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Article #153: Queen visits Jamestown Virginia

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Approximately around 4 pm on May the 3rd have to write down the bull so they don't
the Queen of England arrived in forget it. She also went to Virginia
Jamestown Virginia to join the Tech. where some guy went crazy and
celebration of our 400th anniversary. She killed 33 people and wounded others, to
did not have to worry about filling up give a speech and express her sadness for
the gas tank with fuel, as she arrived in those who were lost.
town in a carriage pulled by horses. To some people this article might seem a
Sounds like a great way we could cut our little disrespectful to the Queen but I
fuel cost in the U.S. by making our can not understand why we fought so hard
public officials do the same thing. Think to get our freedom from them, and then
that is funny, well they are your public spend millions of dollars to come visit.
servants you know. You are the ones' that They never pay Busch to go anywhere, in
excel them to some kind of higher level, fact when he does go somewhere it cost
but in my mind they are servants. the American tax payer millions he gives
On Thursday there were not very many away.
people out to greet the Queen because the The Queen is suppose to stay with us for
secret service and probably ever state 6 days and then 2 days with the
trope in Virginia had her surrounded and President In Washington, I will not be on
made most of the public uncomfortable. the road when she decides to leave town
Nothing like having weird people watching because it will cost a fortune in
your every move and making you feel that gasoline to get anywhere between
if you make the wrong move you are going Williamsburg and Washington when they
to get jumped on. leave..
It only cost the state 11 million dollars Well the Queen is off to the Kentucky
to get her to visit, and I am not sure if Derby which was one of the main reasons
that included the hundreds of gallons of she came over to the U.S. This has long
fuel the police and secret service used been a dream of hers to attend one of
to get here. these races and see the best race horses
At one of the local motels I must have in the world compete. One of her hobbies
seen at least a hundred police cars is breading and raising thoroughbred
parked as they were inside being told horses and riding them, can you believe
what the procedure would be to guard it at over 8o years old she still rides
here. her horse once a week when she is at
It would seem to me that Jamestown would home. Most people don't even trust their
have gotten a bigger bang for its buck if rocking chairs to ride at that age in
they would have invited the remaining this country.
contestants of American Idol There would The bottom line, was it worth the 11
have been limited security and probably million that the government spent to have
millions of people come to see their the Queen of England go on vacation here
favorite Idol. Although it would have is the USA? I would have to say nay to
used more of our fuel and caused major that one. She really didn't even stay two
traffic jams but the area would have full days here, and then went elsewhere
gotten the tourism they had hope for. for diversion. With all the problems that
I am not really sure why someone would the country is undergoing, like high fuel
take off time from work, or use up their prices and trying to figure ways to save
vacation time, or spend a lot of money fuel, the immigration issue, and the so
with the high cost of fuel to drive to called war which will probably going to
Jamestown to see her, or read speeches bankrupt this country shortly, we could
someone else wrote? The people in our have used it more wisely on problems that
government do the same thing because they need to be address here in Jamestown.






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