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“Vindictive” Park Service Inflicting Maximum Pain During Shutdown
Colorado Observer ^ | October 9, 2013 | Audrey Hudson

Posted on 10/10/2013 9:35:42 AM PDT by george76

Aggressive actions and double standards used by the National Park Service are vindictive and designed to inflict maximum inconvenience and fear among visitors, say Republican lawmakers whose efforts to reopen the parks are gridlocked by Senate Democrats.

World War II veterans were blocked by barricades and armed guards from paying tribute at their memorial last week.

However, the national mall where the memorial is located was opened Tuesday to allow hundreds of illegal immigrants to stage a protest demanding amnesty.

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the administration has closed the Mall and memorials to some groups and not others, giving preferential treatment under the law. If it’s going to be open for some, it needs to be open for all,” Tipton said.

A bipartisan House majority voted last week 252 to 173 to restore funding to national parks and memorials, but the Senate has refused to consider this or a half-dozen other funding efforts by the House since the partial shutdown began last week.

“The Obama administration willfully disrespected our World War II veterans by barricading their memorial on the National Mall,” said Rep. Doug Lamborn, Colorado Republican.

“Now the administration is taking down the barricades and welcoming pro-immigration activists to the Mall,” Lamborn said. “This double standard is part of President Obama’s practice of using taxpayer dollars to pick winners and losers.”

With 17 percent of the government shut down because of a congressional stalemate over funding Obamacare, the Park Service has selectively targeted closures, whether it’s an entire park or a public road that passes through a national monument.

“We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can,” a Park Service ranger told The Washington Times. “It’s disgusting.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thecoloradoobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Colorado; US: District of Columbia; US: New Mexico; US: Pennsylvania; US: South Dakota; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: barrycades; brownshirts; extended; nationalmall; nps; operationwhipcracker; parkservice; shutdown; veterans; worldwarii
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To: Rodamala
My retired father told me, "Don't get shot or hauled off to jail".

I would have said, "Don't get hauled off to jail and shot."....................

41 posted on 10/10/2013 12:46:49 PM PDT by Red Badger (TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
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To: Rodamala

42 posted on 10/10/2013 12:47:57 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Red Badger
I would have said, "Don't get hauled off to jail and shot."....................

...and I woulda said, "Shelter in Place".

43 posted on 10/10/2013 12:50:10 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

My advice: Take a whole bunch of people with you, as many as possible. That prevents us from being knocked off one at a time, and makes it much more difficult for any trying to stop you and your video phones.


44 posted on 10/10/2013 1:05:51 PM PDT by expat2
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To: george76

I am wondering how many businesses will refuse service to park rangers after this mess is finally over.


45 posted on 10/10/2013 1:35:39 PM PDT by B4Ranch (AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- <<http://vimeo.com/63749370)
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To: Psalm 73

“Dear Park Service Rangers....”
Your cushy job is about to become a living hell - we’ve always been especially nice to Park Servivce personnel - that is gonna’ end.

The National Park Service Ranger that most people are used to dealing with is sitting around furloughed right now. They are not the people who are writing tickets or blocking access. The staff on duty now are mostly “Protection Rangers”...basically they are the Federal police that work for NPS.

I know quite a few NPS personnel who are not “protection” rangers and most of them would like nothing more than to have the parks open for visitors but they aren’t allowed to work right now.


46 posted on 10/10/2013 1:55:41 PM PDT by XRdsRev (New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
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To: george76

House GOP should drag these “following orders” employees and those giving “the orders” into hearings and EXPOSE them to the country.


47 posted on 10/10/2013 2:04:02 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Park Service employees "following orders" should be SHAMED and SHUNNED!)
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To: drunknsage

Agreed. Thus my tagline.


48 posted on 10/10/2013 2:08:47 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Park Service employees "following orders" should be SHAMED and SHUNNED!)
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To: XRdsRev

Well, then maybe they should stand with us, in uniform, and protest or do they care about their jobs more than their country?

If so that’s quite selfish.


49 posted on 10/10/2013 2:12:14 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Park Service employees "following orders" should be SHAMED and SHUNNED!)
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To: Westbrook

Police and military are obliged to refuse illegal orders.

These orders are not illegal. They are just vindictive.

Parks are closed all the time for various reasons. this time its for spite but it isn’t illegal.


50 posted on 10/10/2013 2:31:25 PM PDT by XRdsRev (New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
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51 posted on 10/10/2013 2:46:00 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: XRdsRev

> These orders are not illegal. They are just vindictive.

It is illegal to detain people under armed guard without cause, as the NPS did with the elderly people in the hotel at Yellowstone.

These orders are illegal AND vindictive.


52 posted on 10/11/2013 3:05:53 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Westbrook

You may be right but it would depend on why they were detained at the inn.

If they were detained for safety reasons, then that wouldn’t be illegal even though it could be construed as vindictive.

You might think it’s illegal. I might think it’s illegal. That however doesn’t mean that ii is illegal.


53 posted on 10/11/2013 9:10:57 AM PDT by XRdsRev (New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
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To: expat2

I assign a healthy portion of blame to the NPS and its employees.

They could have refused, en-masse, to enforce the Spitehouse’s BS directives.


54 posted on 10/11/2013 10:44:14 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: george76

Sadly, I think you are 100% correct.


55 posted on 10/11/2013 10:45:17 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: expat2
Don’t blame the Park Service, blame the Spite House, which is where this vindictiveness comes from. It’s the Chicago Way.

Thud-bump. Well worth repeating.

These guys are such low scum, honest cockroaches cross the street to avoid them.

56 posted on 10/11/2013 3:12:53 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: george76

The NPS are now Obama’s BROWN SHIRTS!! I will NEVER look at them the same way.


57 posted on 10/12/2013 2:21:10 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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