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Seven stupid [perverse] things the gov’t spent money on during the shutdown
Daily Caller ^ | Oct 2, 2013 | Michael Bastasch

Posted on 10/04/2013 12:06:29 PM PDT by thouworm

3. D.C-area canal is closed and had all the pumps taken off of it.

The National Park Service has actually had someone remove the handles off all the well pumps along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal that runs 184 miles from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland, according to sources. The NPS has also stationed officers in the park to make sure bikers don’t ride down closed bike paths and that no one can come near the scenic waterway.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: govtshutdown; nationalparks; openairmemorials

1 posted on 10/04/2013 12:06:29 PM PDT by thouworm
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To: thouworm

Please.....folks.....let’s stop calling this a government “shut down”.

It clearly isn’t.


2 posted on 10/04/2013 12:10:07 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: thouworm

Taking handles off of pumps? Seriously?


3 posted on 10/04/2013 12:11:40 PM PDT by Ray76 (Get thee behind me, Obama.)
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To: Ray76
"Taking handles off of pumps? Seriously?"

I couldn't believe it! Just had to get it posted as another example of Obama Adm's mental proclivities.

Of course, the real story and rallying cry is/should be the profound sadistic callousness displayed toward our country's WWII vets when they tried to visit the WWII memorial!

THAT story cries out for a storming of DC with a mass demonstration. It s a perfect time to say "ENOUGH!".

keyword: WWIImemorial

4 posted on 10/04/2013 12:23:42 PM PDT by thouworm (A lawless oligarchy has replaced our Constitution-based govt. Their motto: Catch us if you can.)
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To: thouworm

I am going to say something that will give everybody something to think about.

The government has been shut down ever since Zer0 took office. There has been zero leadership from this man. He is a total fraud who is fed his lines from a teleprompter. The Affordable Care Act was written by a shadowy group of conspirators whose aim was to take down the free market health care system. Zer0 did not write one word of it even though people know it by his name, Obamacare.

The only thing Zer0 does is play golf, go on vacation, travel the country and fly around the world. His biggest decision of the day is, “What do you want for lunch, Mr President?”

When he does an executive order, it usually violates the law or the Constitution. No sense checking into any books before plowing ahead.

And, the only one he has to fear is his wife, Michelle. The rest of the country be damned.


5 posted on 10/04/2013 12:23:50 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

This is a coup by a would-be dictator.


6 posted on 10/04/2013 12:32:21 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: thouworm

I sent the article link to Drudge.

Such petty maliciousness.... they are exerting effort (and money) to screw with people. They actually stoop to removing pump handles so no one can draw some well water. Unfriggin believable.


7 posted on 10/04/2013 12:35:41 PM PDT by Ray76 (Get thee behind me, Obama.)
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To: thouworm

Does no one in the media see that stationing EXTRA park service officers at the “closed” places costs more than NOT stationing extra park service officers?


8 posted on 10/04/2013 12:36:00 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: jonrick46
2 comments:

Reid: 'We Support the Federal government. That's Our Job. That's What We Do.'

9 posted on 10/04/2013 12:38:03 PM PDT by thouworm (Harry Reid: 'We Support the Federal government. That's Our Job. That's What We Do.')
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To: thouworm

The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles

You really don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows...


10 posted on 10/04/2013 12:44:33 PM PDT by dead and gone (dead and gone dead and gone)
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To: thouworm

Since nonessential work is being done some decision makers need to be fired and banned from any future government jobs.


11 posted on 10/04/2013 1:01:31 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: dead and gone

“The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles”

Who’d a thunk it? Bob Dylan, a prophet!

And Zero certainly does need a Weatherman. You know, just a guy who lives in his neighborhood?


12 posted on 10/04/2013 1:17:02 PM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: thouworm

Half a billion went to NPR.


13 posted on 10/04/2013 1:21:32 PM PDT by Defiant (A rainbow curtain has descended upon the west, from Munich to San Francisco.)
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