Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Public Service Announcement

The Delta Queen is currently docked on the Cincinnati waterfront, unloading passengers from its most recent 7-day voyage along the mighty Mississippi and the noble Ohio. If the forces of evil within the U.S. governing bodies have their way, though, this could have been one of the last such treks for the proud vessel. Cruises on the Queen will be effectively eliminated this October if legislators don’t pull through and deliver a 10-year exemption specifically for the craft. But our help may be necessary. See what you can do to help the cause today: http://www.majesticamericaline.com/SaveTheDeltaQueen.aspx.

This is a grassroots effort that needs as many supporters as possible. If we do not rise up as honest Americans and defend our history, our heritage, our working class jobs and, yes, our River, the steams of our strongest ideals will evaporate in the haze of a vacant and lifeless future. And, perhaps more importantly, without such behemoth vessels dominating the waterway proper, the beautiful channels will soon become void of human interaction, the ecosystem feebly susceptible to brutal domination by the Seamonster that lies beneath, a mythical beast waiting patiently to be the largest object left around and free to eat anything that may drift by or sink beneath. Make your presence known. Make Our presence known! God Save the Queen!

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