Visiting veterans in wheelchairs storm closed war memorials

[skye]

God Bless those veterans!

 

[itfitzme]

Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials - The Washington Post

The elderly veterans piled off the chartered buses in front of the World War II Memorial, some in wheelchairs, some using canes, all determined to pay homage to each other and their fallen comrades from more than half a century ago.

Metal barricades and signs announcing a closure due to the shutdown of the federal government awaited them.

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Just the beginning. Remember when Boehner said he got 98% of everything he wanted, but when the economy was downgraded, it was Obama's fault?

The GOP Teanut plan isn't to help the country, the plan is to bring it down.

It's high time this regime learns the monuments belong to the people not the fucking government. Spending money to errect barriers to block normal outside access is typical of the dear leader to try to make things worse than they really are. FUCK HIM!

The closings of the the memorials is just Obama's way of punishing people that would defy him. These memorials were always open 24/7, They stayed open during the last government shutdowns. In fact they were still open 24/7 when the idiot lady sprayed the green paint on them. No this is just the Obama' Administrations way of being spiteful.

They brought their own barriers and Bachman helped put them up so they could "storm" them.......

 

[OKTexas]

It's high time this regime learns the monuments belong to the people not the fucking government. Spending money to errect barriers to block normal outside access is typical of the dear leader to try to make things worse than they really are. FUCK HIM!

The closings of the the memorials is just Obama's way of punishing people that would defy him. These memorials were always open 24/7, They stayed open during the last government shutdowns. In fact they were still open 24/7 when the idiot lady sprayed the green paint on them. No this is just the Obama' Administrations way of being spiteful.

They brought their own barriers and Bachman helped put them up so they could "storm" them.......

Living proof that ignorance is ........................well, just ignorance.

 

[edthecynic]

Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials - The Washington Post

The elderly veterans piled off the chartered buses in front of the World War II Memorial, some in wheelchairs, some using canes, all determined to pay homage to each other and their fallen comrades from more than half a century ago.

Metal barricades and signs announcing a closure due to the shutdown of the federal government awaited them.

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Just the beginning. Remember when Boehner said he got 98% of everything he wanted, but when the economy was downgraded, it was Obama's fault?

The GOP Teanut plan isn't to help the country, the plan is to bring it down.

Michelle Bachman was there too.

wasn't much of a "storming" as a photo op.

Michele Bachmann...who ran to the memorial after voting to shut down the government and the memorial and then blamed it on Obama. Oh Yeah, she also said she wouldn't let Obama use the vets as props, as she immediately used them as props!

 

[edthecynic]

The closings of the the memorials is just Obama's way of punishing people that would defy him. These memorials were always open 24/7, They stayed open during the last government shutdowns. In fact they were still open 24/7 when the idiot lady sprayed the green paint on them. No this is just the Obama' Administrations way of being spiteful.

They brought their own barriers and Bachman helped put them up so they could "storm" them.......

Living proof that ignorance is ........................well, just ignorance.

WWII Veterans Group: Park Service 'Bent Over Backwards' For Us

Jeff Miller, the co-founder of the Honor Flight Network, applauded the National Park Service on Wednesday for accomodating veterans hoping to visit the World War II Memorial, which had been closed as a result of the government shutdown.
“The Park Service they have been so compassionate, they have done everything they could,” Miller said, as quoted by the Washington Post. He added that the service “bent over backwards” to ensure that veterans were not dealt any additional inconveniences.
On Tuesday, veterans affiliated with the Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight removed barriers at the Washington, D.C. memorial with the assistance of serveral congressmen. More veterans groups descended upon the memorial on Wednesday before the National Park Service announced that the veterans would be granted access to the open-air site.
Tea party lawmakers like Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) joined the veterans at the memorial on Wednesday, something that Miller suggested was unnecessary.
“We don’t need representatives, senators anybody here,” Miller told the Post. "We will be allowed to move the gate if there’s no one here and our veterans [can] go in.”
Republicans have tried to score political points off the ordeal. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Tuesday that the government had deployed "goons" to deny veterans access, while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) issued a statement Wednesday blaming the Obama administration for the closure.

 

[rdean]

Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials - The Washington Post

The elderly veterans piled off the chartered buses in front of the World War II Memorial, some in wheelchairs, some using canes, all determined to pay homage to each other and their fallen comrades from more than half a century ago.

