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Houseboat industry eyes new venture for comeback (Obama recession has 'em on the ropes)
Fox News / The Associated Press ^
| January 27, 2012
Posted on 02/01/2012 11:47:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
MONTICELLO, Ky. – Kentucky's houseboat manufacturers once thrived by churning out luxurious floating residences, but the industry was nearly capsized by the economic downturn. Now it's dabbling in a new venture as it looks for a different course — the construction of moderately priced, energy efficient landlocked homes.
Houseboat maker Stardust Cruisers has built two relatively low-cost modular homes in a test that area residents hope will help revive the industry and bring back jobs to this struggling town on the edge of Appalachia....
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: boating; economy; obama; recession
Is there any industry that's actually done well since he was elected?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Is there any industry that’s actually done well since he was elected?”
Suicide bombers.
IED makers.
Prayer rugs.
Camel saddles.
Burkas.
Banks that get taxpayer slush money.
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posted on
02/01/2012 11:51:53 PM PST
by
LyinLibs
(If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
To: LyinLibs
you forgot gas centrifuges.
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posted on
02/02/2012 12:05:32 AM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Homeland Security, TSA, and Mexican drug gangs.
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posted on
02/02/2012 12:05:58 AM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So now they are building trailers? lol
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posted on
02/02/2012 12:15:22 AM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: KoRn
What is a houseboat but a mobile home on a hull or pontoons?
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posted on
02/02/2012 12:23:45 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Thank you Obowelmovement.
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posted on
02/02/2012 12:43:46 AM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
To: PA Engineer
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posted on
02/02/2012 12:49:28 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
02/02/2012 1:14:22 AM PST
by
Theoria
(Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul sounds like an Islamic terrorist)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
02/02/2012 2:49:57 AM PST
by
A. Morgan
(Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
02/02/2012 3:52:41 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Is there any industry that's actually done well since he was elected? Guns, Ammo, MREs, gold sellers
Did I mention guns and ammo?
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posted on
02/02/2012 4:49:53 AM PST
by
hattend
(If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Fire arms and survivalist stuff.
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posted on
02/02/2012 4:24:11 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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