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House Republicans are seizing the Obama administrations decision to barricade the open-air World War II memorial in Washington as a potent political weapon in their shutdown showdown with the president.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor led a group of GOP lawmakers in denouncing the decision from the Capitol steps, and House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa has launched an investigation into why the WWII memorial and other open-air monuments have been shut down.
These properties belong to the American people. They do not belong to a Political party. There is no reason to ever shut those folks out from that, said Representative Mike Kelly in an emotional speech.
Once the American people start looking at this, theyre like, what are they doing? Representative Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia told me.
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http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/360224/republicans-seize-wwii-memorial-fiasco-jonathan-strong
these people make me want to all over their expensive shoes.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)If Issa can't remember why spaces operated by the National Parks Service were closed.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)If it wouldn't break it.
Rex
(65,616 posts)I guess they can with a completely bought and paid for media.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)And the FReaks will cheer him on. Because wasting tax payer money on frivolous investigations is better than feeding hungry children.
Damn good thing their God died for their sins, otherwise hell would be overflowing with so many stupid white men the devil would move to Antarctica.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)The whole charade is another republican stunt...neither film and witnesses.
JHB
(37,160 posts)Or does it?...
Initech
(100,080 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)that's just far too mild.
you can call them hateful piece of shit though.
egold2604
(369 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)report on this as they should .
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)they are not going to report things the same way as Mother Jones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Review
JI7
(89,252 posts)who don't point out this hypocrisy and BS.
that alex jones idiot was in the UK and the news people just laughed in his face at the stupid shit he said. CNN would have done some "getting the other side of the story" crap.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed."
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)OK, showing my age, just can't let a historical blip go to waste.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)Assholes.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Here it is in a nutshell. If you are paid with appropriated funds, and there are no appropriated funds because the Congress has not authorized funding, YOU CANNOT GOT TO WORK! TO DO SO IS A VIOLATION OF THE ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT AND IS CALLED RATIFICATION! YOU failed to pay the folks who take care of the parks and monuments so the people who take of these things closed shop and went home.
Now the get F out of here Issa.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)is he trying to be the investigation king? Pot=Kettle
reflection
(6,286 posts)One note and shrill.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)"Oh, wait. We did. Carry on."