Metal barricades and signs announcing a closure due to the shutdown of the federal government awaited them.

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Just the beginning. Remember when Boehner said he got 98% of everything he wanted, but when the economy was downgraded, it was Obama's fault?

The GOP Teanut plan isn't to help the country, the plan is to bring it down.

Michelle Bachman was there too.

wasn't much of a "storming" as a photo op.

Michele Bachmann “very excited” about the government shutdown, “It’s exactly what we wanted”

In an interview published today on the conspiracy-theory-happy website WorldNetDaily, Rep. Michele Bachmann likens President Obama to a crack dealer, accusing him of trying to “get Americans addicted to the crack cocaine of dependency on more government health care.”

Right wing watch reports, “The Minnesota congresswoman, who has alleged that Obamacare denies healthcare to conservatives, implements death panels and “literally kills” people, even tried to link health insurance exchanges to supposed ACORN-esque voter fraud in which non-existent people will sign up for insurance to make money.”

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Uh, wait a second. Is this the SAME "Bachmann" who receives "farm subsidies"?????

Bachmann receives farm subsidies

 

[Trajan]

Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials - The Washington Post

The elderly veterans piled off the chartered buses in front of the World War II Memorial, some in wheelchairs, some using canes, all determined to pay homage to each other and their fallen comrades from more than half a century ago.

Metal barricades and signs announcing a closure due to the shutdown of the federal government awaited them.

----------------------------------

Just the beginning. Remember when Boehner said he got 98% of everything he wanted, but when the economy was downgraded, it was Obama's fault?

The GOP Teanut plan isn't to help the country, the plan is to bring it down.

why did obama allow that to happen? Its an open air static exhibit?

 

[rdean]

Senate GOP blocks veterans jobs bill - CBS News

Senate Republican Blocks a Cost of Living Increase for Disabled Veterans

Jon Stewart Rips Hypocrisy Of GOP Senators Who Blocked Veteran's Benefits Bill

The hilarious part is the Republicans who showed up to "support" the veterans they said shouldn't be used as "political pawns" are the SAME CUMSTAINS that shut down the government and "crowed merrily" about doing it. They are pretending to show support for the people they fucked over.

 

[Trajan]

Senate GOP blocks veterans jobs bill - CBS News

Senate Republican Blocks a Cost of Living Increase for Disabled Veterans

Jon Stewart Rips Hypocrisy Of GOP Senators Who Blocked Veteran's Benefits Bill

The hilarious part is the Republicans who showed up to "support" the veterans they said shouldn't be used as "political pawns" are the SAME CUMSTAINS that shut down the government and "crowed merrily" about doing it. They are pretending to show support for the people they fucked over.

what does that have to do with obama closing the memorial?

 

[jasonnfree]

All you veteran loving republicans better be careful with your phony patriotism because I've got news for you. There are some veterans on food stamps.

 

[MeBelle]

All you veteran loving republicans better be careful with your phony patriotism because I've got news for you. There are some veterans on food stamps.

So?
And?

Wtf do you think you mean by that?

 

[OKTexas]

All you veteran loving republicans better be careful with your phony patriotism because I've got news for you. There are some veterans on food stamps.

There are some in fucking prision also, your point?

 

[rdean]

All you veteran loving republicans better be careful with your phony patriotism because I've got news for you. There are some veterans on food stamps.

There are some in fucking prision also, your point?

After what Republicans have done to this country for the last 15 years, prison is where their traitorous leaders belong.

 

[OKTexas]

All you veteran loving republicans better be careful with your phony patriotism because I've got news for you. There are some veterans on food stamps.

There are some in fucking prision also, your point?

After what Republicans have done to this country for the last 15 years, prison is where their traitorous leaders belong.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To stupid to know we were referencing vets. Can't follow the subject, you might want to step away from the box wine or is it the bong?

 

[Kondor3]

I would love to see what a wheelchair storming looks like.

Rather like this, I expect...

One Honor Flight plane-load at a time, from one State or another...

A last chance, for many, to see the new WWII monument to them and their long-ago fallen brothers and sisters, with many of the flights set up and paid-for long before The Shutdown ever came up on the scopes of most folk...

But they came anyway... bound and determined to make the trip... to see... and to Render Honors to their comrades one last time...

