Government Closings in the Not News

[Anonymous]

Put traffic cones up to keep tourists in cars from pulling over to look at Mount Rushmore ? Sure !

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BV2F_n3CUAA4N4Z.jpg

“We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can," an angry Park Ranger told the Times. "It’s disgusting.”

http://12160.info/page/park-ranger-admits-being-told-to-make-life-as-difficult-for-peopl?xg_source=shorten_twitter

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[Anonymous]

Just before the weekend, the National Park Service informed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was "closed" due to the shutdown. Until government funding is restored, the fishing boats are prohibited from taking anglers into 1,100 square-miles of open ocean. Fishing is also prohibited at Biscayne National Park during the shutdown.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/05/Feds-Try-to-Close-the-OCEAN-Because-of-Shutdown

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[Anonymous]

CNSNews.comreported that, because there are only a little over 230 active-duty Catholic priests to serve some 275,000 Catholic military personnel, the government has contracted with non-military priests to help perform Mass and other religious functions. But according to the Archdiocese for the Military Services, these non-active-duty military priests face arrest if they perform Mass or other religious services on military bases during the government shutdown, even if they volunteer their time.

John Schlageter, general counsel of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, explained in a letter on the archdiocese website that during the shutdown, contract priests hired by the federal government to fill in on military bases when no active duty priest is available “are not permitted to work — not even to volunteer. During the shutdown, it is illegal for them to minister on base and they risk being arrested if they attempt to do so.”

http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/priests-face-arrest-for-performing-mass-on-military-bases-during-govt-shutdown/76878/

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[Anonymous]

Private-property owners on Nevada's Lake Mead have been kicked out of their homes by National Parks Service officials as part of the federal government shutdown, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Saturday.

At least 60 families with vacation properties along the picturesque shores were given 24 hours to vacate their homes that are situated on federal land.

"They are all vacation homes and everybody who lives in them are considered visitors," said Christie Vanover, spokeswoman for the Lake Mead Recreational Area.

"If anybody needs to gather their personal belongings, we’re not going to deny them access. They can go do that. They just can’t spend the nights there or have barbecues during the day," Vanover said.

"They need to get in and get out," she said.

http://www.newsmax.com/US/lake-mead-shutdown-property/2013/10/06/id/529500#ixzz2h5aAv232

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[bosun1]

That's our government. They make money with the tourists at the parks so they shut them down. "Let's arrest all those WW2 vets and blame the other side". I guess someone realized a lot of rope was suddenly being bought on the net (G) and figured it was for them! Congress is acting smug and blaming the other side for not negotiating. One party missed killing ObamaCare when they had the chance and now it is too late. I guess they forgot what they did for HillaryCare when that was proposed!

 

[Anonymous]

That's our government.

"our" ?

Oh -- you mean the one we're ruled by !  :twisted: 

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[monbla256]

The Koch Bros are winning :cheers:  They've been working on shutting the govt down for years and they are going to get THEIR way !! Soon, they will control ALL of the United Corporation of America !! Yeah !! :cheers:  :cheers: :twisted: 

 

[Kyle Weiss]

That's our government.

"our" ?

Oh -- you mean the one we're ruled by !  :twisted: 

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[i.keenum]

I'm so @#$##%* bored sitting at home I'm ready to go back to work. Forced to use up all my vacation and they get to take days off. Seems that they should be burning the midnight oil and working through the weekend. Not resting till hard working Americans are back at work.

 

[Hermit]

 

[bosun1]

That's our government.

"our" ?



Oh -- you mean the one we're ruled by !  :twisted: 

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"Our" as in "our" problem (g). Or maybe that should be (cry) instead of (g)..

 

[AJ]

We have the opportunity every 2, 4, and 6 years to get rid of that scum in Washington but what do we do? As long as they promise to give us our "Entitlements" we send them right back. Apathy, greed, and laziness is rampant. We're the dumbest people on the planet. We've got what we deserve.

AJ

 

[monbla256]

We have the opportunity every 2, 4, and 6 years to get rid of that scum in Washington but what do we do? As long as they promise to give us our "Entitlements" we send them right back. Apathy, greed, and laziness is rampant.  We're the dumbest people on the planet. We've got what we deserve.

AJ

That's EXACTLY the illusion the Koch Bros. and their ilk want you to believe and have done a good job of keeping the illusion alive and well. Like I've said and will maintain, we are the United Corporation of America. Have been for more decades than I've been alive and will continue to be I'm afraid. Oh well, onward thru the fog and have you seen the new I-Phone :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: 

 

[AJ]

We have the opportunity every 2, 4, and 6 years to get rid of that scum in Washington but what do we do? As long as they promise to give us our "Entitlements" we send them right back. Apathy, greed, and laziness is rampant.  We're the dumbest people on the planet. We've got what we deserve.

AJ

That's EXACTLY the illusion the Koch Bros. and their ilk want you to believe and have done a good job of keeping the illusion alive and well. Like I've said and will maintain, we are the United Corporation of America. Have been for more decades than I've been alive and will continue to be I'm afraid. Oh well, onward thru the fog and have you seen the new I-Phone  :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: 

Couldn't care less about what the Koch Brothers preach (no offence Michael). It's our elected officials that's run the national debt beyond what my great great grandchildren will ever get paid, the same ones are sending billions of dollars to other countries while we have children in this country without proper clothing and food, they made it possible for our companies to outsource hundreds of thousands of jobs overseas putting millions of Americans out of a job, and every chance they get they steal your liberties guaranteed by the Constitution ie: The Patriot Act. Our government is out of control. During every election less than 50% of the eligible voters go to the polls and vote. Those that do send the same ones back to Congress again and again. Yak has posted numerous threads that highlight the wrongs and insane actions of our government. Our members read them, get bent out of shape, and then what? Nothing. What can be done about it? We can change the government by not re-electing these people who are self serving. Get off our duffs, go to the polls and vote for anyone except an incumbent. You will see Congress gripped with fear and a change in the way they conduct business. What are the chances of this becoming a reality? Absolutely none. It's not going to happen. First of all most won't go and vote. Second those that do will continue to vote for the same ones because they don't want to give up their government handouts. Third reason is that the rest just don't give a damn.

AJ

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Couldn't care less about what the Koch Brothers preach (no offence Michael). It's our elected officials that's run the national debt beyond what my great great grandchildren will ever get paid, the same ones are sending billions of dollars to other countries while we have children in this country without proper clothing and food, they made it possible for our companies to outsource hundreds of thousands of jobs overseas putting millions of Americans out of a job, and every chance they get they steal your liberties guaranteed by the Constitution ie: The Patriot Act. Our government is out of control. During every election less than 50% of the eligible voters go to the polls and vote. Those that do send the same ones back to Congress again and again. Yak has posted numerous threads that highlight the wrongs and insane actions of our government. Our members read them, get bent out of shape, and then what? Nothing. What can be done about it? We can change the government by not re-electing these people who are self serving. Get off our duffs, go to the polls and vote for anyone except an incumbent. You will see Congress gripped with fear and a change in the way they conduct business. What are the chances of this becoming a reality? Absolutely none. It's not going to happen. First of all most won't go and vote. Second those that do will continue to vote for the same ones because they don't want to give up their government handouts. Third reason is that the rest just don't give a damn.

AJ

8) again.

Except methinks even if the voting doesn't go the puppet masters' way, they'll FIND a way. You can't suddenly tell those comfortable in First Class to take Greyhound. There WILL be a fight.

Thing is, it's happened before...when it'll happen again is anyone's guess.

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[Anonymous]

TUSAYAN, Ariz. (AP) — Nearly two dozen people have been issued citations for entering Grand Canyon National Park. All of the citations will be handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Wright says each of the 21 citations issued as of Monday has a mandatory order to appear in federal court.

http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2013/10/08/grand-canyon-cites-people-for-entering-closed-park/


NIH stops therapy dog visits to sick children.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/08/NIH-Stops-Therapy-Dogs-from-Visiting-Sick-Kids

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[Anonymous]

Koch Bros. :

The Senate’s lone independent said Monday that a controversial Supreme Court ruling on campaign financing indirectly led to the government shutdown, which he said was engineered by an influential group of billionaires led by the Koch brothers.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said the 2010 ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission allowed the rich and powerful to threaten House members with well-funded campaign challengers unless they got their way on an agenda to roll back progressive legislation.

“So what democracy is today in the House of Representatives after Citizens United is about is a handful of billionaires can threaten any member of the House with defeat by pouring unlimited sums of money if they vote in a way that the Koch brothers do not like,” Sanders said.

Charles and David Koch inherited the manufacturing and petrochemical company Koch Industries from their father, and the brothers have contributed nearly $200 million to various conservative and libertarian political organizations.

The Senator, who typically votes with Democrats, cited a New York Times report from Sunday that explained how a coalition of conservative and corporate activist groups conspired to pressure Republican lawmakers into tying a funding bill for the federal government to implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The Democratic-led Senate rejected each bill that House Republicans approved to defund or delay the law, known as Obamacare, and the government was shut down when the new fiscal year began Oct. 1 without a funding agreement.

Sanders said the fight against the health care reform law was “just the tip of the iceberg” in the right-wing agenda to gut government programs that protect the most vulnerable members of society, including the sick and the elderly.

“It’s not a question of opposing the extension of health insurance through Obamacare — that’s not enough for them,” Sanders said. “What they want to do is end Medicare as we know it."

Sanders warned that conservative activists and the Republican lawmakers they support intend to roll back Social Security and eliminate minimum wage laws, among other cuts to social services programs.

And he said the Supreme Court ruling that prohibits the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations, associations or labor unions.

“We have got to do everything that we can to overturn this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision so that a handful of billionaires cannot dictate public policy,” Sanders said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/08/bernie-sanders-citizens-united-ruling-led-to-the-government-shutdown/

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[Slartibartfast]

Teabaggin' the apocalypse!

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[loco pony]

The reason this has gotten so stupid is the American voter. Most peoples eyes glaze over when you begin to talk politics. Very few can name their own Senators or Congressmen. Even fewer can name a supreme court justice. Hell, there are more than just a few who dont know that Obama care and the "Affordable Health Care Act" are one and the same. They damn sure cant tell ya that there hasnt been a budget passed in over 6 years. And knowing nothing they go vote for who ever celebrities tell them too.
They can tell ya who was twerking at the VMA. And who is playin foot ball this week. They can probably tell ya the names of most of the guys on each team. Even though none of them can tell ya why the Kardashian girls are famous .........noone can manage that one. Ha ha! But more people would show up for an appearance of one of them useless things than for a town hall meeting with their representative in the federal or state government.

Mini rant over...........and with out much cursing.

 

[plumbernater]

When the obama admenistration can give a perment to elelgle alians to have a rally at a nation musium , and cant let americans go to the place something bad is wrong. The piece for **** and all his administration got to go. And for that I what all that voted for therr piece of shir to go too. PISS ON ALL OF THEM AND YOU THAT VOTED FOR THAT PIECE OF **** TOO.