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Suey, suey, suey!
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Saturday, June 22, 2002 | editorial

Posted on 06/22/2002 10:41:40 AM PDT by Willie Green

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:02:30 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

There's an unfinished hull at Northrop Grumman's shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Nearby are portions of a second hull that didn't quite come together.

American Classic Voyages, a company that was ordained by federal loan guarantees to ramrod the rebirth of cruise-ship construction in the United States, went bankrupt in October. Taxpayers are on the hook for $187 million and, yes, are now in possession of these unseaworthy hulks.


(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


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American Classic Voyages went belly-up when tourism declined in the immediate wake of 9/11.

The Tribune-Review has sunk to the slimey, putrid level of globalist corporate taliban that kick America when its down.

1 posted on 06/22/2002 10:41:40 AM PDT by Willie Green
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