Keeping the faith...

Good on those marvelous old-timers!

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials - The Washington Post

The elderly veterans piled off the chartered buses in front of the World War II Memorial, some in wheelchairs, some using canes, all determined to pay homage to each other and their fallen comrades from more than half a century ago.

Metal barricades and signs announcing a closure due to the shutdown of the federal government awaited them.

----------------------------------

Just the beginning. Remember when Boehner said he got 98% of everything he wanted, but when the economy was downgraded, it was Obama's fault?

The GOP Teanut plan isn't to help the country, the plan is to bring it down.

Michelle Bachman was there too.

wasn't much of a "storming" as a photo op.

Michele Bachmann...who ran to the memorial after voting to shut down the government and the memorial and then blamed it on Obama. Oh Yeah, she also said she wouldn't let Obama use the vets as props, as she immediately used them as props!

That memorial isn't run by the government.

Even if it was, Bachman voted to fund the NPS, and the Democrats joined Obama in dumping on the vets.

 

[tinydancer]

Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials - The Washington Post

The elderly veterans piled off the chartered buses in front of the World War II Memorial, some in wheelchairs, some using canes, all determined to pay homage to each other and their fallen comrades from more than half a century ago.

Metal barricades and signs announcing a closure due to the shutdown of the federal government awaited them.

----------------------------------

Just the beginning. Remember when Boehner said he got 98% of everything he wanted, but when the economy was downgraded, it was Obama's fault?

The GOP Teanut plan isn't to help the country, the plan is to bring it down.

why did obama allow that to happen? Its an open air static exhibit?

That's the very bizarre part of the story. All I can think of is Team Obama just wanted to be mega pricks.

I picked this up at Power lLne. And again I think it was just another mean spirited display by the arrogant bastards in this administration.

The memorial is, by its nature, open.

There is nothing to close. And the administration knows that every day, tour groups consisting of WWII vets, now mostly in their late 80s or early 90s, come to Washington to visit the memorial.

So the administration couldn’t resist closing the WWII memorial by putting up barricades, as part of their effort to dramatize how terrible the government “shutdown” is.

Democrats Pay Union Members to Protest World War II Vets | Power Line

 

[Katzndogz]

It was a stunt. A cheap stunt since it cost more to barrycade the memorial than to let people walk on the sidewalk.

It backfired too. Just like the sequester did, when the worst that happened was to cut off the white house tours. Whatever it is to stick it to the public. That's what the democrats do. The politicians really don't like tourists in their faces. Harry Reid once said that tourists stank and shouldn't be allowed in the white house. Now they aren't. Goody for Harry.

It backfired this time, a big firecracker right up democrat asses. They came across as cheap, petty and vindictive. Now that they are losing, they are losing the last fragile grip on their sanity too.

Doves and peaceniks no more: These Democrats relish the role of bullies - Washington Times

Any moment obama will jump on the table and scream "OFF with their heads".

 

[rdean]

Oh, these right wingers pretending to care about veterans or the elderly, the poor or the middle class. If they don't believe their own bullshit how do they expect us to? Just because Republicans tricked this country into Iraq and terrorized the country into keeping Gitmo open doesn't mean it will work forever.

 

[Kondor3]

Oh, these right wingers pretending to care about veterans or the elderly, the poor or the middle class. If they don't believe their own bullshit how do they expect us to? Just because Republicans tricked this country into Iraq and terrorized the country into keeping Gitmo open doesn't mean it will work forever.

What 'right wingers' would that be?

BOTH sides (Republican and Democrat) are guilty-as-hell in this Government Shutdown mess...

The Republicans for not resisting ObumbleCare in such as way so as to prevent its passage, and then changing their minds at the last minute prior to implementation, and then taking this Shutdown route, and for holding the Nation's purse-strings hostage to their agenda...

The Democrats for shoving an ill-conceived and poorly-executed healthcare bill down the Nation's throat at the speed of light and handing-out exemptions to the Bureaucracy and Ruling Class and granting implementation-delays to Big Business - all while forcing the Little Guy to stick to the original timetable...

And both of them unwilling to compromise in any meaningful way...

BOTH sides are full of shit clean up to their ears in this...

Not just the Left...

Not just the Right...

BOTH sides...