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October 09, 2013

NPS Shutdown Theater Update: Claude Moore Colonial Farm To Reopen
— Gabriel Malor

The Administration had cited the shutdown, claiming it had no choice but to shutter the Claude Moore Colonial Farm. Well, that is, until yesterday.

Funny, that. The National Park Service, threatened with political pressure and legal action, has decided that its act of barricading a privately-funded, privately-operated business was unnecessary. Let that sink in: for a week, the Obama Administration closed down this living history museum, costing it thousands of dollars, and now concedes that it didn't have to.

Managing director Anna Eberly said that NPS actually showed up yesterday to barricade her and her volunteers inside the Farm, but suddenly reversed their decision. "Just this morning we received the final absolute NO from the Dept. of Interior and were told the Farm would not open until the shutdown ended," wrote Eberly.

Fortunately, that wasn't the end of the story. Eberly explained that the NPS gave no explanation, "We have no idea why the NPS changed its mind but we are very pleased that they did and hope that every group trying to operate on Federal lands has the same happy outcome."

The Farm will be open starting today.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 06:10 AM | Comments (284)
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1 Sue em anyway...

Posted by: cajun caret at October 09, 2013 06:12 AM (UZQM8)

2 No comment!

Posted by: The MFM at October 09, 2013 06:12 AM (FcR7P)

3 Lawsuit time.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 09, 2013 06:12 AM (U292F)

4 "Our bad" isn't good enough.

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 06:13 AM (kZVsz)

5 If you can send the farm a donation please think about doing so. They've lost a lot of money because of Spitehouse Theatre.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2013 06:14 AM (a4Omg)

6 Yes, please sue.
And what about the part where the NPS forcibly removed the staff with their initial shutdown order? That was unbelievable, and much worse that mere barry-cades.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 09, 2013 06:14 AM (JRmiD)

7 Now the farm should sue the shit out of the NPS for all the money they lost when the Barrycades were up. Fucking Nazi Park Shutters.

Posted by: Dang at October 09, 2013 06:15 AM (Hx2XA)

8 This land ain't your land This land ain't my land From California To the New York island From the gulf stream waters To the redwood forest This land belongs to obamee.

Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 09, 2013 06:15 AM (FaHZh)

9 How much are we spending for all these brand-new Barackades? Wonder if they're made out of styrofoam...

Posted by: t-bird at October 09, 2013 06:16 AM (FcR7P)

10
404 Rangers ??

Posted by: fixerupper at October 09, 2013 06:17 AM (nELVU)

11 The CMCF had planned at protest in front of the US Dept. of Interior this past Monday - was NPS possibly responding to this threat or the protest when it backed down?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 09, 2013 06:17 AM (JRmiD)

12 9 How much are we spending for all these brand-new Barackades? Wonder if they're made out of styrofoam...

Posted by: t-bird at October 09, 2013 10:16 AM (FcR7P)

They're made of Hope and Change (and plywood) by the lowest bidder.

Posted by: joncelli at October 09, 2013 06:17 AM (RD7QR)

13 Obviously the Democrat shutdown strategy has backfired in spectacular fashion. I say obviously because even the Dems recognize it, and they are fkking stupid.

Posted by: dirks strewn at October 09, 2013 06:17 AM (kfcYC)

14 Find out who ordered the shutdown. Drag them into the public square and put them in the stockades. Then let the employees of the farm throw rotten tomatoes at them.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 06:17 AM (ObMtJ)

15 Imagine that, fighting back got results. Gov is a bully.

Posted by: nip at October 09, 2013 06:18 AM (jI23+)

16 Not only did the Obama administration "not have to" shut down the farm, it probably did not have the legal authority to do so. This illegal power play cost the farm thousands of dollars. They should sue to be made whole. Don't let these jackbooted thugs get away with this kind of tyranny.

Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at October 09, 2013 06:18 AM (/sohm)

17 Managing director Anna Eberly said that NPS actually showed up yesterday to barricade her and her volunteers inside the Farm,

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at October 09, 2013 06:18 AM (bCEmE)

Managing director Anna Eberly said that NPS actually showed up yesterday to barricade her and her volunteers inside the Farm

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Am I reading that right - they planned to barricade her and her staff INSIDE the farm?

WTF?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at October 09, 2013 06:18 AM (PZ6/M)

19 I hope they line the horse stalls with Obama posters.

Posted by: MacGruber at October 09, 2013 06:18 AM (xvtYZ)

20 So once all the lawsuits are settled and all the overtime is payed out, I'm thinking this shutdown might be the costliest period ever in the history of the feds.

Posted by: mugiwara at October 09, 2013 06:19 AM (W7ffl)

21 Imagine that, fighting back got results. Gov is a bully. Posted by: nip

Amen.

Posted by: Dang at October 09, 2013 06:19 AM (Hx2XA)

22 Second look at Koresh?

Posted by: nip at October 09, 2013 06:19 AM (jI23+)

23
Imagine that, fighting back got results. Gov is a bully.

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Yeah.... but just think how far ahead we would be if we'd have just given King Obamamandias his clean CR.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 09, 2013 06:20 AM (nELVU)

24 42 U.S.C. 1983

Posted by: Beagle at October 09, 2013 06:20 AM (sOtz/)

They're made of Hope and Change (and plywood) by the lowest bidder.

They're made of what ever crap is in the lumberyard of a Dem congressman's son that didn't go through law school, for exhorbitant prices.

Posted by: madamex at October 09, 2013 06:20 AM (1zsKV)

26 hussein is worthless.

Posted by: Titanium at October 09, 2013 06:21 AM (ePOfx)

27 "So once all the lawsuits are settled and all the overtime is payed out, I'm thinking this shutdown might be the costliest period ever in the history of the feds."

I'm thinking if Gov Cristy is ever elected President, the inaugural luncheon is gonna have a hefty price tag.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 09, 2013 06:21 AM (xdC/M)

28 Am I reading that right - theyplannedto barricade her and her staff INSIDE the farm?

WTF?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at October 09, 2013 10:18 AM (PZ6/M)

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Well, by my count.... the Park Rangers hostage tally has now exceeded the number of hostages the Iranians took in the 70's.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 09, 2013 06:21 AM (nELVU)

29

Has anyone seen ANY play in the national media about shutdown theater?

Posted by: Sphynx at October 09, 2013 06:22 AM (OZmbA)

30 Claude Moore Colonial Farm To Reopen Wait 'til they get the bill for the new lease, notice of an audit, and a slew of environmental violations.

Posted by: t-bird at October 09, 2013 06:22 AM (FcR7P)

31 I'm thinking this shutdown might be the costliest period ever in the history of the feds. ______________ Not that it matters anymore. Our dollars are as worthless as Monopoly money. If we run low, Yellen will just print up a few trillion more. The federal government already has hundreds of trillions in unfunded liabilities we're never going to be able to pay. What's a few billion more going to matter at this point?

Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at October 09, 2013 06:22 AM (/sohm)

32 It started with the WWII vets storming the barrycades.

D-Day.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at October 09, 2013 06:23 AM (AWmfW)

33 I'm sure the Department of Justice will get right on the investigation of whether the Farm's and its workers civil rights were violated. _______________ Only if they're black or hispanic.

Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (/sohm)

34 Sue em anyway... Posted by: cajun caret

Yes.

Posted by: dogfish at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (nsOJa)

35 "We have no idea why the NPS changed its mind

37%, doh

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (l5zzX)

36 Not that it matters anymore. Our dollars are as worthless as Monopoly money. If we run low, Yellen will just print up a few trillion more.

The piper will be paid. If you don't pay then your children most assuredly will.

Posted by: The Pied Piper of Hameln at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (RD7QR)

37 Awww, the SCOAMF is a heroine for opening all these public spaces shut down by those nasty republicans.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (IXrOn)

38 Those Park Service douchebags are real brown shirts, aren't they?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (lVPtV)

39 35 Look, this shutdown has been hard.

FLOTUS has not been able to get on twitter to hector us about drinking enough water.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 09, 2013 10:23 AM (OWjjx)

I know. That's the funniest thing ever. Twitter assistants go unfunded.

Posted by: Sphynx at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (OZmbA)

40 Sounds like somebody finally read the lease.

Posted by: forest at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (stMuz)

41 I called the company that makes the Barrycades that block the WWII Memorial. He first said they rented the Barrycades to the NPS and then said the NPS owned "a lot of them" and wouldn't say again that they had rented any. I'm thinking they own some and rented a whole lot more. The NPS records need to be subpoenaed for months so they have a harder time hiding how much their little shutdown theatrics have cost.

