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Thursday, October 10, 2013

The Park Police

“We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around.”
—Ronald Reagan

The conduct of the National Park Service over the last week might be the biggest scandal of the Obama administration. This is an expansive claim, of course. Benghazi, Fast and Furious, the IRS, the NSA, the HHS mandate​—​this is an administration that has not lacked for appalling abuses of power. And we still have three years to go.

Even so, consider the actions of the National Park Service since the government shutdown began. People first noticed what the NPS was up to when the World War II Memorial on the National Mall was “closed.” Just to be clear, the memorial is an open plaza. There is nothing to operate. Sometimes there might be a ranger standing around. But he’s not collecting tickets or opening gates. Putting up barricades and posting guards to “close” the World War II Memorial takes more resources and manpower than “keeping it open.”

The closure of the World War II Memorial was just the start of the Park Service’s partisan assault on the citizenry. There’s a cute little historic site just outside of the capital in McLean, Virginia, called the Claude Moore Colonial Farm. They do historical reenactments, and once upon a time the National Park Service helped run the place. But in 1980, the NPS cut the farm out of its budget. A group of private citizens set up an endowment to take care of the farm’s expenses. Ever since, the site has operated independently through a combination of private donations and volunteer workers.

The Park Service told Claude Moore Colonial Farm to shut down.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's a move Hitler made as well. With Hitler it started with government health care. Then the confiscation of all citizens guns. Can anyone see a trend here. If Obama declares Martial Law, your banking accounts will be frozen because they are insured by the FDIC. Wake up people. Obama is a fraud.

Anonymous said...

Park Police dream about real cops...they're just a step above mall security. They finally get to use some "authority" so they've got to put the hammer down, this might be their one and only shot. Go find someone stealing pine cones, idiots!!

Anonymous said...

uspp have jurisdiction over all other police, esp in a crisis as in the navy yard shooting a few wks. ago. they ARE real cops! i watched my son & his buddy (both USPP) being air lifted to washington hospital center following a shootout on a patrol. The perp was wanted in NC for murder. both were nominated for TOP COP, a national honor. they give tickets, make arrests, attend & direct accidents & investigations (& anything & everything else)like any other cop. I hope when you go to court to fight your ticket for speeding on BW parkway (because they aren't "real cops") the cop you face is my son & you can tell him & the court "they aren't real". rather just how real they are.
USPP cop's mom.

Anonymous said...

When we get done with government, they are next.

Anonymous said...

6:24 am:
meaning?

Anonymous said...

Well, they are being ordered.

Anonymous said...

6:24 am:
meaning?

October 11, 2013 at 8:19 AM

think about it

Anonymous said...

5:23 then if your kid is a real cop he must have missed his swearing in. The part about upholding the constitution? He's more like a political henchman.