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To: simplicity who wrote (743444)	10/2/2013 6:40:13 PM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 MakeMyDay simplicity Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574663

NPS says Obama admin ordered closure... VIDEO at link *The Obama Administration has decided* to block access to public memorials on the National Mall as a result of the government shutdown. Like its decision to end White House tours when the sequester cuts took effect, there is no rational reason for this. The Park Police, nominally in charge of monitoring these spaces, isn't even effected by the shutdown. Shutting off access to these sites is gratuitous and petulant. 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.) The White House was, according to reports, informed of the veterans' visit and chose to block access. 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. 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. Obama chose this pass. He ought to be made to own it.

To: simplicity who wrote (743444)	10/2/2013 6:43:51 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Recommended By tejek Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574663

"It is the White House that has ordered the Interior Department to order the National Park Service to close these monuments...And the World War II Memorial was funded through private donations, not public money. " Because your clowns refused to sign the check for monies they've ALREADY allocated! Would you rather he leave the memorials, monuments and National Parks open, and not pay our soldiers? Who maintains and RUNS it? eh? You and Michelle Bachman are BOTH complete morons.

To: simplicity who wrote (743444)	10/2/2013 6:54:43 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Recommended By Bonefish simplicity Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574663

Simplicity, while I don't agree with what the Republicans are doing in order to counter ObamaCare, I do agree that the way government "shuts down" is essentially a sham. Take these national parks and memorials, for example. The federal government is treating them like it's THEIR property and not that of the people they represent. Government officials are supposed to be servants of the people, not authoritarians with special powers and privileges. If they don't want to show up for work, that's fine. We should be able to visit these parks and memorials without the "benefits" that these government officials would have provided. Tenchusatsu

To: simplicity who wrote (743444)	10/2/2013 7:02:59 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574663

Barack Obama to CNBC: 'I Have Bent Over Backwards' For GOP and 'Kept My Rhetoric Down'

To: simplicity who wrote (743444)	10/2/2013 7:54:01 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574663

>[Notice I didn't call you a moron.] You didn't, because he isn't one. You happen to be one. The argument, plain and simple, is over the ACA. The Democrats want to pass a continuing resolution -- the Republicans will do that, but just on the terms that the President agree to end his signature accomplishment, which was approved by both houses of Congress, reaffirmed by the Supreme Court, and basically reapproved in a national referendum in 2012. This reminds me of the conservatives (of both parties) hanging on in the face of civil rights acts in the '50s and '60s. You're a relic, Crazy Uncle Simplicity. -Z