Posted by: Dang at October 09, 2013 06:24 AM (Hx2XA)

42 but first, the pressing issue of the Washington D.C. National Football League's club name must be discussed. The Petulant Podium Pontificators.

Posted by: t-bird at October 09, 2013 06:25 AM (FcR7P)

43 When his approval gets to below the number that still believes Elvis is alive we can begin suing O'Bumbles for gross incompetence.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at October 09, 2013 06:25 AM (71LDo)

44 42 Those Park Service douchebags are real brown shirts, aren't they? Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 10:24 AM (lVPtV) yep

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 09, 2013 06:25 AM (8JJ6O)

45 One by one they will open this sh*t and give TFG credit. Need some sun and a good book for a while.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 09, 2013 06:25 AM (IXrOn)

46 They will sue and the Obamanites will "quietly" settle and once again the taxpayer will be held accountable for lawless conduct of a government official.

The park boss will be promoted.

Posted by: Vic at October 09, 2013 06:26 AM (zZbNF)

47 Material loss. Damages. Would be easy to show willful malice too I'd think. Treble damages.

Posted by: dogfish at October 09, 2013 06:26 AM (nsOJa)

48 Those Park Service douchebags are real brown shirts, aren't they? Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 10:24 AM (lVPtV) Any Fed packing can now be considered a brownshirt. Remember, Obama wanted a civilian force equal in strength to the military.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 09, 2013 06:26 AM (XIxXP)

49 NPS is giving NPR and EPA a run as most worthless govt agency

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 09, 2013 06:26 AM (HDgX3)

50 I long for the day when every one of us decides to not send our checks to the IRS.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at October 09, 2013 06:26 AM (71LDo)

51 7 Now the farm should sue the shit out of the NPS for all the money they lost when the Barrycades were up. Fucking Nazi Park Shutters. --- Not sure if a federal judge would side with them, but it would appear to be a textbook case of tortious interference since they had a valid lease and contracts with various groups to use their property which couldn't be executed because of an illegal Park Services action.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 09, 2013 06:27 AM (/Crba)

52 39 "We have no idea why the NPS changed its mind

37%, doh

Posted by: Purp at October 09, 2013 10:24 AM (l5zzX)

heh. seriously?...

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at October 09, 2013 06:27 AM (AWmfW)

53 Material loss. Damages. Would be easy to show willful malice too I'd think. Treble damages. But they'll gladly pay. They might even prefer it. It's our money.

Posted by: t-bird at October 09, 2013 06:27 AM (FcR7P)

54 >>> Well, by my count.... the Park Rangers hostage tally has now exceeded the number of hostages the Iranians took in the 70's. Going to tweet that

Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2013 06:27 AM (z9HTb)

55 Cliffhouse in SF should do the same. I have never seen a ranger there -- ever. The NPS does nothing. It's a restaurant at land's end off a major highway.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman, PhD at October 09, 2013 06:28 AM (A/ga/)

56 please my friends, Tea Partiers caused this , They ordered the shut down to hurt as much as Possible.

Posted by: willow at October 09, 2013 06:28 AM (nqBYe)

57 It's clearly time to add the NPS to the list of big government that we can do without. Let a private non-profit step up to do what the park service does. For the LEO angle, just let that fall to the local sheriffs.

Posted by: Yip at October 09, 2013 06:28 AM (/jHWN)

58 After reading about the Yellowstone debacle yesterday I wrote my congressman and senators (Cruz and Cornyn) and told them whoever was in charge of NPS and made the decision to go all theatric and treat visitors like shit needs to be fired. Now.

Posted by: Sphynx at October 09, 2013 06:28 AM (OZmbA)

59 It's clearly time to add the NPS to the list of big government that we can do without. Let a private non-profit step up to do what the park service does. For the LEO angle, just let that fall to the local sheriffs. Posted by: Yip at October 09, 2013 10:28 AM (/jHWN) The parks and management should be returned to the states.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 09, 2013 06:29 AM (XIxXP)

60 I still am thinking about going to Gettysburg this weekend, I have not decided yet.

Posted by: Dred Scott at October 09, 2013 06:29 AM (FGqZK)

61 I would take it as an indication that the Democrats in general and the NPS in particular are starting to feel the heat of bad feedback. That Republicans were going to have raised negatives was inevitable given the bias of the media. What they had not counted on was that the negatives of Democrats and Obama are also way up.

As somebody pointed out in a previous thread, the longer the shutdown continues, the more it becomes the new normal like gasoline that costs more than $3.00 or unemployment that is officially more than 7% but in reality more like 31% ( http://tinyurl.com/mn8f5b4 ).

The longer the shutdown lasts, the more people realize just how well they can get along without federal government functions. The other thing that happens is that since Obama started out by obviously politicizing the shutdown by spending extra money on "shutdown theater", anything that results from the shutdown will be regarded as resulting from Obama playing politics. Since Senator Reid has already said that he is willing for children with cancer to die as part of this political shutdown theater, that lends credence to the idea of Democrat depraved indifference to any bad results.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at October 09, 2013 06:29 AM (31Nrp)

62 so this goes back to my question the other day .
Scott Walker said sorry We will remain open and in business.

So what about the other Governors, go along to get ___?

Posted by: willow at October 09, 2013 06:30 AM (nqBYe)

And Brave Sir Barry is the benevolent one responsible for "allowing" the WWII vets in to see their open-air memorial.

He doesn't know who gave the orders for those nasty Park Police to put up those barricades in the first place.

Oh, wait - yes he does.

It was Ted Cruz.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at October 09, 2013 06:30 AM (PZ6/M)

64
NPS is giving NPR and EPA a run as most worthless govt agency

Not even close. We have a federal agency that approves new beer bottle labels. That's their whole fucking job.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 09, 2013 06:31 AM (0IhFx)

65 64 I still am thinking about going to Gettysburg this weekend, I have not decided yet. Posted by: Dred Scott at October 09, 2013 10:29 AM (FGqZK) *** golf clap***

Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2013 06:31 AM (z9HTb)

66 We have no idea why the NPS changed its mind 37%, doh If I were at 37% after a five-year run of unrelenting douchebaggery, I would know I was golden. The tiniest gesture would boost my ratings when necessary.

Posted by: t-bird at October 09, 2013 06:31 AM (FcR7P)

67 Not even close. We have a federal agency that approves new beer bottle labels. That's their whole fucking job. --- We going by "most useless function" or "most useless on a per-dollar basis"?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 09, 2013 06:31 AM (/Crba)

>>Not that it matters anymore. Our dollars are as worthless as Monopoly
money. If we run low, Yellen will just print up a few trillion more.

The piper will be paid. If you don't pay then your children most assuredly will.

.There is zero intention of ever paying the Federal Debt, none whatsoever. The Fed (now with Yellen Ms. QE Infinity and beyond) will simply inflate the debt away and screw us poor people who have actually saved money.

Posted by: Registered Voter at October 09, 2013 06:32 AM (xqjwP)

69 NOTICE: Anyone caught looking at the Statue of Liberty will be arrested on sight.

Posted by: The National Park Service Goons at October 09, 2013 06:32 AM (ECVlr)

70 Well, by my count.... the Park Rangers hostage tally has now exceeded the number of hostages the Iranians took in the 70's.

Going to tweet that

Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2013 10:27 AM (z9HTb)

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Be my guest. Let me know how it was received. I really need to get out to the Twitterverse one of these days.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 09, 2013 06:32 AM (nELVU)

71 We going by "most useless function" or "most useless on a per-dollar basis"? Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 09, 2013 10:31 AM (/Crba) That would be the DoE.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 09, 2013 06:32 AM (XIxXP)

72 >> anything that results from the shutdown will be regarded as resulting from Obama playing politics.

Not to the "Ow, my balls" crowd. They'll blame it on "them politicians up there in Washington state or wherever"

Posted by: Sphynx at October 09, 2013 06:32 AM (OZmbA)

73 Ted Cruz is an idiot.

Posted by: Michael Medved at October 09, 2013 06:32 AM (E0/Ok)

74 ///Second look at Koresh?

I'm waiting for the return of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

Posted by: Turnip Defense League [/i] at October 09, 2013 06:33 AM (O7Q1u)

75 Ever notice that you've never seen Bush and Cruz in the same room together?
Just sayin'

Food for thought...

Posted by: Thoughts for food at October 09, 2013 06:33 AM (pgQxn)

76 Hope hey still sue.

Posted by: steevy at October 09, 2013 06:33 AM (9XBK2)

77 >>> Those Park Service douchebags are real brown shirts, aren't they? @ANPRRanger is just begging for abuse on Twitter.

Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2013 06:33 AM (z9HTb)

78 The longer the shutdown lasts, the more people realize just how well they can get along without federal government functions. Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at October 09, 2013 10:29 AM (31Nrp) Yeah, I agree, this is what probably scares them the most. They go on and on about how important the government is to people's lives, but if people start realizing that doesn't add up to their reality....

Posted by: Mainah at October 09, 2013 06:33 AM (659DL)

79 OSP@75 Energy, Education, or "yes"?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at October 09, 2013 06:34 AM (Pexsc)

80 I wonder if the undocumented immigrants have quit coming through the Big Bend National park

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at October 09, 2013 06:34 AM (R8hU8)

81 I think the governor of S Dakota attempted to negotiate w/NPS to keep Mount Rushmore open and they refused.

As for states like CA and CO, there are Dem Governors - and Hickenlooper here in CO was much more interested in securing the promised federal funds for flood recovery.

I have no idea why AZ and TX didn't fight back, especially given that they were most affected by the DHS's border control cessation. Maybe I've just not seen stories about this, though.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 09, 2013 06:34 AM (JRmiD)

82 Some animals are more equal than others.

Posted by: Chaos, it the other dark meat at October 09, 2013 06:34 AM (oDCMR)

83 >>> Be my guest. Let me know how it was received. Both my followers are still sleeping.

Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2013 06:34 AM (z9HTb)

84 OSP@75 Energy, Education, or "yes"? Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at October 09, 2013 10:34 AM (Pexsc) I was thinking Ed, but now that you mention it, Yes works too.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 09, 2013 06:34 AM (XIxXP)

85 @ANPRRanger is just begging for abuse on Twitter.

Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2013 10:33 AM (z9HTb)

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Heh..... I TRIPLE dog dare ya....

Posted by: fixerupper at October 09, 2013 06:35 AM (nELVU)

86
We going by "most useless function" or "most useless on a per-dollar basis"?

Most useless function.

And I mashed return before I should have. The agency has people who's sole function is the approval of new beer bottle labels.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 09, 2013 06:35 AM (0IhFx)

87 37%, doh --- I recall the commies demanding that Bush resign solely because his approval rating was in the 30's.

Posted by: UWP at October 09, 2013 06:35 AM (vj51i)

88 Yeah, the EPA and Education heads are laughing in their admin meetings on how the National Park Service is stepping it out there... they are probably jealous .. Must shut another coal plant down and more free internet for schools.. because shut up Tea Partiers!

Posted by: Yip at October 09, 2013 06:35 AM (/jHWN)

89 Energy, Education, or "yes"? I'll have to remember that one! Oh, who am I kidding...

Posted by: Rick Perry at October 09, 2013 06:36 AM (FcR7P)

90 85 Posted by: Lizzy at October 09, 2013 10:34 AM (JRmiD)

He did get the cones removed from the State highways.

Posted by: Vic at October 09, 2013 06:36 AM (zZbNF)

91 All those park rangers do is break all the laws that they cite/arrest visitors for. They get drunk and have orgies. That's the lifestyle.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman, PhD at October 09, 2013 06:36 AM (A/ga/)

92 64 I still am thinking about going to Gettysburg this weekend, I have not decided yet.

Posted by: Dred Scott at October 09, 2013 10:29 AM (FGqZK)

I posted a link to Blackfive in the thread below. There is a Million Vet March on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. beginning at the WW II memorial.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 06:36 AM (lVPtV)

93 I'm waiting for the return of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. --- Did you try the salad bar?

Posted by: Bhagwan Bill at October 09, 2013 06:37 AM (/Crba)

94 Haul the NPS before Congress for hearings. Name and shame whoever gave the orders and fire the lot of them. A man can dream.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 09, 2013 06:37 AM (QXlbZ)

95 Aren't the NPS currently unfunded? So their officers aren't currently legal police?

So they currently have no authority to order anyone around and should be told to get stuffed. And to stop trespassing on privately leased property.

I know, I know. These particular park rangers are still on the job, serving the American public, in defiance of the federal shutdown, just because.

They and their superiors should not be accorded immunity from prosecution for kidnapping, unlawful arrest, harassment, threatening with a deadly weapon, and whatever else.

They now admit they had no authority, and it will be obvious to a jury that they were acting solely out of malice.

They should be prosecuted, fined, and jailed.

Posted by: Troll Feeder searches amazon for tar and feathers at October 09, 2013 06:37 AM (Qo8JU)

96 The agency has people who's sole function is the approval of new beer bottle labels.

I have lived my life so totally wrong.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 09, 2013 06:38 AM (/kI1Q)

97 They and their superiors should not be accorded immunity from prosecution for kidnapping, unlawful arrest, harassment, threatening with a deadly weapon, and whatever else. They now admit they had no authority, and it will be obvious to a jury that they were acting solely out of malice. They should be prosecuted, fined, and jailed. --- Being launched via catapult into another country should be considered after they're jailed.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 09, 2013 06:39 AM (/Crba)

The longer this goes on the worse for the Left. The petty stuff will go away when it is acknowledged that it isn't doing what it was intended to do (it isn't doing what it was intended to do; many understand it isn't doing what it was inteded to do; acknowledging that is the last part) which was make Republicans the Cruel Heartless Bullies. And then the shutdown budget levels become the new normal like sequestration budget levels have become the new normal.

And that isn't good for the Left at all - dialing back government one step at a time to a new normal.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet has Petulance and Tantrums in all styles and colors! at October 09, 2013 06:39 AM (hLRSq)

99 I think Obama has assembled his civilian police force in a different way than I thought.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at October 09, 2013 06:39 AM (pgQxn)

100 Being launched via catapult into another country should be considered after they're jailed.

What did we ever do to you to deserve that?

Posted by: Canada, eh? at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (/kI1Q)

101 I will never look at a park ranger the same way. Hannah Arendt would have a field day with these kfucs.

Posted by: Beagle at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (sOtz/)

102 103 I think Obama has assembled his civilian police force in a different way than I thought. --- Unless he plans on declaring large swaths of the country to be national parks, his plan may not work as intended.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (/Crba)

103 Old business: MRW, more info on false testimony case in thread below.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (ee9LE)

104 @ 1, 3, 6, et al.

Yes, lawsuits.

But also prosecutions. With due credit to Instapundit this morning on Shirley Sherrod, many of these people also need to spend their lives broke and in jail.

Posted by: Troll Feeder searches amazon for tar and feathers at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (Qo8JU)

105 The average American feels nothing from the sequester or the shutdown. Libs really, really hate that. So they create the shutdown theater in the National Parks. Just wait until they get total control of healthcare...

Posted by: Dang at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (Hx2XA)

106 Being launched via catapult into another country should be considered after they're jailed.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 09, 2013 10:39 AM (/Crba)

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Doont even tink about aboot it ya hosers......

Posted by: Canadian Park Rangers at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (nELVU)

107

About that poll

It is based on online interviews of 1,227 adults who are members of GfK's nationally representative Knowledge Panel." Who the hell is this knowledge panel? They don't even poll registered voters anymore, they poll their own specially selected panel.

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (R8hU8)

108 >>> Heh..... I TRIPLE dog dare ya.... Soon.

Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (z9HTb)

109 No way is Obama's approval rating at 37% 29% maybe

Posted by: Eton Cox at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (QCc6B)

110 Sooo MSM and Democrat/RINO 's... is it a fair question to proffer , when the voters elect a majority GOP Senate with a stronger Tea Party caucus and elect a conservative President to go along with a large majority in the House, then will it be ok to repeal O-Care ? And since elections matter so shut up... can we also get rid of the EPA and Education and IRS?.. and you guys will be ok with that because elections matter and it's time to move on,..... right?

Posted by: Yip at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (/jHWN)

111 104 Being launched via catapult into another country should be considered after they're jailed. What did we ever do to you to deserve that? Posted by: Canada, eh? at October 09, 2013 10:40 AM (/kI1Q) --- Who said we were aiming north of the border? I'm thinking either Mexico or, if we set up in Florida, Cuba.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 09, 2013 06:40 AM (/Crba)

112 105 I will never look at a park ranger the same way.

Beat me to it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 06:41 AM (lVPtV)

113 That 37% is just the start too.

Only a small sliver of the populace is news junkies. It can take weeks for this shit to bubble up into the general consciousness.

