Posted on 10/10/2013 7:33:59 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
Folks who live in the Great Smoky Mountains have just about reached their breaking point with the federal government.
“It’s almost like they are pushing to see how far they can push before the American people say enough is enough,” said Ed Mitchell, the mayor of Blount County, Tenn. “We were founded on a declaration of independence. And they are about to push the people to the line again.”
Nearly a third of Blount County is inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. So when the federal government shut down the park, it also shut down one of the area’s chief sources of revenue.
The National Park Service also closed the Foothills Parkway, a major thoroughfare in the county. The closure came without warning and left the local school district scrambling to get children back to their homes.
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Naaaaah. Kick allah doze welfare recipients outta Fedzilla housing.
F*** the Marxist Muslim gay illegal alien celebrity Black Panther!
..and a smokescreen for 0bamacare’s rocky rollout
It’s satire. :-)
I'm not sure that the American people are powerless, as you claim. The Egyptians are far more powerless than we are and they have managed to overthrow 2 rulers in 2 years.
We have guns and that was the intent behind the 2ndAmendment - it's a way to maintain the balance of power between us and the out-of-control federal government and the people. If unarmed Egyptians can overthrow 2 rulers, why would armed Americans do less?
I wish they would close down I10 in Texas... I know of a few of us who would “protest” thay in a vigorous manner!
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