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Delta Queen loses House vote, prepares to exit cruise business
Business Courier of Cincinnati ^
| 04/25/2008
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Posted on 04/26/2008 5:38:41 AM PDT by iowamark
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posted on
04/26/2008 5:38:41 AM PDT
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iowamark
To: iowamark
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posted on
04/26/2008 5:40:39 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
Two words: General Slocum
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posted on
04/26/2008 5:43:30 AM PDT
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
To: iowamark
1) A company willing to do business
2) Customers willing to buy
3) Nobody getting hurt, no social injuries, no discrimination, etc
Should be all you need in a free country.
But there’s myriad laws against wooden boats because of fires back when they were firetraps, and now you’ve got union parasites demanding blood in Washington at the same time.
So hard to see creeping socialism by degree.
Ayn Rand had a simple solution: just quit. Let the parasites fend for them damn selves.
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posted on
04/26/2008 5:46:10 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: Snickersnee
The Delta Queen has sailed safely since 1926. The General Slocum fire was caused by lax fire safety.
The Democrat effort against the Delta Queen has nothing to do with safety. It has to do with unions.
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posted on
04/26/2008 5:47:47 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
Nothing brings out the old fashioned, cut-throat politics like granting who can and who can’t be allowed to operate a gambling establishment. The less competition the better.
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posted on
04/26/2008 5:48:47 AM PDT
by
Will88
To: Will88
The Delta Queen does not have gambling. She does 3-7 night overnight cruises.
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posted on
04/26/2008 5:51:08 AM PDT
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iowamark
To: iowamark
The Queen would make it up to St. Paul several times each summer season. I always got a call about a week in advance to arrange for fueling her with heavy fuel oil. This became more and more difficult because of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. OPA-90 was drafted by the Coast guard and passed by congress, stiffing requirements for handling, and storing oil near US waters and licensing of fueling crews. One of the amendments to OPA mandated “unlimited liability” if negligence could be proved in a spill.
To: iowamark
“The Delta Queen does not have gambling. She does 3-7 night overnight cruises.”
My mistake, but isn’t there an old riverboat that does operate as a casino?
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posted on
04/26/2008 6:08:42 AM PDT
by
Will88
To: Will88
The excursion boat
President (1924) was a casino at Davenport, Iowa for several years.
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posted on
04/26/2008 6:18:06 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
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posted on
04/26/2008 6:32:18 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: Will88
Do worry Speaker Pelosi’s family will have a Red Chinese Client that will fill the gap. You can cruise the Mississippi on the CC Mao.
To: iowamark
So what this all REALLY is about - the union is ticked off, so is pressuring their paid lackeys in the SENATE to shut them down.
Nice...
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posted on
04/26/2008 6:54:16 AM PDT
by
TheBattman
(LORD God, please give us a Christian Patriot with a backbone for President in 08, Amen.)
To: iowamark
The President is a very handsome vessel. I have missed seeing her at the most recent Tall Stacks celebrations. Taking away the Delta Queens exemption is a crime against Americas heritage.
To: iowamark
... I hope that unions do not have that type of influence here in Washington."What's HE been smoking? RAT politicians (and probably some PUBS as well) have been bought and paid for by the union thugs for generations.
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posted on
04/26/2008 7:05:11 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
To: iowamark
The Delta Queen has graciously been an irreplaceable part of every Derby Week celebration as long as I can remember. The rat representing Louisville did not vote for the exemption, Disgusting and STUPID!
To: iowamark
The late, great John Hartford was a pal of mine. At least he was spared the possibility of seeing the Delta Queen going the way of so much else that is good.
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posted on
04/26/2008 7:16:29 AM PDT
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: nkycincinnatikid
The liberal democrats could care less about American Heritage ! Why did Wal-Mart turn into a "Chi-Com" - because of Hilliary Clinton sitting on their board along with other sell-out executives.
Taking away the Delta Queens exemption is a crime against Americas heritage.
To: iowamark
The idiocy of a situation where the Federal government has the final say over whether or not a business can operate, is certainly apparent here.
If nothing else, the law in question constitutes a "taking" and the boat should have been grandfathered in automatically.
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posted on
04/26/2008 7:41:38 AM PDT
by
ikka
To: iowamark
What’s wrong with a wooden vessel operating at night/overnight?
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posted on
04/26/2008 7:46:18 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
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