Congress is rock bottom at 5% and can't go down much more. Obama still has a long way to fall, and little he could ever do subsequently to boost it back

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 09, 2013 06:41 AM (l5zzX)

114 Were lawyers involved.
Lawyers change everything.

Posted by: Voices, I hear Voices at October 09, 2013 06:41 AM (vSlLD)

115 42 Those Park Service douchebags are real brown shirts, aren't they? *** The Goose Gestapo.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 09, 2013 06:42 AM (ee9LE)

116 102 The longer this goes on the worse for the Left.

I hope you're right.

Here in the SF Bay Area it's really hard to tell looking at this through the funhouse-mirror prism that is the local news. All they can jabber is how great the health-care sign up is going, how everyone hates the GOP for shutting down the government (the sandcastle contest has been postponed because of Ted Cruz - HORROR!) and even the crawl has non-stop love for their boyfriend in one form or another.

And I just want to see the weather. Oh yeah, global warming - that's why it's so cold.

No wonder I'm drunk before ~~lunch~~ breakfast.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at October 09, 2013 06:43 AM (pgQxn)

117 The Goose Gestapo.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 09, 2013 10:42 AM (ee9LE)

Tourists raus!

Posted by: Ranger Richard at October 09, 2013 06:43 AM (RD7QR)

118 Congress is rock bottom at 5% and can't go down much more. Which if you think about it, a congressional approval rating is kinda dumb. I'm mad at congress, but so is a die-hard moonbat. We're not mad for the same reasons.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 09, 2013 06:43 AM (UQgtZ)

119 Clutch Cargo, the SS was placed in charge of the German police force. Did not need many true believers, just many foot soldiers who will simply follow orders. Something like how the zombie fly takes over a fire ant.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 06:43 AM (ObMtJ)

120 So how many MRAPs has the Park Service requested? I'm thinking a new uniform with stompy boots is clearly needed here as well.

Posted by: Chaos, it the other dark meat at October 09, 2013 06:44 AM (oDCMR)

121 I wanted to punch Alan Colmes in the face earlier. He was on Fox speaking about how horrible the families of the fallen are being treated, and when Katie Pavlich said Obama could easily solve the problem with their death benefits, he snapped at her for "politicizing" the travesty.

What a worthless, purple-lipped tool.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 06:44 AM (lVPtV)

122 When I was in college, I knew all these seasonal rangers. They went on to become superintendents of some major parks. Now, they are all in DC rewriting regs. That's all they do -- nothing. It seems half their time is spent writing policy histories where they pat each other on the back. They publish these books which are just homages to the geezers that preceded them. Not sure if private business does this.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman, PhD at October 09, 2013 06:44 AM (A/ga/)

123 And here all along I thought Republicans were considered jackbooted thugs.

Now I need to find a sale on jackboots to blend in with the Democrats.

Posted by: Fritz at October 09, 2013 06:44 AM (UzPAd)

124 Lowest Carter got was 28% approval and that was months before the Iranians took the embassy.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 06:45 AM (ObMtJ)

125 They publish these books which are just homages to the geezers that preceded them. Not sure if private business does this. --- Maybe in the publishing industry. Otherwise, the place I think I'd see something like this would be in the college / university systems.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 09, 2013 06:45 AM (/Crba)

126 ... can we also get rid of the EPA and Education and IRS?.. and you guys will be ok with that because elections matter and it's time to move on,..... right?

-----

No no no no no no.....

We aint getting rid of them until we get a chance to use them on all those little progressive enclaves... because "precedent".

Posted by: Canadian Park Rangers at October 09, 2013 06:45 AM (nELVU)

127 I'm mad at congress, but so is a die-hard moonbat. We're not mad for the same reasons.

And I'm mad at the Senate Dems, but my House representative is doing stuff I like.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 09, 2013 06:45 AM (/kI1Q)

128 15 Imagine that, fighting back got results. Gov is a bully.
===============
Give in now! Retreat! Now is the time to fold!

If it wasn't for the shutdown, if it wasn't for Cruz--the failure of Obamacare would be front page!!

/s/
RINO's, Establishment Repubs, etc., etc.

Posted by: RoyalOil at October 09, 2013 06:45 AM (VjL9S)

129
ack..... of Canuck sock.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 09, 2013 06:46 AM (nELVU)

130 One of my son's Marine buddies is driving down from Missouri next week for a visit. He's a Dem and the son of life-long Dems. Voted for TFG in '08.

He and his parents despise Obama now. So there's that.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 06:46 AM (lVPtV)

131 Gregory of Yardsdale, When are you going to get the rest of your books available for Kindle? The first four worked with CoolReader(a TTS app) but the last 3 haven't. I vote for whatever you did on the first ones continuing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at October 09, 2013 06:47 AM (Pexsc)

132 All of the good people around the country out of work and we have these Park Rangers, IRS types and other government types behaving like medieval British landed gentry. I was going to suggest their termination, but I'd also like to see them in stocks in the town square getting pelted with meadow muffins for about six months.

Posted by: ontherocks at October 09, 2013 06:48 AM (WAtZR)

133 @60 willow, you forgot your Juan McCain sock ;-)

Posted by: Troll Feeder at October 09, 2013 06:48 AM (Qo8JU)

134 F+ck Smokey the Bear and all his evil minions.

Posted by: Chaos, it the other dark meat at October 09, 2013 06:50 AM (oDCMR)

135

One of my son's Marine buddies is driving down from Missouri next week for a visit. He's a Dem and the son of life-long Dems. Voted for TFG in '08.

He and his parents despise Obama now. So there's that.

You seriously need to feed him and D'ohBoy a couple of beers and have them relate their tales to the Horde one night.

Breaths is baited...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 09, 2013 06:50 AM (0HooB)

136 I have a feeling that most of these petty tyrants in the NPS suffer from that particularly governmental condition in which they have been given power without respect. I mean, no one calls the park service in an emergency. The result is that they flex their little muscles in order to "make" us respect them. Truly pathetic.

Posted by: Lauren at October 09, 2013 06:50 AM (ELdpj)

137 I was told the shut down was bad optics for us That we would get all the blame That the dems would agree to delay That this is all Cruz's fault Guess not.

Posted by: thunderb at October 09, 2013 06:51 AM (Us/US)

138

Maybe the Vets and others who have been barrycaded out, and in some cases in, should have worn feather boas, chaps, and waved rainbow flags. Then they could have accused the administration of homeyphobia.

But, that would be dishonest and dishonorable, two words nobody in this administration cares about nor understands.

Posted by: ExSnipe at October 09, 2013 06:51 AM (57ubW)

139

Maybe cause and effect logic is finally been turned on in some brains on the Left. At least they have that formerly unused switch to turn on. Unfortunately they still will never be able to make logical comparisons as they were born without that capability.

Posted by: polynikes at October 09, 2013 06:53 AM (m2CN7)

140 There is a kiosk by the Jefferson Memorial that as of yesterday had about 20 bags of trash sitting outside. Can't wait for the rats to come. Kind of fits in with this city.

Posted by: RWC at October 09, 2013 06:53 AM (fWAjv)

141 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 06:53 AM (/PCJa)

142 Lawsuit time. Ah-yup.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 06:53 AM (/PCJa)

143 37% think 0(Zero)care is wonderful. I think that is the current percentage of people who don't open their mail.

Posted by: Bob at October 09, 2013 06:53 AM (qTsuK)

144 Barricading them inside the farm? Maybe it's just me, but isn't that just a little bit illegal?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 09, 2013 06:54 AM (0HooB)

145 alright boys, what fresh hell today?

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 09, 2013 06:54 AM (8sCoq)

146 Can't wait for the rats to come. Kind of fits in with this city.

Posted by: RWC at October 09, 2013 10:53 AM (fWAjv)

I'd do something about that if the money weren't worthless.

Posted by: The Pied Piper of Hameln at October 09, 2013 06:54 AM (RD7QR)

147 In many ways the the discovery of the historic discovery of the Higgs boson mirrors the journey that is my own life.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius, Now with 30% Less Approval at October 09, 2013 06:54 AM (ECVlr)

148 Sue the feds for lost revenue. This can't be treated like a simple "Oopsie!" mistake. They caused serious damage and they need to pay restitution.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 06:55 AM (4df7R)

149 Managing director Anna Eberly said that NPS actually showed up yesterday to barricade her and her volunteers inside the Farm So I guess the folks at Yellowstone weren't just "some bad apples." I'm guessing the order (from TFG) was rescinded at the last minute because they didn't want more bad optics like they're already getting from the Yellowstone incident.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 06:55 AM (/PCJa)

150 What's "National Park Service" in German? Bunch of fascist pukes.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 09, 2013 06:55 AM (DrWcr)

151 I think that is the current percentage of people who don't open their mail. It is the combination of people who don't open their mail and don't pay for their own insurance (even through premiums deducted from their paycheck).

