The Shutdown . . .

I am reminded of the Democratic mantra, never waste a crisis.  The President is going after if with all he can muster.  Closing parking lots at Mt Vernon, George Washington's Plantation.  Mt Vernon does not belong to the US Government, only the access road and parking lot belong to the national park service.  So in typical Democratic mean action, they barricaded the parking lot at the end of the causeway.  A parking lot that cost nothing to maintain except an occasional street sweeper and maybe restriping of parking spaces every three or four years.  It is nothing but a blatant attempt to make use of a governmental crisis by the present administration.  They are liberally spread mud all over themselves in doing such actions.

And it among many others makes the government, yes that is a little g, and the administration look like mean old pikers.  They blame it on Republicans.  But Republicans did not shut down the government, the administration did.  The administration chose not to be realistic and mindful of the owner, the US citizens, they just ran rough shod over anything they could to irritate the public.

They closed the national cemeteries over seas.  These are stalwart reminders of the horrors of war and the need for peace.  I have been to many of them.  They are quite and peaceful locations.  In their own way are quite beautiful, some with battle dioramas.  They have clean rest rooms, plenty of parking, a welcome center and never have I seen a person doing anything for the visitor.  I am sure there is a staff to keep the place clean, mow the grass and keep up the crosses and  stars of David over each grave.  They even closed part of  Omaha Beach at Normandy.  What an insult to our French hosts, what an insult to all our European Allies.  Need I remind you there are thousands of available military personnel to keep these facilities open.

Clearly, the administration is making use of the financial crisis and exploiting all they can but they are being extremely short sighted.  The press is lapping it up.  Taking more guards to guard the barricades than when the park is open kind of thing.  It is self defeating.  It is spending what little cash the government has in the til just to be mean to its owners, the US Citizens!

I am told Lincoln Park in Washington D.C. is closed to the public but held open by Democratic and Republican Congressional persons who use it to walk in.  The Mall in front of the Capitol is a national park and they are trying to keep citizens from walking across it.   The have barricade the Lincoln Memorial and other sites only to be thwarted in some cases by citizens and Congress persons.

This is our President.  He is making a fool out of himself before the world.   He telephones Republicans but the first words out of his mouth are "I will not negotiated with you."  What kind of idiot is that that shoots himself in the foot before even talking to Congressional representatives.  He will never sell anything to them as long as he takes a hard stand.  He purposely chides the very people he needs to pass a Continuing Resolution.  President Clinton suffered through government shut downs and was able to negotiate with the Congress.  How is President Obama going to do that with his rhetoric and diatribes?  Good technique, right ~ first you piss them off, then call them names  I am sure that will do the job of convincing them to change.

An old saw comes to mind, "The lights are on but nobody is at home,"