WI: DNR refuses federal directive to close parks Read more from JSOnlin
 

Snippets:
Full story here.

:cool:

Fascinating. Isn't Wisconsin one of those "Blue States"? (Good on them!)

Sir, it is the most wham-boozling demographic you never wanna see. 2 major metro areas (with hands out, palms up) who could elect current POTUS x2. And the same state fills both pieces of the legislature and the governor's chair with conservatives. (Governor x2 also cause he got a bigger majority in the recall than he was elected by.) Toss out US Sen. Russ Feingold and elect TP-favorite Ron Johnson; then turn around & elect Tammy Baldwin to the Senate also. It's the dangdest thing.

But once you get out of downtown Milwaukee or the Centers of Academia & Hankie-Wringing in Madison, it's pretty much folks just want to be let alone.

The Ocean is CLOSED!
 

Good luck trying to enforce that stupid directive...

The last straw for me will be if the Feds try to close the Supper Clubs in Wisconsin :p . Go Badgers!

The VN memorial is closed
 

The VN memorial is closed.............

And the park police - just following orders - will push you out.

"NBC: Police Remove Vietnam War Veterans at Memorial Wall"

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...ll_759267.html

Starting to look like POT for a big lockdown.

I'm getting.....
 

I'm getting a big hoot out of Liberals reactions to all this.

(and in the spirit of being fair - the conservatives who've flipped)

When you had the OWS protesters the libs were totally against the "jackbooted thugs" moving in to clean them out.

Now with the government shutdown they are bending over backwards to blame the fencing in of the monuments on the Republicans and any move to get over the fence is a breach of law and order that needs to be dealt with.

Having a lib say "just following orders" cracks me up.

What I don't understand is that the public apears to be letting themselves be locked out of public lands. I can't do anything myself, but it seems like a great opportunity for The People to assert themselves. I can't imagine what it would be like to be a vet locked out of your own memorial...:mad: Oh wait, This is why DHS purchased the MRAP's!

I don't see this as a lib vs conservative thing, I see this as a whole gov't failiure. I hear the cry of vote them all out, yet another politcal critter, who passed muster through the establishment will take the vacancy. No win there.

I also see this as a reflection of the movement of media towards becoming confrontational; look at the MSM, sports shows, reality TV, etc. If it's emotionally charged, dramatic, shouted, or in your face, it won't catch the ratings.

More public disobedience
 

More public disobedience.....

Iwo Jima Memorial Closed, Barricades Erected

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...medium=twitter

"......UPDATE: I'm told, "The Syracuse Honor Flight just knocked down the barrier and a couple hundred of them are at the Memorial now."......."

Confrontation is coming.

Arresting a WWII vet would stir the wrath of the people.
A less sympathetic victim will be used as a test case.

Shutting down open air public venues sure seems petty to me. I'd like to see the emails of who is ordering this......

Eric Cartman.
"Respect my authoritah!"

Wonder what would happen if some veterans who already know what it means to really hold a line were to bivouac on one of these memorials.
:munchin


It's all about following one of the prime directives, which is make it as painful or exasperating as possible.

Million
 

Million Vet March on Memorials

I'm not a Facebooker (or whatever they call such a person), but this comes to me related to the above:

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milli...3735?ref=br_tf

The message:

It's too bad we are all to busy working for a living or we could try that out. :)

:D ;)

Two, if by sea...
 

Mutiny: Retired Navy captain plans blockade to protest closure of Florida waters

Some extracts below. :cool:

Gamble
 

Conversation in the Office this morning is that Dear Leader is pushing buttons to invoke misery on specific groups, so he can get a response to further his calls of DHS labeling us all as potential terrorists.

Dear Leader and his ilk want a reaction. I don't think he is prepared for the reaction.

We want to start a numbers board, maybe Vegas style, to see what the odds are for every action Barry and his minions take.

More "anarchy"; this time at Yorktown
 

Sounds good, I'm hungry. :D
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“I am now occupying the building at this time.”

And with that one decision – restaurant owner Glenn Helseth joined the ranks of Americans who’ve decided to defy the strong-arm tactics of the National Park Service.

For the past 11 years Helseth and his wife have operated the Carrot Tree Kitchens Restaurant inside the historic Cole Digges House in Yorktown, Va.

At least 20 of Helseth's longtime employees are facing unemployment. They can’t make rent and some are faced with choosing between buying food or buying medicine.

The National Park Service owns and operates the building. So when the government shut down on Oct. 1, the Helseths were given 48 hours to pack up and move out.

The couple also owns a restaurant on Jamestown Island. They had to close that restaurant after the National Park Service blocked access to the island.

“We’re upset on a number of levels – not the least of which is the impending financial doom that Carrot Tree faces,” Glenn told me.

At least 20 of his longtime employees are facing the unemployment line. They can’t make rent and some are faced with choosing between buying food or buying medicine.

So Glenn decided it was time to take some action – and at 11 a.m. ET he reopened the Carrot Tree Kitchens Restaurant – in defiance of the federal government.

“I intend to serve everybody that wants to dine with me,” he said. “I don’t intend to close my doors. I am occupying Carrot Tree Yorktown.”

Glenn said he is well aware that he is breaking the law – but he told me enough is enough.

“I’m serving Brunswick stew, ham biscuits and carrot cake,” he said. “If that gets me put in jail, I’m going to jail.”
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Edited to add: Maybe someone needs to take Yellowstone too.
:rolleyes: