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Breitbart asks:
One wonders how long it will be before we hear the empty chair defense, you know, that Obama is just as surprised as the rest of us to hear these horror stories. That he didn't know anything about it until he read it in the news. How long will his "bitter clingers" fall for his crap.![]()
The explanation from officials is simple: Without agents able to patrol, keeping the areas open invites liability problems. What’s more, the National Park Service’s mission is to aggressively protect America’s natural treasures, which have now been left unattended by the furloughs.
“Our parks aren’t just Yosemite or the Grand Canyon, but the Park Service is literally the keeper of America: They protect and interpret and deal with all of that symbolism, including the places where presidents were, battlefields – all these things that symbolize us at our best and our worst,” says John Freemuth, a former park ranger who’s now a political scientist at Boise State University in Idaho and author of “Islands Under Siege: National Parks and the Politics of External Threats.”
“If I were a lawyer for the Park Service, I’d advise it in no uncertain terms to close the parks to the public during the government shutdown, because it would be irresponsible to do otherwise,” writes Richard Seamon, a University of Idaho law professor who previously advised the National Park Service as an assistant to the solicitor general in the US Department of Justice, in an e-mail. If parks remain open, “there are bound to be accidents or crimes that would have been avoided or ameliorated had officials been on duty to respond or patrol.” Leaving the parks open, he adds, “would be a veritable open season for criminals.”
“I’m sure some folks believe that President Obama or his appointees are shutting down popular government facilities to inspire resentment against Republicans,” he continues. “I’m just as sure this is not happening. Government officials are just following rules laid down from past shut-downs and threats thereof. It all happens rather automatically, in accordance with detailed plans that are dusted off and put into operation during unfortunate periods like this one.”
Yes because Obama has a sympathetic press feeding them that bullshit.
How do you know it was Seal team Six, and Delta Force?
The two articles I saw mentioned commandos and SEALS but no the units.
Civil disobedience is so cool! And we're armed, too!
Sure I am. I found a handgun in a park playground.No you are not.![]()
Sure I am. I found a handgun in a park playground.
He's closed the Commisary.
He's closed the Commisary.