On Monday, the first day of the government shutdown, a
number of WWII veterans showed up at a memorial to their service to find that
access had been blocked.
The memorial is in a public space and is open 24/7, with
almost no oversight from Park Police personnel. (Who, by the way, are exempt
from the government shutdown.)
* ONE MORE TIME, FOLKS...
The memorial is in a public space and is open 24/7, with
almost no oversight from Park Police personnel. (Who, by the way, are exempt
from the government shutdown.)
(*PURSED LIPS*)
The White House was, according to reports, informed of
the veterans' visit and chose to block access.
* CHECK THIS OUT:
The White House and the Department of the Interior
rejected a request from Rep. Steven Palazzo’s office to have World War II
veterans visit the World War II memorial in Washington, the Mississippi
Republican told the Daily Caller Tuesday.
“We got the heads up that they will be barricaded and
specifically asked for an exception for these heroes,” Palazzo told TheDC. “We
were denied and told, ‘It’s a government shutdown, what do you expect?’ when we
contacted the liaison for the White House.
* WHAT DO I EXPECT...??? I EXPECT AN OPEN PUBLIC PARK WHICH NORMALLY REQUIRES NO CONTROLLED/SUPERVISED ACCESS (YOU JUST WALK IT... LIKE ANY OTHER PARK...) TO NOT BE BARRICADED IN A PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO MAKE A PARTISAN POLITICAL POINT!
Palazzo’s office was in touch with the heads of the
National Park Service, the Department of the Interior and the Capitol Police.
He says all these officials rejected his request to allow the veterans, many of
whom are octogenarians and some of whom are in poor health, to attend.
* NICE, HUH?
Having lived in DC for 18 years, I can tell you, the WWII
Memorial is simply an architectural structure in an open public space. There is
no official "access" to it. There are no guards. It's a building in a
park. Yet, the Obama Administration tried to block veterans from viewing the
public memorial, even after hearing about the planned visit.
* AGAIN...
Yet, the Obama Administration tried to block veterans
from viewing the public memorial, even after hearing about the planned visit.
Fortunately, the "greatest generation" was
having nothing of this and easily overcame the government barricades. (Do we
yet again have to rely on this generation to show the promise of America?)
On Wednesday, the veterans' group is planning to visit
the Lincoln Memorial, which the Obama Administration has also vowed to close to
visitors. I have regularly visited this memorial at one or two in the morning.
At those hours, it is a peaceful and reflective place. It is an open space.
There is no access that needs to be blocked. It is only by a conscious
decision, and a great deal of work, that access would be blocked.
This is nothing more than a petulant response by the
Obama Administration to the government shutdown. Over the next week, more than
500 WWII veterans are expected in DC to visit the memorial dedicated to their
sacrifice. If the Park Police again try to erect barricades to this public
space, it will be another sign that the Obama Administration has made an
affirmative decision to separate itself from the American public.
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* CROSS-POSTING HERE AND AT NEWSBITES...
http://washingtonexaminer.com/shutdown-overreach-more-guards-at-wwii-memorial-than-benghazi-park-service-closes-park-it-doesnt-run/article/2536710
The National Park Service is sending so many officials out to shut down federal parks that it might have to suspend furloughs if the government closure continues.
(*SNORT*)
At the World War II Memorial on The Mall in Washington, where veterans have been staging protests to keep it open, Washington Examiner's Charlie Spiering reports that at least seven officials were dispatched Wednesday morning to set up a ring of barricades to block tourists from the memorial.
That is two more than the State Department had in Benghazi a year ago on the night of the terrorist attack that killed four, including the U.S. ambassador.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
National Park Officials closed down the educational Claude Moore Colonial Farm near the CIA in McLean, Va., even though the federal government doesn't fund or staff the park popular with children and schools.
* YES... RE-READ THAT... BY ALL MEANS...
National Park Officials closed down the educational Claude Moore Colonial Farm near the CIA in McLean, Va., even though the federal government doesn't fund or staff the park popular with children and schools.
* OBAMA'S NATIONAL PARK OFFICIALS!
Just because the privately-operated park is on Park Service land, making the federal government simply its landlord, the agency decided to close it.
* NICE, HUH?
A Claude Moore Colonial Farm official said that the privately-funded staff is on the job Wednesday, but barred from letting anybody visit the historically accurate buildings or animals. Anna Eberly, the managing director, sent out an email decrying the decision and rude National Park Service staff handling the closure.
* I ONLY WISH I WERE MANAGING DIRECTOR! I'D TELL THE FEDS WHERE TO STICK THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AND RISK ARREST FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIANCE!
Pointing to Park Service claims that parks have to be closed because the agency can’t afford staff during the government closure, Eberly wrote: “What utter crap. We have operated the Farm successfully for 32 years after the NPS cut the Farm from its budget in 1980 and are fully staffed and prepared to open today. But there are barricades at the Pavilions and entrance to the Farm.
* AGAIN... RE-READ THIS TO UNDERSTAND WHO OBAMA REALLY IS... WHO HIS PEOPLE REALLY ARE...
Eberly wrote: “What utter crap. We have operated the Farm successfully for 32 years after the NPS cut the Farm from its budget in 1980 and are fully staffed and prepared to open today. But there are barricades at the Pavilions and entrance to the Farm.
* GOOD FOR ANNA EBERLY!
And if you were to park on the grass and visit on your own, you run the risk of being arrested. (Of course, that will cost the NPS staff salaries to police the Farm against intruders while leaving it open will cost them nothing.”)
* AND TEA PARTY AMERICANS ARE THE PROBLEM...??? REALLY...??
She added: “In all the years I have worked with the National Park Service, first as a volunteer for six years in Richmond where I grew up, then as an NPS employee at the for eight very long years and now enjoyably as managing director for the last 32 years — I have never worked with a more arrogant, arbitrary and vindictive group representing the NPS.
* MAKES SENSE! THIS IS THE AGE OF OBAMA! THE REGIME HAS HAD FIVE YEARS - AND THERE ARE THREE TO GO! (GOD HELP US...)
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