Nah, that's a plastic Jersey barrier in the photo, not a front end loader bucket.
Plastic Jersey barriers can be filled with water to make them heavier, but they can also be drained, allowing easy removal...
Posted on 10/05/2013 11:49:24 AM PDT by don-o
Another open-air memorial in the Washington area is closed and barricaded off: the Iwo Jima Memorial, just across the bridge from D.C. in Rosslyn, Virginia. A source sends along this picture of the barricade set-up at the memorial, which is also called the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial:
"I took the picture yesterday afternoon. Those barricades had been there at least a day. People can still walk into the Memorial area, but for many elderly and disabled vets, it is important they be driven and park right next to the statue," the person who took this picture emails.
"There has been no coverage of Iwo Jima being closed and it is a routine stop for Honor Flight visitors."
The source adds: "This picture is from North Marshall Drive (100 yards up the hill from the 110) facing the only road in and out of the Memorial for cars. There are parking spots for cars and buses right next the Memorial that can only be accessed via this road. Interestingly too, the view you see is also the last 200 yards of the Marine Corps Marathon which is in three weeks. That would be 20,000 pissed off runners who have trained for months."
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I don’t want to PO either of those two groups (especially YOU), Mags. I could move the damned bucket; you film my arrest.
Remove the horse and tape and drive around it?
There is no price on pure spite.
You know I thought the Mahdi's Chicago mafia were clever in an evil, immoral, scheming way. But they are revealing themselves to be dimwit douches in their total misunderstanding of how rank and file Americans will see such actions. As posted elsewhere the USMC Memorial rarely sees the Park Police or Park rangers unless there is a public event scheduled. The Arlington Police sweep the area at night occasionally to let the queers know that they can't openly sodomize themselves before the Iwo Jima statue.
Barrakacades are new and ordered before the shutdown...guess who was planning on making this happen?
(We already stored enough for Inaugurations and huge events!)
So this is in Virginia? How interesting.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/20/armed-rally-gathers-in-national-park/
I'll bet my bike would- although I might need some weight on the rear seat.
More proof it isn’t really about the money.
Nah, that's a plastic Jersey barrier in the photo, not a front end loader bucket.
Plastic Jersey barriers can be filled with water to make them heavier, but they can also be drained, allowing easy removal...
Government by temper tantrum!
/johnny
Looks like Barry is targeting a certain demographic. Just let him “barry-cade” a federal program/site that his constituents groups care about.
You and I could do it. It slides easily.
Has anyone seen any news of the bikers coming to the WWII Memorial from Maryland today?
I can not find coverage of them at all.
Unless they’re filled with sand then they have to be cut open.
Perhaps the states should start erecting barricades around federal buildings. Maybe find reasons for the power to those buildings to be shut off, too.
Elderly vets would only have a problem until us (relatively) younger vets step in to assist them.
UPDATE: I'm told, "The Syracuse Honor Flight just knocked down the barrier and a couple hundred of them are at the Memorial now."
What the?
Luckily... I archived your picture locally to post:
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