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Unbelievable: Police prevent drivers from pulling over and viewing Mt. Rushmore
Twitchy ^ | 10/05/13 | Twitchy Staff

Posted on 10/05/2013 5:39:45 PM PDT by Winstons Julia

And now the feds have put up cones to keep people out of scenic overlooks on Mount Rushmore.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: 113th; barrycades; bho44; mountrushmore; nationalparks; operationwhipcracker; shutdown; southdakota
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To: Ann Archy; bamahead

It FINALLY Ooccurred to me why this is happening.

They are doing a trial run to see how well they could institute martial law. They want to see if the populace has been sufficiently conditioned to accept the authority of the government that they can be cowed.


141 posted on 10/06/2013 4:25:39 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
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To: Venturer
Petty vindictiveness coming straight from the white House.


143 posted on 10/06/2013 4:39:19 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
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To: Venturer
Petty vindictiveness coming straight from the white House.

I've seen it tagged on Twitter as the Spite House.

144 posted on 10/06/2013 4:41:19 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Park Rangers Ordered to ‘Make Life Difficult’ During Shutdown

http://freebeacon.com/park-rangers-ordered-to-make-life-difficult-during-shutdown/

our feral gubbamint at work.


145 posted on 10/06/2013 5:43:40 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Winstons Julia

Well come onnnn, it’s Obamas country not ours. He is the Dear Leader!


146 posted on 10/06/2013 5:43:52 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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To: Conservative_Rob
10. Mount Vernon, Virginia

http://www.mountvernon.org/stillopen

147 posted on 10/06/2013 6:31:27 AM PDT by palmer (Obama = Carter + affirmative action)
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To: Lazamataz

wasted time and energy. kick the cone over the edge


148 posted on 10/06/2013 6:49:10 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Charles Martel

“Some comments at the link indicate that the cones were up prior to October 1st, so I’d suggest taking this story with a grain of salt.”

I was there on Sep. 25 and there were no cones... I have pictures on my phone from one of the pullouts.


149 posted on 10/06/2013 7:12:35 AM PDT by babygene ( .)
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To: Winstons Julia
Jerktator-In-Chief
150 posted on 10/06/2013 7:26:36 AM PDT by devolve (----- ----- ----- ----- shall not infringe upon my smoking MacBook PRO ----- ----- ----- -----)
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To: Liberty Valance

Tell me this is from The Onion


151 posted on 10/06/2013 8:13:21 AM PDT by Moleman
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To: Winstons Julia
Interesting that the federal government considers gunthugs ("police") to be "essential" personnel.

I believe the Founding Fathers would have considered gunthugs to be close to the bottom of the list of essential government personnel...

152 posted on 10/06/2013 8:30:14 AM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: Winstons Julia

A number of posts were made using the Argus Leader story including this one of mine yesterday afternoon:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3075363/posts

You can always post Gannett stories using the title and link only, and briefly paraphrase the essence of the story.


153 posted on 10/06/2013 8:33:11 AM PDT by CedarDave (Benghazi victim's mom: "Hillary doesn't give a damn about you.")
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To: morphing libertarian
Hiring security to keep people out: Essential

Keeping park rangers on duty to let people in: non-essential.

Hiring security to keep illegal aliens out of the country: non-essential.

154 posted on 10/06/2013 8:33:59 AM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: kiryandil

Of course


155 posted on 10/06/2013 8:41:47 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Winstons Julia

If Obama doesn’t do things like this, who would even notice the government is shut down? He’s just trying to remind the serfs how much they need him. :)


156 posted on 10/06/2013 8:45:18 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: palmer
10. Mount Vernon, Virginia

http://www.mountvernon.org/stillopen

Yes, I know that it is open now, but for three days, the feds blocked access to it even though it has nothing to do with the federal budget.

Also, Governor Walker in Wisconsin has told the feds to pound sand. All parks are reopened, including the Dells.

I wish that there were other governors with as much courage. I can't imagine any fisherman (or patriot, for that matter) in Florida supporting Rick Scott if he allows the feds to confiscate fishing boats on the open ocean. There is ZERO difference between the cost of the feds cracking down on these fishermen and the cost of them doing their normal jobs. In fact, I bet it costs much more for the additional patrols.

157 posted on 10/06/2013 9:42:51 AM PDT by Conservative_Rob
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To: butterdezillion; Girlene
I just can't believe that no state or local authorities are challenging it. It's a state highway and this whole area truly is a disaster. I already knew the media would sooner support the jug-eared tyrant than home-state flood victims peasants.
158 posted on 10/06/2013 10:08:48 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Winstons Julia

I hope that someone is keeping a list of all of the hateful and vindictive actions taken (by this administration) to make things so unpleasant for the American people...those they vowed to protect and keep secure...and SERVE.

(serve....what a joke!)


159 posted on 10/06/2013 10:40:23 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: upchuck

The trash goes back to Clintoon. Bush didn’t do a clean-up either so the job will be “huger”.


160 posted on 10/06/2013 11:42:34 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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