Obama Tactics On Shut-Down Reprehensible

Common Sense Commentary:  Though only 17% of the Government is "Shut Down", it is reported that the Obama Administration is making it as painful as possible to make our citizens believe it is worse than it really is so he can force Congress to raise the debt ceiling again. The fact that he refuses to even present a budget to Congress, each year, should make it plain to everyone that he does not intend to be hindered or restrained from spending us further into bankruptcy.

Obama to National Park Service -

"Make life as difficult for people as we can."

October 8, 2013
From American Family Association

According to one national park ranger, "We've been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It's disgusting." Read the full story here.

The National Park Service, under the direction of the White House, has gone out of its way to make sure regular Americans suffer during the government shutdown.

Without rhyme or reason, the National Park Service (NPS) is closing open-air, public areas that normally do not involve the need for ranger presence.  For example, prior to the shutdown:

-  The WWII Memorial in Washington was open 24/7 to anyone at any time.  Now it has barricades and guards to prevent visitors.

-  The parking lot to Mount Vernon, privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was closed by the NPS.

-  Roadside pull-offs to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota now have orange cones, preventing visitors from stopping to take pictures of the monument.

-  NPS rangers blocked the entrance to the privately run Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina because access to the inn leases property along the parkway.

Ironically, it's costing taxpayers more to close these places than to simply leave them open!

But that’s not all. 

Under the shutdown, the Amber Alert website was taken down, while Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" website remained active.  Oh, and those golf courses that the president plays every weekend…they’re still open too.

Furloughed Catholic priests in the military face disciplinary action if they hold Sunday Mass on bases.  And…Harry Reid defended his rejection of a mini-spending bill that would help children with cancer, asking, "Why would we want to do that?"

Many would be surprised to learn that 83% of the Federal Government is still operating.  And it could be more if it weren’t for the Obama administration trying to inflict "pain" on the American people.

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While his golf course remains open, the President is cutting off some very important programs and funding Liberal, pet projects such as PBS. RB
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting got $445 million
on first day of government slimdown; calls funding 'indispensible'

Fox News:
LOS ANGELES –  Funding for clinical cancer trials and other life-saving research under the National Institutes of Health was cut off in response to the government slimdown, but it looks like the cookie monster will still be knee-deep in chocolate chips (or is it carrots now?)
According to the Daily Treasury Statement and first reported by CNS News, the administration dished out $445 million to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) on the first day of the slimdown, which means funds for the likes of PBS Newshour, NPR and “Sesame Street” are being spent before cancer research.
“It’s more than irresponsible, it is reprehensible. It’s an ‘in-your-face’ move by the administration, blatantly picking winners and losers in this shutdown,” C. Edmund Wright, a columnist for Breitbart.com and American Thinker, told FOX411. “Public broadcasting is a staple of liberal propaganda.”