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 06:56 AM (/PCJa)

152 149 Barricading them inside the farm? Maybe it's just me, but isn't that just a little bit illegal?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 09, 2013 10:54 AM (0HooB)

Wouldn't that count as kidnapping?

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 06:56 AM (l2max)

153

Barricading them inside the farm? Maybe it's just me, but isn't that just a little bit illegal?

It's reminiscent of Jen-ghis Kahn...

Posted by: John Kerry at October 09, 2013 06:57 AM (TpXEI)

154 Aaaaand, Clownf*cker heads to the barrel!

Posted by: Insomniac at October 09, 2013 06:57 AM (DrWcr)

155 What will be interesting is to see what this will do for other businesses and those individuals they kicked out of their homes. Now those people have a precedent to cite that they cover their own operational expenses, just like this group, so it's discriminatory that this group gets an exemption to open and they don't.

Posted by: Ranba Ral at October 09, 2013 06:57 AM (G99e4)

156 oh... barrel.... fo sho

Posted by: Yip at October 09, 2013 06:57 AM (/jHWN)

157 To the box!

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 06:57 AM (l2max)

158 Barrel. Now

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 06:57 AM (yz6yg)

159 What's "National Park Service" in German? Bunch of fascist pukes. Schutzstaffel

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 06:57 AM (/PCJa)

160

Congress' approval rating is at 5%? That sounds about right, there are only 5 GOP senators who aren't big government socialists and no democrats....in the house side about the same percentage.

I can see Congress' approval rating being that low as 95% of those cretins see us working for them, rather than them working for us.

Posted by: doug at October 09, 2013 06:57 AM (uJ8q7)

161 So I guess the folks at Yellowstone weren't just "some bad apples." I'm guessing the order (from TFG) was rescinded at the last minute because they didn't want more bad optics like they're already getting from the Yellowstone incident.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 10:55 AM (/PCJa)

I said it yesterday and I'll say it again. Blame these gestapo tactics on Obammy and on Sally Jewell, Interior Secretary. Keep blaming them, loudly and publically. Do that enough and they'll be more than happy to spill the names and details of the "low level employees" who have been threatening innocent people in the name of the shut down, "completely outside the scope of accepted practice."

Then we can name and shame those LLEs, while continuing to blame their fuckup superiors.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 06:58 AM (4df7R)

162

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 10:56 AM (l2max)

I think it would be false imprisonment, not kidnapping.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 09, 2013 06:58 AM (DrWcr)

163 Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 10:56 AM (l2max) I believe the term is "unlawful detention" though one of the lawyer types could probably put me some knowledge there. Which is completely different from this time you'll now be spending in the barrel.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 06:58 AM (/PCJa)

164

Sue the feds for lost revenue. This can't be treated like a simple "Oopsie!" mistake. They caused serious damage and they need to pay restitution.

Monetary damages plus compound interest, then damages for emotional distress, then a civil right suit for illegal detention without charges.

Makes me almost wish I were a lawyer. Almost.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 09, 2013 06:58 AM (0HooB)

165 Man that was a nasty tumble .....I think I chipped a toof

Posted by: ontherocks at October 09, 2013 06:58 AM (WAtZR)

166 That was just a copy/paste, same thing I've always done. Weird, weird, weird.

But I'll be in the barrel.

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 06:58 AM (l2max)

167 James Woods has been blistering Obama on Twitter recently. Somebody asked him if he was afraid of being blackballed in Hollywood now. He said: James Woods ✔ @RealJamesWoods @mm77atl I don't expect to work again. I l think Barack Obama is a threat to the integrity and future of the Republic. My country first. James Woods ✔ @RealJamesWoods This President is a true abomination. To have barricaded the WW2 vets, but allow illegal aliens privilege...

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 09, 2013 06:59 AM (ZPrif)

168 Just try to shut me down! I'll kick your ass!

Posted by: Dinty Moore at October 09, 2013 06:59 AM (/1ATA)

169 What's "National Park Service" in German? Bunch of fascist pukes. Geheime Staatspolizei

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 06:59 AM (yz6yg)

170 153 Sue the feds for lost revenue. This can't be treated like a simple "Oopsie!" mistake. They caused serious damage and they need to pay restitution. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 09, 2013 10:55 AM (4df7R) I don't disagree but unfortunately 'they' is 'us'.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at October 09, 2013 06:59 AM (bCEmE)

171 99 Aren't the NPS currently unfunded? So their officers aren't currently legal police? Just the non-essential ones. The ones putting up the barrycades and manhandling citizens? Totes essential.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 09, 2013 07:00 AM (U82Km)

172

Wouldn't that count as kidnapping?

Unlawful imprisonment, at the very least.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:00 AM (4df7R)

173 >>I said it yesterday and I'll say it again. Blame these gestapo tactics on Obammy and on Sally Jewell, Interior Secretary.

YES!!!
The NPS admitted early on that the WWII monument barry-cades were ordered by the WH administration. There's no way that the other NPS activities, such as Yellowstone and CMCF, were magically done without their direction, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 09, 2013 07:00 AM (JRmiD)

174 Wodeshed ‏@Wodeshed 2m Want to know what it's like when a government turns on the governed? Go for a walk in a National Park today. ------ Fuck them all.

Posted by: RWC at October 09, 2013 07:00 AM (fWAjv)

175 BREAKING NEWS: James Woods has been banned from the city of Hollywood for life

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 09, 2013 07:00 AM (HDgX3)

176 @157

"Wouldn't that count as kidnapping?"

You had to C and P from Word just for that?

I mean, type that into Word then select, copy and click over to here, then paste?

Jeez.

Posted by: RoyalOil at October 09, 2013 07:00 AM (VjL9S)

177 Exactly as I predicted. The market went down, the Media wipes the palimpsest clean of any mention of Janet Yellin, and rewrites history in real-time: "Stocks stutter-step as shutdown enters day 9"

Posted by: monty soothsayer at October 09, 2013 07:00 AM (Rxqe9)

178 That was just a copy/paste, same thing I've always done. Weird, weird, weird. But I'll be in the barrel. *tosses Febreeze* Hang tough, my brother. *fist bump*

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:00 AM (yz6yg)

179 Zeig dem Nationalen Park Bedienung!

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 09, 2013 07:01 AM (8sCoq)

180 James Woods ✔ @RealJamesWoods
@mm77atl I don't expect to work again. I l think Barack Obama is a threat to the integrity and future of the Republic. My country first.

James Woods ✔ @RealJamesWoods
This President is a true abomination. To have barricaded the WW2 vets, but allow illegal aliens privilege...

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 09, 2013 10:59 AM (ZPrif)

God bless him. Thankfully he's too good a draw to ignore.

Posted by: joncelli at October 09, 2013 07:01 AM (RD7QR)

181 That was just a copy/paste, same thing I've always done. Weird, weird, weird. Thou shalt not copy/paste from any Microsoft product (Word, WordPad, Outlook, IE, Excel, etc.) into the comments section. If you must copy/paste, paste into a plaintext editor (notepad, for instance) and then copy/paste from there into the comments.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 07:01 AM (/PCJa)

182 That's just it. The National Parks Service works for us! We pay their pay and benefits! WTF? They've jumped the shark and don't even know it...

Posted by: Yip at October 09, 2013 07:01 AM (/jHWN)

183 I saw an live interview a few days ago with one of the staff managers at this farm. She said that the NPS was allowing one person in ONCE a day to feed and water the animals, so some of the staff was instead staying at the farm to make sure the livestock was properly cared for. Livestock typically is not fed or milked or watered once a day, rather you need to do so several times a day. That needs to get more attention to the public than it has currently received.

Posted by: Jen at October 09, 2013 07:01 AM (daG4b)

184 @181 No, I c/p'd the user I was quoting.

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 07:01 AM (l2max)

185 Gee, I wonder if Obama's 37% approval rating this morning has something to do with it. As Insty said, the thing is, everyoneÂ’s heard of the Washington Monument Strategy nowadays. Also, it just looks mean.

Posted by: phreshone at October 09, 2013 07:01 AM (Pr6hk)

186 It'll be interesting to see what happens to James Woods and his Hollywood career now. Jon Voight seems to have done ok after coming out as a conservative. He didn't work much in 2009-2012 after opposing Obama in 2008. But his career seems to have picked up in 2013.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 09, 2013 07:02 AM (ZPrif)

187 Chart of the day http://bit.ly/GO64Wl America has borrowed a shit load of money and burned it all up. It's gone. And yet Democrats are convinced that burning more money is a good decision. Amazing.

