Fresh updates from the nations capitol, (we’ll just call it Obama-bad). Looks like the Administration has made itself quite clear about what the goals are for Park Service employees during the partial government shutdown.
The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they’re only here to help.
“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”
The Park Service has also now wired the barrycades at the WWII Memorial together.
And the Obama Interior Department Storm Troopers also tried to close a private Inn as a result of the partial shutdown. The owner was going to comply then thought better of it. Lets see if Obama has the stones to send some tactical assault teams down there to close his private Inn, you know, on principle.
