Posted on 10/01/2013 10:10:31 AM PDT by Haiku Guy
At the WWII Memorial on the National Mall:
No sign of folks leaving. The vets have control of the memorial. #shutdown pic.twitter.com/eGj4kmFEiP
Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013
So, the WWII memorial is open today... Park police letting everyone by right now. #shutdown
Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013
No attempt to stop any WWII visitors right now. Maybe after the congressmen leave ... #shutdown pic.twitter.com/SZmxBfh2cr
Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013
As noted in the last post, Congressman Steve King "distracted" the Capitol Park Police while the veterans, per their training, rushed over the barriers.
Here's a brief Vine video of the veterans reclaiming their Memorial from Obama's Shutdown Theater Prop Workshop.
Obama is pissed. How dare people disobay him.
Remember, Patton and McArthur burned out bonus army.
Will Obama order the Marines in? Doubt it, but if this grows he might.
They printed signs with “SHUTDOWN” in bold print for the love of God.
Well, they shuttered the Department of Agriculture Mayfly Mating Observation Office, and nobody noticed!
Many great patriots have given their lives to maintain this capitalist country, with christian values, as the greatest nation that the earth has ever known.
Now, we have a muslim socialist in the White House.
This president thinks that his leading from behind lawyer tricks are going to blind us to the truth. No it has not. Between our president and his sons, and holder and his people, this has become the most racist, bigoted, administration in my lifetime. He always favors muslims over Christians and blacks over whites. Ask Holder about his position on charging blacks under the hate crime laws. Do your searches about his comments and it is plain for everyone to see.
Did all of you out there get where they shut down the traffic cams in DC during the time that 1.2 million bikers were there. This a bold faced lie by omission of the socialists in DC. This president has suppressed anything and everything he can that makes him look bad and told hundreds of outright lies to make himself look better. Not long ago his administration was caught using the IRS to punish those who oppose him. Vets, is this the America we fought for?
For those who would and will call this comment racist, you are demonstrating your own racism, egos, and ignorance. I do not have an extreme dislike for this president because he is black or a muslim. I have an extreme dislike for this president because he is a European Socialist and is doing everything within his power, real and assumed, to destroy our capitalist nation and remake us into a socialist country.
The SAME ONE who ordered the tours of the PEOPLE's HOUSE shut down!
Let's lock him out again .....
Whatya gonna do, Barry?
You gonna go all JBT on a bunch of veterans?
I wouldn't recommend it, because these wiry old codgers would kick your ass!
The Greatest Generation still fighting for our freedom!! When are we going to join them? Salutes to our Veterns!
“I think the image of veterans and children soaking their feet together in the pool at the memorial is a beautiful image.”
Me, too. If a WWII vet wants to soak his sore and tired feet at his memorial, who am I to say no? TN, I hope you took a picture of the scene with the vets and the children. That would be a beautiful thing.
I LOVE IT!
In all seriousness. Who is paying the police to set up the barricades and man them? I thought the government was shut down?
Probably costs us more to keep them shut down than to have them open.
A glimmer of hope for our republic’s recovery.
Everything but the cops. The Great Smokies NP along with the others have all their ranger cops, they just dropped everybody else.
Amerika the Beautiful.
Well, yea, but, it could do something! And if watching it via live cam 24/7 can save the life of just one little child, or starving mom, or downtrodden illegal immigrant, or someone else, then surely the money is well spent!
It is my understanding that one of the SOROSian democrat senators will be submitting a bill in the next session to increase the number of live cams watching the mountain.
The bill will also fund the building of a centralized "Mt. St. Helens Live Cam Monitoring Headquarters" in His/Her home state.
The headquarters will also be funded for 1000 AR-15s and 5 million rounds of ammunition, just in case some taxpaying terrorist decides to protest this critical government expenditure.
*Veterans* Geeze the meds for this bronchitis really blur things, like spelling.
I think they would have thrown kerry out. Too bad the little islamist didn’t show up, eh?
If they don’t leave the veterans in control, consumer spending and projects requiring fees could decrease much more quickly.
Im not going to enforce the no stopping or standing sign for a group of 90 World War II veterans, said a U.S. Park Police officer, who declined to give his name. Im a veteran myself.
Seems to me that if the park police were sent home, the government would spend less money and yet see the same effect.
It makes no sense to have a Mt. St. Helens Cam. It already exploded.
No a Mt. Shasta Cam or a Mt. Rainier Cam might make a little more sense...
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