"We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can."

[Jackson]

Ranger: "We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”


The Cheap Tricks of the Game

The games politicians play: Barack Obama is having a lot of fun using the government shutdown to squeeze the public in imaginative ways. The point of the shutdown game is to see who can squeeze hardest, make the most pious speech and listen for the applause. It’s a variation on the grade-school ritual of “you show me yours, and I’ll show you mine.”

The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they’re only here to help.

“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”

Read more: PRUDEN: The cheap tricks of the game - Washington Times
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That's Obama for you...Don't let a crisis go to waste.

 

[R.C. Christian]

I think it's time for some payback.

 

[Avorysuds]

Its because politicians, Reps and Dems don't care about the people. In this case Obama is at the top of the food chain of using people for political gain, but Republicans Presidents do it as well.

The end is coming, welfare rules and it's already running mass deficits. It will only take time to collapse, or rather finish the collapse that started a few years back.

 

[Jackson]

Its because politicians, Reps and Dems don't care about the people. In this case Obama is at the top of the food chain of using people for political gain, but Republicans Presidents do it as well.

The end is coming, welfare rules and it's already running mass deficits. It will only take time to collapse, or rather finish the collapse that started a few years back.

I'd hate to see it happen, but it has been predicted that we couldn't continue the way we were going....

 

[Vox]

Ranger: "We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”


The Cheap Tricks of the Game

The games politicians play: Barack Obama is having a lot of fun using the government shutdown to squeeze the public in imaginative ways. The point of the shutdown game is to see who can squeeze hardest, make the most pious speech and listen for the applause. It’s a variation on the grade-school ritual of “you show me yours, and I’ll show you mine.”

The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they’re only here to help.

“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”

Read more: PRUDEN: The cheap tricks of the game - Washington Times
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That's Obama for you...Don't let a crisis go to waste.

That park ranger can be saluted for his service. unlike the little bitch which was schooled the other day by a Congressman.

 

[Jackson]

When you listen to that Park Ranger, you realize that he deserves better leadership in Washington than what he is getting now.

 

[Care4all]

if the park ranger that supposedly made this accusation was not anonymous, or could show anything at all that democrats or obama said what he says they did, then maybe I would believe the story, but right now, it looks like, and smells like, and walks like a fabrication.....

 

[Immanuel]

I hope he has his ticket to Moscow, because there is a good chance like Snowden, he may need it.

Immie

 

[Jackson]

if the park ranger that supposedly made this accusation was not anonymous, or could show anything at all that democrats or obama said what he says they did, then maybe I would believe the story, but right now, it looks like, and smells like, and walks like a fabrication.....

How long would he have a job if he gave his name and address? If they were as nasty as making it as difficult as possible, even closing non governmental places, (which can be easily checked from the story) they certainly would fire an individual who spoke out to national press on the impropriety of it all.

 

[Vox]

if the park ranger that supposedly made this accusation was not anonymous, or could show anything at all that democrats or obama said what he says they did, then maybe I would believe the story, but right now, it looks like, and smells like, and walks like a fabrication.....

How long would he have a job if he gave his name and address? If they were as nasty as making it as difficult as possible, even closing non governmental places, (which can be easily checked from the story) they certainly would fire an individual who spoke out to national press on the impropriety of it all.

This is a pattern - to make it as difficult as possible was already done once - with a sequester.

 

[eflatminor]

Ranger: "We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”

More evidence our dear leaders are helping to maximize the pain for political gain:

Washington hoards government jobs to maximize pain of ‘shutdown’

Read more: Washington hoards government jobs to maximize shutdown pain | The Daily Caller

 

[eflatminor]

And another example:

During the government shutdown, the Obama administration has forced the closure of privately owned parks

Read more: Private parks should sue Obama for forcing them to close | The Daily Caller

 

[eflatminor]

And another:

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BLOCKS PARKING LOTS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MT. VERNON ESTATE...

National Park Service Blocks Parking Lots at George Washington?s Mt. Vernon Estate ? Removes Barricades After Estate Officials Point Out ?Mistake? | TheBlaze.com

 

[eflatminor]

And for good measure, one more example:

The Pisgah Inn, a private hotel that holds a concession on the Blue Ridge Parkway, has become a national sensation as it defies “intimidation” and a National Park Service order to close its doors.

Read more: Blue Ridge hotel defies Park Service shutdown - Washington Times
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Disgusting indeed.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Remember when Repubs were mocking the shutdown saying no one is hurt by it, where is the kaboom and deaths. 3 days Repubs now see it affects people and they don't like it.

Now ask again...Who does the shutdown hurt?

 

[rdean]

Republicans are already making life for Americans hard. Why do they want to make it harder?

Wasn't the two unpaid for wars
and
the trillions in debt
and
the Bush tax cuts
and
the votes for drugs bill
and
the cuts in education
and
the investment in Iraq over America
and
the jobs moved to China
and
the cuts in food stamps for children and the diabled

enough?

How much more do they want us to suffer?

 

[Jackson]

Maximizing the Pain of the Shutdown:

1. The preponderance of D.C.-based park police makes some sense given that the capital had a large share of taxpayer-funded sites long before the government spending gap. But the figure raises the question of why that number is not sufficient to maintain access to open-air exhibits and monuments, many of which previously had no guards.

2. Many national monuments are getting a police presence for the first time in recent memory. The Lincoln Memorial was open 24/7 without overnight staff until the shutdown, according to its website. Since the shutdown a night watchman has been installed. (Related: Seven stupid things the gov’t spent money on during the shutdown)
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, too, was also open 24/7 with no overnight staff, according to its website, but now is fenced off.

3. This is all apparently part of the plan. “Day use visitors will be instructed to leave the park immediately as part of Phase 1 closures,” the plan detailed. “Visitors utilizing overnight concession accommodations and campgrounds will be notified to make alternate arrangements and depart the park as part of Phase 2. Wherever possible, park roads will be closed and access will be denied.”

4. This isn’t an accident. Joan Anzelmo, a former spokeswoman for Grand Teton National Park told the San Jose Mercury News that shutting down the parks was a tactic used by the White House to turn public opinion against Congress.

5. The Park Service is also using taxpayer money to barricade scenic overlooks, another set of resources that typically need no security presence and do not cost anything to maintain.

Read more: Washington hoards government jobs to maximize shutdown pain | The Daily Caller

What dirty tricks! Is this what Obama and his men are all about? Is this a game?!

 

[Jackson]

Republicans are already making life for Americans hard. Why do they want to make it harder?

Wasn't the two unpaid for wars
and
the trillions in debt
and
the Bush tax cuts
and
the votes for drugs bill
and
the cuts in education
and
the investment in Iraq over America
and
the jobs moved to China
and
the cuts in food stamps for children and the diabled

enough?

How much more do they want us to suffer?

We could talk about Carter days, too. Stay on topic, sir. The Government Shutdown!

 

[ClosedCaption]

Anyone else find it interesting all these "personal anecdotes" all use the same talking point statement verbatim?

 

[Spiderman]

If any of you think any politician actually cares about you then you're either delusional or just plain stupid.