Posted by Tina
Mark Stein, in his stylish way, takes a look at the National Park closings and tactics used by the National Park Service to intimidate and threaten ordinary citizens. We have posted about these events but not with quite the depth or the history Mark brings to the subject. I had to share a bit of that history as it relates to the sorry events going on in Americas Parks.
If Magna Carta is a landmark in its concept of individual rights, the Forest Charter played an equivalent role in advancing the concept of the commons, the public space. Repealing various restrictions by his predecessors, Henry II opened the royal forests to the freemen of England, granted extensive grazing and hunting rights and eliminated the somewhat severe penalty of death for taking the King’s venison. The NPS have not yet fried anyone for taking King Barack’s deer, but it is somewhat sobering to reflect that an English peasant enjoyed more freedom on the Sovereign’s land in the 13th century than a freeborn American does on “the people’s land” in the 21st century.
Mark Stein may be one of Americas most valuable treasures!
Stein gets it.
How much do the twits of the left (include Chris) hate the enormously successful Fox News?
MSNBC President Wants ‘Investigation’ Into Fox News’ ‘Impossible’ Ratings Gain
This deserves a Taranto 21 HA salute!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA!
Michelle Bachman and Louie Gohmert removed the barrycades at the WWII, Vietnam, Korean and Lincoln Memorial this morning and let in over 500 people.
Way to go Michelle and Louis!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q3OoFpmP01g
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !ha
mini salute
And the White House tours remain closed to the folks who pay the bills . . . . .
Unless you arrive with a suitcase full of ca$h.
This was posted on FaceBook. Wonder just how long ago this “shutdown” was planned?
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“In less than 8 hours of the shutdown, miraculously, professionally printed 3X4 foot signs appeared all over the country in the tens of thousands saying-“this [park, facility, etc. with custom logos] closed due to government shutdown. There has not been a government shutdown in 17 years. These signs were designed, specifications were determined, signs were then requisitioned, bids were posted and vetted, government contracts were awarded. The materials were then ordered and the signs manufactured then distributed U.S. Mails or freight companies.
This shutdown was orchestrated and planned well in advance at least 6-8 months ago. Millions of tax dollars were appropriated and spent in this process. There is a paper trail a mile long leading directly to the White House.”
Bachman and gohmert used the vets. All Planned and I have recorded proof. Ya see we all listen to ted’s town hall calls. Funny The Koch brothers had campaigned on selling the parks to corporations and that is the goal. has been. Wake up
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/jun/04/tom-barrett/recall-challenger-tom-barrett-says-scott-walker-ha/
Bologna! They supported the vets. The man in the WH used them.
What recorded proof? You make a lot of claims and disclose zot.
What office do you claim the Koch’s were running for in that campaign?
Go back to sleep!