http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org A private initiative to save the steamboat Delta Queen Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:29:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, April 30, on the steamboat race day, there will be a Save the Delta Queen Campaign rally starting at 1:00 p.m. on the waterfront in Louisville, just downriver from Joe's Crab Shack. We need all the supporter's we can gather to show the world that we really do love ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/save-the-delta-queen-today-at-louisville-on-may-5-at-cincinnati/ It's a shame that the discussion about the future of the Delta Queen became a partisan issue last week in the House of Representatives. We're trying to change this back to a non-partisan discussion by showing where Rep. Oberstar used manipulatory tricks to get almost all of his fellow Democrat ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/rep-oberstars-manipulatory-tricks-in-his-delta-queen-speech-on-the-house-of-representatives/ Today the House of Representatives has votes against the Delta Queen exemption as an amendment to the Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill 195 to 208 votes. There is a detailed list on which Representative has voted for or against the Delta Queen available at the website of the Office of the ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/house-of-representatives-votes-against-the-delta-queen-exemption/ When talking to politicians and journalist about the exemption for the Delta Queen, there are three very important facts that everyone writing or deciding about this exemption should know: 1) It's the Coast Guard, not the US Congress who is genuinely reponsible for the safety of all boats on US inland ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/3-key-facts-about-the-delta-queen-exemption/ Bad news: Yesterday afternoon, the House's Rules Committee rejected an amendment in favor of the Delta Queen to the Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill, according to the St Louis Post-Dispatch. The amendment has been introduced by Rep. Steve Chabot in parallel to the stand-alone bill H.R. 3852. Now it's up to the ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/rules-committee-rejects-amendment/ This week might become a very important week for the Delta Queen: the Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill has been scheduled in the House of Representatives for Thursday, April 24. If the Committee on Rules will accept the Delta Queen amendment to this bill, the House will vote on the Delta ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/delta-queen-important-decisions-this-week/ Let's continue asking for support, let's continue to make our cause public! At this time we're requesting support from a) the House Leadership to put the exemption bill for the Delta Queen in the suspension calendar (click for details), b) Veterans and veteran's organizations: the Delta Queen has served in this war in ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/form-letters-house-leadership-veterans/ Let's act quickly -- there is a new chance to get the exemption for the Delta Queen for vote to the House of Representatives. We need to contact the House of Representatives' Leadership and ask them to put the exemption on the suspension calendar as a stand-alone bill (see details ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/a-new-chance-for-the-delta-queen/ In this whole discussion, the topic should be; "How safe is the Delta Queen, and is she safe enough to allow her to carry overnight passengers?" Well, I would say that not even this should be the question because free people in a free country can decide for themselves. But ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/is-this-really-about-safety/ There is some arguments going on in the background whether the Delta Queen issue mainly is a private problem of a cruise ship company or whether we see a political and public scandal going on here. That is, do we have the right to fight for the Delta Queen, address ... http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/is-the-delta-queen-a-public-and-political-issue/