People, I am not making this up pic.twitter.com/sYFQsxqEEr
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) October 2, 2013
"Because of the federal government shutdown, this National Park Service area is closed, except for 1st Amendment activities," reads the sign on a single barricade unit placed impotently (see context image below) at the edge of the expansive green whose centerpiece is the Second Infantry Division World War I Memorial.
"A perfect metaphor" for the Obama presidency, we twittered Matt Lewis and John McCormack this morning as the impotency and bluster of the Administration's latest attempt to put one over on the #lofos — low-information fellow Americans who aren't paying attention to the President's partial government-shutdown sideshow that's closing down things people really care about, like WW I and WW II memorials on the National Mall — came into focus via Drudge, the blogosphere and twitter:
@mattklewis Poignant & dignified WWI memorial & surround'g green = #wethepeople. Lame barricade w sign = Obama presidency @McCormackJohn
— Sissy Willis (@SissyWillis) October 2, 2013
"With her usual good humor and good sense, Mary Katherine Ham — paired with the sublimely clueless Alan Colmes on Martha McCallum's Fox "America's Newsroom" — has the last word:
"Are these jerks trying to hurt us on purpose?"
Ya think?
They're just being petty and mean. If they can afford the cost of NPS goons, they can afford to keep these monuments open!
Posted by: Gayle Miller | October 03, 2013 at 07:30 AM