Rushmore blockage stirs anger in S.D.

Argus-Leader | October 5, 2013 | Jonathan Ellis

[CedarDave]

A Gannett company newspaper. Title and link only allowed on FR:

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20131004/UPDATES/310040047/Rushmore-blockage-stirs-anger-in-S-D-

[CedarDave]

Story is that NPS employees put up road cones to prevent viewing of Mount Rushmore from a state highway overlook. The state asked that they be taken down and NPS did remove some of them saying that they were put up "as a safety precaution". Then a blizzard hit and all were removed. It remains to be seen what happens after the road is cleared. Picture at the link.

This thread is a direct link to the news article not provided in an earlier thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3075343/posts

[elpadre]

time to begin program to move monuments from the Feds to State hands

[a fool in paradise]

Obama is a manchild who threw a temper tanrum when he wanted Bush to sign the “stimulus” deal in November 2008 and he continues to stomp his foot when things don’t go his way.

[CedarDave]

Apologies to you both - I didn’t see your link to the story in the earlier post and I don’t do Facebook.

[FlingWingFlyer]

“America is closed! You no lookee! You keep going!” - A fundaMENTALly transformed park ranger.

[mrreaganaut]

No problem - people need to know!

[afraidfortherepublic]

There is entirely too much land in Federal hands.

[Paine in the Neck]

Jonathan Jarvis is Director of the NPS

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Perry Plumart, a spokesman for Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson, said closing Mount Rushmore hurts visitors, businesses and furloughed park rangers.

“The best way to restore access to all national parks, including Mount Rushmore, is for Speaker Boehner and the House to pass a clean continuing resolution and end the government shutdown,” Plumart said.

Johnson, you're going to wind up eating those words.

[Sequoyah101]

Safety precaution? Safety from what? You mean that turnouts on the highway are not safe?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

There is entirely too much land in Federal hands.

True. The National Parks should be returned to the states for local administration to avoid this type of political revenge upon the citizenry.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

South Dakota has to build some roundabouts into their road system near the monument. As we saw in DC, roundabouts completely confuse the cops.

[EQAndyBuzz]

We should form a human chain around the white house. Force the government to send out troops with riot gear.

Do it on October 17th.

Have lots of veterans there.

[MaxMax]

I KNEW THEY WOULD GO AFTER THE HIGHWAYS!

[FlingWingFlyer]

The National Park Service. “Now we know how IRS employees felt during the 2008 and 2012 elections.”

[JPG]

Obama fighting his battles...C+

Obama choosing his battles...F

[BykrBayb]

I saw a photo earlier, of helicopters holding a big sheet over Mount Rushmore. That belongs on this thread.

[Hulka]

And downright almost exactly what a security guard told me when I was in a line inching along to view the US Constitution. As I got close and leaned over to focus on the parchment, the writing, the texture, to see the document, the “guard” hollered at me “Move! Move now! Don’t read it.”

I am not kidding.

[Liberty Valance]