Posted by: MTF at October 09, 2013 07:02 AM (+5ahd)

188 Being launched via catapult into another country should be considered after they're jailed.
I'm thinking a big assed one aimed at Haiti.

Posted by: Bob at October 09, 2013 07:02 AM (qTsuK)

189
Armed with KY-Jelly and awaiting Clownf*cker's arrival.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 09, 2013 07:02 AM (pJF+c)

190 Is there a law that allows a plaintiff to punch through the protective barrier of the Federal government and make the defendant pay when the defendant is found guilty?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 07:02 AM (ObMtJ)

191 Government on a whim.

Posted by: eleven at October 09, 2013 07:02 AM (KXm42)

192 The Farm will be open starting today.

Yay! Moo!

Posted by: Claude Moore's Moo Cow at October 09, 2013 07:02 AM (Dwehj)

193 That's just it. The National Parks Service works for us! We pay their pay and benefits! WTF? They've jumped the shark and don't even know it... You obviously don't understand how this works. The NPS has not "work[ed] for us" in decades, if ever. No Federal agency has. Certainly they're paid by us, but they work *for* the Democrats.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 07:03 AM (/PCJa)

194 OK now I'm a huge James Woods fan.

Posted by: eleven at October 09, 2013 07:03 AM (KXm42)

195 Next up, the story of how Obama saved a small historic museum which was in danger of being put out of business by the Republican-led government shutdown.

Posted by: MSM at October 09, 2013 07:04 AM (2jQGY)

196 Voight was already pretty damn old, like Eastwood, when he came out. Woods is on the tail end of his career. All were set for money. More impressive, perhaps, is Vince Vaughn who partnered with Glenn Beck on documentary project. Vaughn is still mid-career.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 09, 2013 07:04 AM (ZPrif)

197 I don't disagree but unfortunately 'they' is 'us'.

Posted by: Tami at October 09, 2013 10:59 AM (bCEmE)

I know. It sucks. But we turn that into our story.

"The administration claimed that they had to close this farm because of the shut down. This farm takes no money from the government and is entirely self-sustaining. We were spending no money on it at all. It was MAKING money.

"Through this administration's unlawful actions, not only did they not save any money, but they are actually going to have to spend money -- YOUR money -- to pay restitution for their illegal activities.

"And this is not an isolated incident. This same lawlessness by the administration is taking place at private homes and businesses all over this country, and will require the same outcome.

"How's that hopey changey stuff workin' for ya now?"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:04 AM (4df7R)

198 74 Well, by my count.... the Park Rangers hostage tally has now exceeded the number of hostages the Iranians took in the 70's. Thread winnah, right there!

Posted by: runningrn at October 09, 2013 07:04 AM (PLOz8)

199 Are the goats pretty? What am I saying, who's ever heard of an ugly goat

Posted by: Bashar al Assad at October 09, 2013 07:05 AM (Pr6hk)

200 The GOP will be extinct unless they immediately form a Rapid Response apparatus to counter Big Left Media's constant barrage of bullshit aimed at The Dumb People.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 09, 2013 07:05 AM (Rxqe9)

201 For our son's Eagle Scout project, he used GPS to map all our local National Park's trails.

If/when they reopen, I'm tempted to go in the office and remove the maps. Fuckers.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 07:05 AM (lVPtV)

202 We visit our own landmarks at the pleasure of the president.

The exact opposite of U.S. attorneys which are supposed to serve regardless of the president's, er, pleasure.

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 07:05 AM (5npD/)

203 During the Bush years the msm had an orgy of "grim milestones" using the death of our military as a political tool to trash the right. There has been almost no mention of the death of servicemen or women during Obama's reign of terror. Now they are acting disgusted that Republicans have shutdown the government and denied death benefits to the families of the fallen. It would be hard to distinguish whom I hate more, liberals or the msm, if they weren't the same people.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2013 07:06 AM (g1DWB)

204 That's a nice farm you have there, it would be a shame if something happened to it

Posted by: Chicago Union Boss at October 09, 2013 07:06 AM (Pr6hk)

205 Vince Vaughn too? -- Didn't see that one coming.

Posted by: eleven at October 09, 2013 07:06 AM (KXm42)

206 All these people understand is power. The farm was going to have a demonstration to reopen. The publicity would have killed Obama's people. WaPo editors and writers kids go to the farm, think the demonstration would have gotten any coverage? I suspect the upcoming siege of the parks is going to be an eye opening event for the NPS.

Posted by: John Smith at October 09, 2013 07:06 AM (wR+pz)

207 Jugears has turned the NPS into his own National Pack Service. Not a single one an example of productivity. ....and their Jugeared Leader WON'T EVEN NEGOTIATE. Worthless,hateful, marxist tools.

Posted by: ontherocks at October 09, 2013 07:06 AM (WAtZR)

208 201 Voight was already pretty damn old, like Eastwood, when he came out. Woods is on the tail end of his career. All were set for money.

What is Adam Baldwin doing now?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 07:07 AM (lVPtV)

209

Well, by my count.... the Park Rangers hostage tally has now exceeded the number of hostages the Iranians took in the 70's.

Yet the "TP faction" in congress is called "hostage takers" by the Dims.

Everything is truly backwards.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 09, 2013 07:07 AM (0HooB)

210 189 @181 No, I c/p'd the user I was quoting.
===
Oh, but you don't know the mysteries of Pixy.

That harmless C and P? Pixy loves all MS code. She hungers for it. And if you've pasted some MS into a comment, realized it and deleted ALL the words, the code remains.

You have to refresh the page before you dare re-trying your comment.

Posted by: RoyalOil at October 09, 2013 07:07 AM (VjL9S)

211 2x as many Americans died in Afghanistan under Obama than Bush.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 09, 2013 07:07 AM (ZPrif)

212

Funny, I haven't seen any coverage of Lois Lerner being arrested for committing a felony in using her personal computer to coordinate an attack on conservatives at the request of the white house.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 09, 2013 07:08 AM (U292F)

213 >America has borrowed a shit load of money and burned it all up. It's gone. And yet Democrats are convinced that burning more money is a good decision. Amazing.

you gotta understand- they don't give a fuck what happens 10, 20, 30 years from today. They're in power NOW. They are wealthy NOW. They are knee-deep in gin and hookers NOW. The reckoning will happen after they are dead and buried- so they just don't give a fuck.

Kickin' the can down the road.

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 09, 2013 07:08 AM (8sCoq)

214 I know. It sucks. But we turn that into our story. "The administration claimed that they had to close this farm because of the shut down. This farm takes no money from the government and is entirely self-sustaining. We were spending no money on it at all. It was MAKING money. "Through this administration's unlawful actions, not only did they not save any money, but they are actually going to have to spend money -- YOUR money -- to pay restitution for their illegal activities. "And this is not an isolated incident. This same lawlessness by the administration is taking place at private homes and businesses all over this country, and will require the same outcome. "How's that hopey changey stuff workin' for ya now?" Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 09, 2013 11:04 AM (4df7R) How 'bout they pay restitution out of their salaries? Start at the top and work your way down until the settlement is paid. I'm good with that.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at October 09, 2013 07:08 AM (bCEmE)

215 As many of you know, I am the widow of an Army VN Combat Vet, the daughter of a WWII Marine, and my current guy is a Marine VN Vet. My husband was a wise and wonderful man who, in his wisdom, left me in comfortable financial circumstances. If there is one among the Horde who is burning to go the DC rally that Jane D'oh keeps mentioning---but can't quite afford it, I will kick in some money for your trip since I can't go. Or even better, if there is a group that would like to go, I can kick in for their gas money. I would rather give the money to you than the RNC, to whom I have stopped donating.

Syriasly, a quiet little voice has been whispering to me all morning to make this offer. Contact me through the AoS Yahoo group or at wtrclrppr on Yahoo mail.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 09, 2013 07:08 AM (kXoT0)

216 I don't know that I'd say Vaughn is mid career though. Ir's been a while since I've seen him in anything.

Maybe now we know why.

Posted by: eleven at October 09, 2013 07:08 AM (KXm42)

217 Heh, looks like the Spirit of '76 comparisons gave some Obamabots cold feet after a while. Let's see how many other President Stampyfoot shutdowns get publicly or not-so-publicly revoked by Halloween.

(Hat tip to CPT Charles for "President Stampyfoot.

)

Posted by: exdem13 at October 09, 2013 07:08 AM (kfSXj)

218 Farm animals? Well Barry does like it when I play 'pin the tail on the donkey'

Posted by: Reggie Love at October 09, 2013 07:08 AM (Pr6hk)

219 Alec Baldwin is like every other Democrat, asking what's in your wallet.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 07:09 AM (ObMtJ)

220 If there is one among the Horde who is burning to go the DC rally that Jane D'oh keeps mentioning---but can't quite afford it, I keep missing it. What DC rally?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 07:09 AM (/PCJa)

221

you gotta understand- they don't give a fuck what happens 10, 20, 30 years from today.

Neither party does, aside from winning elections that far out.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 09, 2013 07:09 AM (TpXEI)

222 Sue the feds. Take it out of the furloughed back pay.

Posted by: dogfish at October 09, 2013 07:09 AM (nsOJa)

223 No one suspects this has all been secretly orchestated by us. Mwah hah haaaaaah

Posted by: Barriers & Traffic Cones Manufacturers at October 09, 2013 07:10 AM (A1yp4)

224 Did someone say 'clown show'?

Posted by: Ringling Brothers at October 09, 2013 07:10 AM (Pr6hk)

225 Vaughn's been phoning it in for years. Hope he's been saving his money.

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 07:10 AM (5npD/)

226 You obviously don't understand how this works. The NPS has not "work[ed] for us" in decades, if ever. No Federal agency has. Certainly they're paid by us, but they work *for* the Democrats. Oh yeah, the DoD is a well-known haven for socialists of all types. ::: eye roll :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:10 AM (yz6yg)

227 Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 09, 2013 11:08 AM (kXoT0)

You are an awesome lady. Son wants to go so badly, but is going with his dad to an event for his late grandfather this weekend. They're leaving tomorrow. I get to stay home and recover from my broken toe. *happy dance* *OUCH*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 07:10 AM (lVPtV)

228 Baldwin had steady work on Chuck throughout Obama's first term. Looks like he's mainly doing cameos and animation voice overs now. He does a lot of voice over work for DC animation cartoons and movies. Looks like he's shooting a new Scifi TV series called Last Ship now.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 09, 2013 07:11 AM (ZPrif)

229 Funny, I haven't seen any coverage of Lois Lerner being arrested for committing a felony in using her personal computer to coordinate an attack on conservatives at the request of the white house.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 09, 2013 11:08 AM (U292F)

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

There is an ongoing investigation so I can't comment.

Posted by: Eric "shut up, cracker" Holder at October 09, 2013 07:11 AM (sOtz/)

230 221 I don't know that I'd say Vaughn is mid career though. Ir's been a while since I've seen him in anything. Maybe now we know why. Posted by: eleven at October 09, 2013 11:08 AM (KXm42) ______ I think it's more due to his time has kind of passed...him, Ferrell, the Wilson brothers....that crew of guys had their heyday in the mid 2000s and have all tailed off since

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 09, 2013 07:11 AM (HDgX3)

231 ♫ Sex farm woman, I'm gonna mow you down... ♫

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at October 09, 2013 07:11 AM (Pr6hk)

232 @215 Yep, that's what happened.

Posted by: Clownf*cker at October 09, 2013 07:11 AM (5npD/)

233 I am very anti-lawsuit, but I think the Farm should sue the pants off the NPS. I wish a lawyer somewhere would do a class action lawsuit for all those who have been man handled and violated by these thugs. (Mark Levine, Jay Sekalow I'm looking at you.) Also, those 21 Republican Reps that want to cave and pass a clean CR need to be outed so we can remind them who they work for. With Obama's approval ratings plummeting, now is not the time to cave to this nasty, petty, anti-American man!

Posted by: runningrn at October 09, 2013 07:11 AM (PLOz8)

234 Adam Baldwin is a conservative. Unrelated to Alec Baldwin the unhinged leftist.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 09, 2013 07:12 AM (ZPrif)

235 AllenG

Million Vets March. 13 Oct 2013. 0900L
Rally point - World War II Memorial.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 07:12 AM (ObMtJ)

236 When is the trucker thingy in DC?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at October 09, 2013 07:12 AM (bCEmE)

237 Woods is on the tail end of his career.

Woods also has an IQ of 170 and I suspect has made some shrewd moves as a result.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 09, 2013 07:12 AM (kXoT0)

238 213 201
Voight was already pretty damn old, like Eastwood, when he came out.
Woods is on the tail end of his career. All were set for money.

What is Adam Baldwin doing now?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 11:07 AM (lVPtV)

Looks like about the same as always. Video game voice work. Minor movie roles. Appearances on tv series.

Posted by: buzzion at October 09, 2013 07:12 AM (LI48c)

239 What DC rally?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 11:09 AM (/PCJa)

The Veteran's rally on Saturday.

That's a wonderfully sweet offer, btw, Sherry!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:12 AM (4df7R)

240 We have to cave, it's hurting our brand

Posted by: Typical RINO at October 09, 2013 07:13 AM (Pr6hk)

241 AP, Is that 0900 LIMA? Or 0900 LOCAL? 'Cause there's a difference you know. ;-)

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:13 AM (yz6yg)

242 Plus Truckers this weekend in DC and now more bikers are going back to support both... ought to be a great confluence in DC.... that the MSM will ignore..

Posted by: Yip at October 09, 2013 07:13 AM (/jHWN)

243 Link to Blackfive Million Vet March on Washington (Sunday at 9:00 beginning at the WW II Memorial):

http://tinyurl.com/mrskrm6

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 07:13 AM (lVPtV)

244 Nood

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at October 09, 2013 07:13 AM (bCEmE)

245

He does a lot of voice over work for DC animation cartoons and movies.

I'm surprised. DC fired Orson Scott Card because he lacked goodthink on gay marriage.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 09, 2013 07:13 AM (TpXEI)

246 Even with Alec Baldwin's inane politics, and his general asshole behavior, I still like the guy. If he's in something, I'll watch it.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 09, 2013 07:14 AM (HDgX3)

247 Wow; How very kind of you to make that offer, Sherry. Awesome!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2013 07:14 AM (a4Omg)

248 You preznit is a pussy. I wrestle bear, him eat dog.

Posted by: Vlad Putin at October 09, 2013 07:14 AM (Pr6hk)

249 *bangs on Sean's helmet*

Track toads, always complicating things. Swear they want to be cannon cockers...

Local duh!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 07:15 AM (ObMtJ)

250 I've always been a fan of James Woods. I always say I'm a sucker for eyes, and James Woods has those drop dead GORGEOUS dark-brown-almost-black eyes. The fact that he can act has always been a bonus.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:15 AM (4df7R)

251 My prediction? P A I N

Posted by: Barry "Clubber Lang" Soetoro at October 09, 2013 07:15 AM (Pr6hk)

252 "I posted a link to Blackfive in the thread below. There is a Million Vet March on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. beginning at the WW II memorial." Well, we'd love to cover that, but the Republican-caused shutdown led to the cancellation of laundry service at the congressional health club. We already broke that story, but we need to do a big followup. How bad do Republicans smell now, not like they needed any help in that department, yuk yuk...

Posted by: Your Legacy Media!!! at October 09, 2013 07:16 AM (2iHnw)

253 Adam Baldwin is, I think, more on the libertarian side of the conservative movement, so probably passes muster on the gay marriage goodthink question. Not sure, but I've never seen him really talk about the issue. DC was fine with Orson Scott Card, but they folded in the face of an organized boycott and pressure campaign. DC hired him knowing his views. Then fired him due to leftist pressure -- much from other writers and artists within the comic book industry.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 09, 2013 07:16 AM (ZPrif)

254 Oh yeah, the DoD is a well-known haven for socialists of all types. I will amend to remove DoD from the blanket statement, but will further move to amend that the Democrats' constant purging of the military is moving them into the same camp as the rest.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at October 09, 2013 07:17 AM (/PCJa)

255

Grahamnesty was still pontificating on Greta what a bad political tactic this is last night. Ironically, whining about an exit strategy or something.

Let me be the latest to wonder why being a team player only works one way in the Republican Party?

Posted by: Beagle at October 09, 2013 07:17 AM (sOtz/)

256 64 I still am thinking about going to Gettysburg this weekend, I have not decided yet.
Posted by: Dred Scott

***

Go! Right wheel, Forward!

