Thread: Wow: Government Erecting Barricades Around WWII Memorial to Deny Vets Access

Wow: Government Erecting Barricades Around WWII Memorial to Deny Vets Access

Guy Benson | Oct 02, 2013



In my item last evening, I noted that a group of World War II veterans pushed aside "government shutdown" barriers and visited the open-air war memorial on the National Mall. I chalked it up as an isolated act of ignoring one of the administration's heavy-handed "shutdown" ploys -- one that would be overlooked by the powers-that-be for obvious reasons. Wrong. America's Big Government overlords were apparently quite displeased that these war heroes were permitted to survey a public monument to their brothers in arms who paid the ultimate price in the fight against Imperial Japan and the Nazis. Parks workers were dispatched to erect additional fencing to prevent today's crop of 'Honor Flight' vets from accessing the memorial:



Charlie Spiering @charliespiering
Live from the WWII memorial where park officials are setting up more gates and tape to block visitors
9:22 AM - 2 Oct 2013




Charlie Spiering @charliespiering
Park workers back at WWII memorial using zip ties to put up more "closed" signs
10:00 AM - 2 Oct 2013

Amazingly, one of the park workers told reporters that she was specifically exempted from shutdown-induced furlough in order to guard the memorial against the scourge of octogenarian visitors. Surreal. As Carol wrote last night, this officious absurdity was explicitly orchestrated by the White House:

The White House and the Department of the Interior rejected a request from Rep. Steven Palazzo’s office to have World War II veterans visit the World War II memorial in Washington, the Mississippi Republican told The Daily Caller Tuesday. Palazzo helped the veterans commit an act of civil disobedience against the Park Service Tuesday, when the heroes stormed through barricades around the closed memorial.

Indeed, sending staffers to block access to this location actually takes more effort, and costs more money, than simply leaving it open:

Byron York @ByronYork Remember, WWII memorial is regularly open when it is unstaffed. An astonishing act from Obama administration.
11:02 AM - 2 Oct 2013


The White House has promised to veto House Republicans' bill that would re-open national parks, fully fund the VA, and restore the flow of money to DC's local government. The GOP is also weighing NIH funding, to neutralize this talking point. Will Democrats block that, too?

So far, our president says he won't sign a bill designed to re-open this memorial, but he will release park service workers from their mandatory furlough status to go and inhibit senior citizens' access to said memorial. What lessons might Americans draw from this posture? Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) decries the whole situation as "cynical." Not the act of turning an unstaffed, open-air war memorial into a fortress, mind you -- the attempt to re-open it:

Rory Cooper @rorycooper Unbelievable. RT @SenLeeComs Schumer: funding veterans, National Guard and keeping nat'l parks open is "cynical"
11:15 AM - 2 Oct 2013


UPDATE - Just like yesterday, the veterans -- and throngs of applauding supporters -- defied the government and entered the memorial:



Betsy Woodruff @woodruffbets
Memorial breached
11:21 AM - 2 Oct 2013

UPDATE II - With his jerk move exposed for all to see, guess who just blinked?

The Associated Press ✔ @AP BREAKING: AP source: Obama invites congressional leaders to White House for shutdown meeting
11:22 AM - 2 Oct 2013


I guess someone's finally willing to actually negotiate. Question for the White House: Why is the president giving in to terroristic suicide-bombing arsonist kidnappers?


http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybens...ccess-n1715238

GET THE F'n INTERNATIONAL PRESS at this Memorial and show the damn world the Pettiness of the F'n MENTALLY RETARDED POLICIANS in DC

SILENCE IS CONSENT!

Feds Threaten WWII Vets With Arrest… The Vets WON’T Back Down

Remember the WWII vets who symbolically seized control of the WWII memorial in DC? The feds tried to block them out of the outdoor memorial to play games about the shutdown. They actually spent money to make it look like they didn’t have enough money to keep the memorial “open”… even though it’s outdoor.

Well, now the feds are threatening to arrest the vets if they try it again. Of course, we know how the vets are going to respond. As they’ve said, they fought Hitler… they can handle Obama and his men.

Quite frankly, this is the story of the shutdown. When the government goes out of its way to hurt us in a manner that is unnecessary, they’re usually doing it just to seize more control. The proper response is to ignore them and remind them who they’re theoretically supposed to work for.

Here’s the story from WNWO:

He says they are considering going ahead with the trip even if the government is still on shutdown, but when he called the parks service, he was told they would face arrest. “I said, are you kidding me? You’re going to arrest a 90/91-year-old veteran from seeing his memorial? If it wasn’t for them it wouldn’t be there. She said, ‘That’s correct sir.’”

The response from the vets? Exactly what you’d think. They won’t back down. These people need our full support. Any politician who supports hurting vets for no comprehensible reason is an enemy of the people and is only motivated by power. Fire them all.

The Obama administration has hit a new low. They knew about the WWII vets who wanted to go to the memorial. Most have never been. The response? They were turned down over partisan bickering. Pathetic. The Daily Caller reports:

The White House and the Department of the Interior rejected a request from Rep. Steven Palazzo’s office to have World War II veterans visit the World War II memorial in Washington, the Mississippi Republican told The Daily Caller Tuesday.

Palazzo helped the veterans commit an act of civil disobedience against the Park Service Tuesday, when the heroes stormed through barricades around the closed memorial.

Yes, they really are that twisted. Fire everyone who defends this insanity.

Who would that include? Barack Obama. The Park Service admitted that the White House ordered the memorial shut down:

At the WWII Memorial, Carol Johnson w/the Park Service says they were told to close the site by White House’s Office of Management & Budget.

— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 2, 2013

Click here to see a video of their take over yesterday.

http://www.capitalisminstitute.org/feds-threaten-vets/