Thursday, October 03, 2013

Purposely Inflicted Partisan Pain

As the government shutdown enters its 3rd day, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Obama administration is purposely set to inflict as much intentional pain on the American people as possible. The unnecessary closing of public parks, public land and public monuments is indicative of the purposely vindictive nature of  the Obama administration and those appointed to manage federal agencies.

Military bases are closing grocery stores, yet the presidents federally managed golf course remains open. Mt. Vernon, a privately owned and operated property has been blockaded and barricaded by the bureaucratic goons of this administration.  I sincerely hope the American people take note of these actions and remember who is responsible.

Barrycades: Feds Try to Shut Down Privately Owned Mount Vernon

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“Deliberate effort by Obama to hurt the public”
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
October 3, 2013

The National Park Service erected barricades to shut down parking lots surrounding Mount Vernon despite the fact that the tourist destination is privately owned, another example of how the feds are deliberately worsening the government shut down.
Mount Vernon is the former plantation of George Washington and is owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, which doesn’t receive any government funding. The attraction’s official website reads, “NO SHUTDOWN HERE – The Federal government may be shut down, but Washington’s home remains open. Mount Vernon has remained a private non-profit for more than 150 years.”
However, a dispute began when the National Park Service began putting up barricades to block off the facility’s car park, blockading the entrance as well as a spot where tour buses turn around.
The parking lots are co-owned by Mount Vernon and the NPS, but require no immediate maintenance at all, meaning the decision to close them down was completely unnecessary.
The feds even blocked off a small area consisting of just three parking spaces.
After blogger Stephen Gutowski exposed the situation, Newt Gingrich got in on the act, tweeting, “The tour bus turnaround at Mount Vernon has been closed by federal police. This is deliberate effort by Obama to hurt the public. Disgusting.”
Numerous other sites around DC have been unnecessarily closed by the NPS and other federal agencies in what critics are labeling a cynical political stunt which only serves to punish the American people.
In some cases, efforts to shut down these sites actually require more manpower and resources than if they had been left open, highlighting the fact that this is an act of partisan theater by the Obama administration to pin the blame for the government shutdown on Republicans and opponents of Obamacare.

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