Posted by: J.L. Chamberlain at October 09, 2013 07:17 AM (YBusZ)

257 *bangs on Sean's helmet* Track toads, always complicating things. Swear they want to be cannon cockers... Having once been bombed by my own Air Force for just such a "minor" error, I now always check these things when I know that there is going to be a ~~zoomie~~ civilian in a blue suit in the mix. ;-)

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:17 AM (yz6yg)

258 There has been almost no mention of the death of servicemen or women during Obama's reign of terror.

Not since the time he had himself photographed at the base where the caskets arrive. Class act, our SCOAMT.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 09, 2013 07:18 AM (/kI1Q)

259 I will amend to remove DoD from the blanket statement, but will further move to amend that the Democrats' constant purging of the military is moving them into the same camp as the rest. Thank you. "Moving," however still not there yet. I now return you to your regularly scheduled outrage.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:19 AM (yz6yg)

260 Federal employees see the ordinary citizen as the enemy.

Posted by: d_fitz at October 09, 2013 07:19 AM (enmeq)

261 Oooh, piece 'ah candy! Oooh, piece 'ah candy! Oooh, piece 'ah candy

Posted by: James Woods in Peter Griffin's House at October 09, 2013 07:21 AM (659DL)

262 Wait a minute. Sean is admitting to an error? Since you are still breathing I would say it was a training exercise and the A-10 only honked your location by wagging the wings.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 07:21 AM (ObMtJ)

263 Federal employees see the ordinary citizen as the enemy. This shit is so tedious.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:21 AM (yz6yg)

264 263 There has been almost no mention of the death of servicemen or women during Obama's reign of terror.

Not since the time he had himself photographed at the base where the caskets arrive. Class act, our SCOAMT.

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at October 09, 2013 11:18 AM (/kI1Q)

After the families specifically asked the douche not to use their fallen loved ones for a photo op. *seething hate*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 09, 2013 07:21 AM (lVPtV)

265 ** I hope they line the horse stalls with Obama posters. ** Specifically, and exclusively, the floors beneath the horses' arses. ** With Obama's approval ratings plummeting, now is not the time to cave to this nasty, petty, anti-American man! ** Calling him a man demeans men. He is an emasculate bully.

Posted by: perturbed at October 09, 2013 07:22 AM (TXq4O)

266 Sean, when a group of people are reduced to a noun, the paint brush of hate comes out.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2013 07:22 AM (ObMtJ)

267 Cliff house resturant is a private resturant that leases it's space annually from the Feds. Forced to close and layoff employees despite the fact that the annual lease has been paid and there are zero federal funds or resources used at the resturant. Shameful.

Posted by: California red at October 09, 2013 07:23 AM (L39bP)

268 Wait a minute. Sean is admitting to an error? Since you are still breathing I would say it was a training exercise and the A-10 only honked your location by wagging the wings. NTC. August 1986. Live fire. Live ordnance. 500 lb bomb. Four casualties. Evidently it's hard for Air Force pilots to understand the difference between the terms "cleared hot" and "abort" Who knew?!?!? I realize they teach this at pilot school, but he must have been back in the Q for that class catching up on his mandatory cable TV hours. The good news is that he wasn't a pilot for very much longer after that.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at October 09, 2013 07:24 AM (yz6yg)

269 I called the guy from Carrot Tree Restaurant in Yorktown, VA.The gov't told him to close and he refused. They also closed a second establishment. He said no way was he going to do it, even if he had to go to jail.

I called because I wanted to donate some money to him and his business. Glen refused my offer and said he would rather earn his money. I am spreading the word that if you are in Yorktown, VA go there. This guy gets it.

Posted by: DefendUSA at October 09, 2013 07:28 AM (S0aj8)

270 Posted by: DefendUSA at October 09, 2013 11:28 AM (S0aj

Thx for the update.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2013 07:30 AM (a4Omg)

271 Allen-Vets marching in DC on Sunday: http://spectator.org/blog/2013/10/08/million-vet-march-oct-13

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2013 07:32 AM (a4Omg)

272 I think the Colonial Farm should sue for the money lost.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2013 07:33 AM (a4Omg)

273 How interesting. The national park rangers association is holding its annual confab in St. Louis this month. ( http://tinyurl.com/m9dmgt9 )

We should lobby the Hilton to barrycade the rangers out. Or in. Whichever works best.

"What? You spent months planning and organizing? You spent money on airfare and room reservations? And now all that money and time is wasted? Gee, that must suck."

btw: the ANPR's page of current officers looks and reads more like a National Lampoon parody of same.

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at October 09, 2013 07:35 AM (/lWM8)

274 A bigger problem than the forced shutdowns of privately run enterprises on federal land is the voluntary shutdowns in 'solidarity'. Case in point is the Kalaloch Lodge and the Paradise Inn in WA. On the Kalaloch Lodge website:

Dear Guest, Due to the US Government closure, Kalaloch Lodge will close at 11 AM today unless the National Park Service is funded between now and then. For our guests with reservations: Starting at noon on 10/3/2013, if the NPS is not funded, we will cancel reservations and refund deposits, on a day-to-day basis, for that day only. For example: on 10/3, we will cancel and refund 10/3 arrivals. On 10/4, we will cancel and refund 10/4 arrivals. And so on until the NPS is once again funded. The moment the NPS is once again funded, we will host all of our scheduled arrivals on that day. We hope to be open again soon and welcoming you as our guest.
Updated: Thursday, Oct. 3, 10:00 AM
**************************
Note that nothing is said about being forced by NPS to close. Also: Kalaloch Lodge is operated by DNC Parks & Resorts at Kalaloch, Inc., a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, Incorporated. DNC Parks & Resorts at Kalaloch, Inc. is a concessioner authorized by the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior to serve the public within Olympic National Park.

So hostage taking and barn burning? Yup. Maybe time to call out and boycott quislings?

Posted by: Starboardhelm at October 09, 2013 07:36 AM (1I4sj)

275 I agree with running-m. all private entities forced to unlawfully close by order of President Stampyfoot need to be involved in a class-action lawsuit to cover their losses and remind wanna-be kings in DC about making hasty decisions for polling points.

Orson Scott Card was released by DC Comics because he had previously criticized The Obamessiah's policies. If you are not a disciple of The Obamessiah, you need not work in/for mainstream comics in this country. (See ridiculous fawning endorsement of The Obamessiah in published comics circa 2008-2009.)

Posted by: exdem13 at October 09, 2013 07:38 AM (kfSXj)

276 I'm thinking either Mexico or, if we set up in Florida, Cuba. We're going to need a bigger trebuchet. (Clownf'r, to the barrel.)

Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 09, 2013 07:39 AM (naUcP)

277 btw: the ANPR's page of current officers looks and reads more like a National Lampoon parody of same. Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at October 09, 2013 11:35 AM (/lWM

Ranger Rendezvous XXXVI Oct. 27 - 31, 2013 ~ St. Louis, Missouri Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark IF St. Louis makes it to the WS, the 26th, 27th and 28th are in St. Louis. Hmmmm.....this might be amusing....

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at October 09, 2013 07:42 AM (bCEmE)

278 Managing director Anna Eberly said that NPS actually showed up yesterday to barricade her and her volunteers inside the Farm, .....and planned to call on ATF and FBI to set it on fire. ok...I made the last part up....but you never know.

Posted by: BignJames at October 09, 2013 07:49 AM (ZNQKl)

279 One park two park, red park, blue park. A conservative take on another Dr. Suess classic: http://tinyurl.com/oq9yuff

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2013 08:00 AM (a4Omg)

280 Off brave little sock!

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at October 09, 2013 08:00 AM (/lWM8)

281 As a first attempt at reform of the NPS: we keep the "national park" idea, we keep a national office, but the actual running of parks goes to the states, with "food inspector" type oversight by the national office. If the Federal government wishes to fund the states in this effort, more power to it. The DOE does not run local school districts, and the U.N. does not run "World Heritage Sites". Why do we need a national Ranger corps if they are going to put union-typeinterests first, as was clearly done here.

Posted by: T. at October 09, 2013 08:17 AM (GpGXK)

282 They must persue a lawsuit anyway.

Posted by: Sammy at October 09, 2013 08:32 AM (HMI9a)

283 "Fortunately, that wasn't the end of the story. Eberly explained that the NPS gave no explanation, "We have no idea why the NPS changed its mind but we are very pleased that they did and hope that every group trying to operate on Federal lands has the same happy outcome."

The Farm will be open starting today."

Focus group polling results must have come in, and the results were probably very, very, very bad for Bitter Barry and his merry band of NPS enforcers.....

Posted by: Captain Glenn Quagmire at October 09, 2013 09:51 AM (J4+Lm)

284 Take pictures and names of all of these out of control Park Service "public" servants. Call them before congress, find out who issued the orders, fire them.

Posted by: Bufalobob at October 09, 2013 11:13 AM (r8ENS)

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