving homeless people where they are to engage in "life-sustaining activities in public spaces, such as sleeping, eating, preparing food, washing clothes...urinating and defecating, or for other analogous activities in public places."

The key phrase is, "life-sustaining activities in public spaces."

In a purely libertarian society, the logic dictates that there would be no such thing as "public spaces." There would be no public sidewalks, roads, parks, pensions, healthcare, media, or "education."

Whether or not "life-sustaining activities in public spaces, such as sleeping, eating, preparing food, washing clothes...urinating and defecating" were to be permitted would depend on the owners of the property.

Some property owners might be fine with "life-sustaining activities" occurring on their properties. These might be the same people who are often labeled as "slumlords." They might be owned by the Hell's Angels, Mexican cartels, the Russian Mob, or Liberal/NDP politicians who decided to build their own Utopian communities with their own money.

Other property owners might be more conservative.

It reminds me of a timeshare complex I visited about 25 years ago near Dubois, Pennsylvania. It might have been Wolf Run Manor. I instantly recognized it as a private neighborhood. The roads and sidewalks were privately owned. It had parks and other recreation, and one or more stores. One thing I didn't see there, was anyone shitting on the sidewalk, laying in a pool of vomit, or shoving a needle into their arm. Nor were there any homeless encampments. It was a very nice place to visit or live.

What I found most interesting were the armed private cops. They were nothing like socialized cops. They were polite, friendly, and helpful because the residents were their customers.

The problem with the mentality of the UN personnel who came up with these proposals is that they are all hard-core authoritarian collectivists. They would not tolerate privately owned communities for one millisecond.

Since we don't live in a perfect world, the best we can hope for, for now, roughly speaking, is the choice between, say, red states and blue states, or their Canadian, etc. equivalents.

And abolish the UN.

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Ottawa’s response to Uber was “chaotic and unplanned”

Ottawa’s response to Uber was “chaotic and unplanned”

Shortly after Hamilton imposed mandatory in-car cameras, one driver put a sock over his camera for privacy, while alone in the cab. Another driver ratted him out and the city nailed his ass to the wall.

Memory fades, but I recall they put a real hurt on this guy for "thwarting the bylaw," including a suspension and something like a $1,000 fine.

The message was crystal clear. You DO NOT thumb your nose at the law.

... unless you are Uber.

Today in RWN/Taxi News:
-Ottawa’s response to Uber was “chaotic and unplanned,” Apr. 6 factum states
-Ontario’s minimum wage to increase to $16.55https://t.co/hzagIzY7MX@OttawaTaxiFleet @KristineHubbard @WTFC7 @ianconnerty @Hans_Wienhold @EAGLESTAXI

— Road Warrior News (@RoadWarriorNew1) April 11, 2023