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"Barricades surrounded Old Faithful and the group was not even allowed to photograph bison as “recreating” was not allowed, according to an armed ranger who ordered the tour back onto their bus. Hodgson, the guide, called the behavior of the rangers “Gestapo tactics.” He added, “We paid a lot to get in. All these people wanted to do was take some pictures.”
And then there is the widely reported story about the National Parks Service barricading the open air monuments at the National Mall in Washington. That decision forced elderly World War II veterans who had traveled hundreds of miles to visit the memorial honoring their service to find a way around them.
Employees of the Parks Service even removed handles on well pumps along the C&O Canal towpath that runs 184 miles from Washington to Cumberland, Maryland preventing bikers from getting water, according to a report last week in the Cumberland Times-News."
The American Spectator : The Soup Nazi Administration
Nothing like a president targeting his enemies (as he called them), the American people.
I don't get the whole park thing.
Why not post a sign that makes it clear that 'because of the Shutdown, no services are available. Anyone entering are doing so at their own risk' ?
If there are particularly dangerous parts of a park then have those areas closed.
"Barricades surrounded Old Faithful and the group was not even allowed to photograph bison as “recreating” was not allowed, according to an armed ranger who ordered the tour back onto their bus. Hodgson, the guide, called the behavior of the rangers “Gestapo tactics.” He added, “We paid a lot to get in. All these people wanted to do was take some pictures.”
And then there is the widely reported story about the National Parks Service barricading the open air monuments at the National Mall in Washington. That decision forced elderly World War II veterans who had traveled hundreds of miles to visit the memorial honoring their service to find a way around them.
Employees of the Parks Service even removed handles on well pumps along the C&O Canal towpath that runs 184 miles from Washington to Cumberland, Maryland preventing bikers from getting water, according to a report last week in the Cumberland Times-News."
The American Spectator : The Soup Nazi Administration
Nothing like a president targeting his enemies (as he called them), the American people.
I'd imagine they're very unhappy to be there, since so many of their co-workers are on paid leave. What you're describing (especially the pump handles) sounds vindictive.
I don't get the whole park thing.
Why not post a sign that makes it clear that 'because of the Shutdown, no services are available. Anyone entering are doing so at their own risk' ?
If there are particularly dangerous parts of a park then have those areas closed.
Because when some dumb ass hiker falls off a cliff the government still has to launch search and rescue even if that sign is there.
Because when some dumb ass hiker falls off a cliff the government still has to launch search and rescue even if that sign is there.
I don't get the whole park thing.
Why not post a sign that makes it clear that 'because of the Shutdown, no services are available. Anyone entering are doing so at their own risk' ?
If there are particularly dangerous parts of a park then have those areas closed.
My favorite part of these discussions is how the right wing echo chamber has whipped people up into such a way that they've convinced themselves President Obama has personally gone down the list of every government function and individually decided whether or not to keep it running. And that he decides this in a way to deliberately hurt people because he just hates people. And that he has the authority to just declare that everything stays open or closed.
Nonsense. He merely issues the order to create maximum pain for the public and minimal inconvenience for his flying monkeys. Then he adds that there will be a review next month; conformance will be rewarded, nonconformance will be punished.
It is. But we have a very vindictive, petty President.
Too sensible, therefore unacceptable. The peons must learn that all good things flow from the omniscient and ominibenevolent government.
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