and
Government watchdog Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get to the bottom of the National Park Service’s actions at the World War II Memorial in Washington this week. The NPS has barricaded the memorial and on Tuesday tried to prevent veterans from visiting the memorial, which has no amenities and is normally open to the public at all times.
More bullshit:
The Naval Academy Athletic Association is a private organization not funded by the government. Gladchuk said the Air Force-Navy game could be held without any “appropriated funding.” Air Force recently created a similar athletic association that operates using private funds, donations and revenue from intercollegiate contests.
“We could run our entire athletics program and conduct events as we always do without any government funds,” Gladchuk said. “In talking to the Air Force athletic director, their football team could execute the trip without government funding.”
Asked why the Department of Defense was suspending intercollegiate athletic contests if government funds are not required, Gladchuk said he was told it was about “optics.”
“It’s a perception thing. Apparently it doesn’t resonate with all the other government agencies that have been shut down,” Gladchuk said.
Harry Reid is an asshole.
BASH: But if you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn’t you do it?
REID: Why would we want to do that? I
have 1,100 people at Nellis Air Force base that are sitting home. They
have a few problems of their own. This is — to have someone of your
intelligence to suggest such a thing maybe means you’re irresponsible
and reckless –
BASH: I’m just asking a question.
Yet more bullshit:
The Claude Moore Colonial Farm announced on Wednesday that NPS has ordered it to suspend operations until Congress agrees to a deal to fund the federal government.
According to Anna Eberly, managing director of the farm, NPS sent law enforcement agents to the park on Tuesday evening to remove staff and volunteers from the property.
“You do have to wonder about the wisdom of an organization that would use staff they don’t have the money to pay to evict visitors from a park site that operates without costing them any money,” she said.
The park withstood prior government shutdowns, noting in a news release that the farm will be closed to the public for the first time in 40 years.
“In previous budget dramas, the Farm has always been exempted since the NPS provides no staff or resources to operate the Farm,” Eberly explained in an emailed statement.
“In all the years I have worked with the National Park Service … I have never worked with a more arrogant, arbitrary and vindictive group representing the NPS,” Eberly said.
Gee, I wonder why.
2 comments:
Time to sack the political goons and issue shares in the parks on the basis of taxes paid over your lifetime.
If they belong to "the people" then put them in the hands of "the people"
Simple solution: In the next budget/spending bill the House produces, abolish the National Park Service - eliminate it totally from the budget, zero funding, erase the name of the agency. All federally-owned park or recreational properties immediately become the property of the state in which they are located.
Boom, done. On to the next problem.
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