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Blue Ridge hotel defies Park Service shutdown (Updated @ #27 and #41)
The Washington Times ^
| October 4, 2013
| Stephen Dinan
Posted on 10/04/2013 9:29:35 AM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o
UPDATED #2*****Asheville Citizen Times now reporting the Innkeepers decided to re-open this afternoon.*****
The NPS is blocking the entrances to their parking lot.
As you stated we can't link to the Cit-times but here's the URL to the story that can be copied and pasted.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20131004/NEWS/310040050/Pisgah-Inn-reopens-defies-government-shutdown?nclick_check=1
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posted on
10/04/2013 1:01:12 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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To: Admin Moderator; don-o
Can you update the title to link #41, please? These folks are standing up their rights!
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posted on
10/04/2013 1:03:35 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
WOW!!! This thing is crazy. I kind of understand the guy wavering. It IS scary when the men with guns are come at you.
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posted on
10/04/2013 1:08:51 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Hit the FReepathon hard and fast! Nail this one for the Jimmer. Do it now!)
To: don-o
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posted on
10/04/2013 1:51:03 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Hit the FReepathon hard and fast! Nail this one for the Jimmer. Do it now!)
To: don-o
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posted on
10/04/2013 2:38:54 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Hit the FReepathon hard and fast! Nail this one for the Jimmer. Do it now!)
To: Rebelbase
On Hannity - he’s open. Park police blocking gates.
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posted on
10/04/2013 2:40:35 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Hit the FReepathon hard and fast! Nail this one for the Jimmer. Do it now!)
To: tcrlaf
The media is getting more hateful and shrill, but something is happening. I agree, even the comments under the article show a distinct change in attitude. Comments about getting out and about, taking back OUR lands, states rights....
The longer this goes on the more people begin to realize just how much centralized control exists in our country. Think about this...you can't even go to a park without government supervision.
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posted on
10/04/2013 2:51:18 PM PDT
by
EBH
( Freeman: A person not in slavery or serfdom.)
To: don-o
I live right nearby. I think we'll mosey up there tomorrow for lunch. I hope about 10,000 others from around the area do the same thing, too. Maybe if the rangers are blocking the Pisgah Inn driveways, the backed up cars on the Parkway will somehow block the Parkway and give them something to
really do besides harass the owner?
It could turn into quite a mess up there as the word gets out locally if enough people decide to support him by heading up there for a good meal in their very nice restaurant. It wouldn't surprise me in the least...
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posted on
10/04/2013 3:05:17 PM PDT
by
Gritty
(We are quickly running out of "boxes"...)
To: don-o
He says he's essentially private property, on a road that's still open, and uses no government personnel... I wonder if he has a 5th amendment illegal takings argument that he can make.
If this is a private business on a road kept open because it's deemed a "commerce route," then the forced closure of his "commerce" by the feds is a de facto illegal taking of his private property.
-PJ
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posted on
10/04/2013 3:09:28 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Gritty
I recall the “We Still Pray” from a few years back.
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posted on
10/04/2013 3:20:01 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Hit the FReepathon hard and fast! Nail this one for the Jimmer. Do it now!)
To: Rebelbase
"The NPS is blocking the entrances to their parking lot. As you stated we can't link to the Cit-times but here's the URL to the story that can be copied and pasted. http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20131004/NEWS/310040050/Pisgah-Inn-reopens-defies-government-shutdown?nclick_check=1"
Amazing article you cited. I wonder how much money the Park Service is spending to try and keep this business closed? This inn keeper is now toast with the NPS. His concessionaire contract will not be renewed and may be revoked so he might as well go all in along with the local residents who support him. The police line needs to be breached by a large number of peaceful visitors who intend to have lunch, stay in the lodge or whatever. The NPS will reprise so there need to be large numbers just like the left does with their myriad aggrieved demonstrations.
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posted on
10/04/2013 4:42:07 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: don-o
Yep. It shut the highway down. Some cars still proudly wear the bumper stickers.
It would be a terrible shame if the rangers were still blocking the entrance to the parking lots when the crowds arrived and if people just abandoned their cars and hiked in to the Inn for lunch or even the view, wouldn't it? It might unfortunately shut the road down and cause a real jam up. The rangers would have a terrible mess on their hands, wouldn't they?
Just like "We Still Pray"...
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posted on
10/04/2013 4:48:16 PM PDT
by
Gritty
(We are quickly running out of "boxes"...)
To: Truth29
The sheer idiocy of is is that the fedgov receives a portion of his daily proceeds.
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posted on
10/04/2013 4:56:09 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Hit the FReepathon hard and fast! Nail this one for the Jimmer. Do it now!)
To: Truth29
They will arrest, sue, harass, and drive into bankruptcy, and not blink an eye. Won’t cost them a dime, it’ll all be on the taxpayers’ dime.
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posted on
10/04/2013 4:59:22 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: eyedigress
| How close is it to Asheville? |
FYI...
To: oh8eleven
I sent Mr. O’Connell a short note of encouragement... the hit counter after sending was at 1,456,699.
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posted on
10/04/2013 7:48:35 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
I sent Mr. O’Connell a short note of encouragement... the hit counter after sending was at 1,456,699.Can you save many of us some trouble and share the link?
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posted on
10/06/2013 9:47:06 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
To: publius911; oh8eleven
I sent Mr. O’Connell a short note of encouragement... the hit counter after sending was at 1,456,699.
Can you save many of us some trouble and share the link?
Sure thing.
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posted on
10/06/2013 10:09:00 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
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