Yep, those guys definitely look like a threat to the government.
Taze 'em Bro!
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And once again they earn our respect and admiration. Just another "invasion", echoing their bravery at places like Normandy and Iwo Jima. Only this time the enemy isn't the Nazis or the Japanese, it's...
A lesson in what we all need to do.
Just move the federal barriers out of the way and go about our business...
TOLEDO -- Locally in the Glass City, we can see the affects of the government shutdown at our museums, monuments, and national parks. The gates are closed and locked, denying access completely to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.[emphasis added]
TSA employees were still working at Toledo Express Airport, but when WNWO called the TSA to find out if they would be affected, there was a message that said the public relations representative did not have access to her voicemail or email due to the government shutdown.
In a letter from Marcy Kaptur's office in the 9th District, it read, "...only services deemed essential for the safety of human life and protection of property will be continued."
But for a group of World War II vets visiting the national memorial in Washington D.C., an all expense paid trip which is called an "Honor Flight," the shutdown was not stopping them from seeing the tribute that was inspired by them.
"It just goes to show you why we won World War II," says Honor Flight of Northwest Ohio President Lee Armstrong.
Many elderly veterans, some in wheelchairs, broke through the barriers set up around the memorial, as police, park service employees, and tourists looked on.
"The Germans and the Japanese couldn't contain us. They weren't going to let barriers contain them today. They wanted to see their memorial," says Armstrong.
Honor Flight of Northwest Ohio has a trip scheduled to depart from Toledo next Wednesday, October 9.
"We will make the call this Friday to determine if the flight is still a go, or if we will have to re-schedule," Armstrong explains.
He says they are considering going ahead with the trip even if the government is still on shutdown, but when he called the parks service, he was told they would face arrest.
Armstrong says, "I said, are you kidding me? You're going to arrest a 90/91-year-old veteran from seeing his memorial? If it wasn't for them it wouldn't be there. She said, 'That's correct sir.'"
When he asked for her name, he says she did not give it to him and then promptly hung up the phone.
99% of veterans on Honor Flights have never had the opportunity to see the memorial that is devoted to their service.
Through October, the are over 35,000 veterans scheduled to visit the site, more than 900 in the next five days alone.
It may all be waiting in limbo if the government can't complete their job.
A lesson in what we all need to do.
Just move the federal barriers out of the way and go about our business...
I think that another group of vets is supposed to show up today. The administration is promising to arrest them if they try to enter the memorial.
The left's talking points - which I saw on Facebook - are that these veterans were egged on by some Republican congressmen, that they really had no intention of entering the memorial. It all was just a Republican PR stunt, in other words. :nometalk:
I think that another group of vets is supposed to show up today. The administration is promising to arrest them if they try to enter the memorial.
Please God! Let this happen PLEASE!
That would be about the time the rest of the country visited DC.
Sad thing is, it's already past time.