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The government shutdown ruined my Upper Peninsula vacation
Mlive.com ^ | October 05, 2013 | John Russell

Posted on 10/05/2013 6:54:22 AM PDT by cripplecreek

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To: Ann Archy
One of the local talk show hosts from Traverse City wants to have a mass disobedience picnic in the park.

If he gets it together, we're going, and we'll post an after action report!

41 posted on 10/05/2013 7:31:29 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
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To: cripplecreek

Mass civil disobedience is a very powerful force, even in countries like Egypt, as the wonderful brave resistance of the people of Cairo against Morsi showed.


42 posted on 10/05/2013 7:35:37 AM PDT by expat2
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To: cripplecreek

Vacation trip insurance is the way to avoid being stuck with the bills when denied the promised tours.


43 posted on 10/05/2013 7:35:44 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: cripplecreek

Creek...a whole lot of that land is state. Actually..the whole of the center is state land as well as most of the east end. AND, you all are free to use ALL the timber company road systems..like Plum Creek, GMO etc. Just be AWARE, there are logging activities on these lands. So offer these guys a beer if you run into them. Nearly every dam one are CONSERVATIVE patriots.


44 posted on 10/05/2013 7:37:05 AM PDT by crz
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To: cripplecreek

Seeing how many of the National parks are located near small towns it would be nice to see the residents shun the NPS employees that faithfully carry out their duty to the Won.

A type of Blue Flu should break out among the more patriotic NPS employees if there are any.

A local pushback should be arranged against NPS employees that are willing to screw over the people that pay their wages.

Sorry Mr Ranger I can’t get your propane delivered to your home. You say your car won’t start? We will put you on the list of non essential repairs.
Oh I’m sorry you US Gov. credit card doesn’t seem to work here. And so on.


45 posted on 10/05/2013 7:37:21 AM PDT by fudimo
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To: Gaffer
I really could not care less what affect this shut down has on fall-leaf change viewing anywhere in this country, myself

I myself have a real problem with royal proclamations that decree huge swathes of the country to be off limits.

RoyalProclamation of 1763
46 posted on 10/05/2013 7:38:49 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Please donate today!!

Let's finish this Thon quickly
so Jim can fully recover without
hosting the fundraiser for two months :)
Thank you!!

47 posted on 10/05/2013 7:39:23 AM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: cripplecreek

As a small business owner, I have a question...what’s a vacation?


48 posted on 10/05/2013 7:39:23 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Lakeshark

I believe there’s some kind of open carry symposium in Traverse City today.


49 posted on 10/05/2013 7:40:33 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

There ought to be an Amendment to our Constitution:

No land shall be owned by the federal government; and all such land is now owned by the respective states; and any national park service is hereby ended; and the Congress *SHALL MAKE NO LAW INFRINGING* the rights of the states to administer and maintain such lands and parks, nor shall the Congress infringe the right of access by American citizens to such lands and parks, and, nor shall any federal judge create any law or precedent that so-infringes.


50 posted on 10/05/2013 7:43:16 AM PDT by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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To: Lakeshark

Date?

Answer when you know :)


51 posted on 10/05/2013 7:44:44 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (It's been over 90 days; time to start on 2014. Carpe GOP!)
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To: cripplecreek

TC area has a lot of gun owners, so it wouldn’t surprise me at all. Our son teaches these classes near Detroit, likely more important down there. The degree of violence in the two areas is simply huge. I imagine you have the same kind of thing near Jackson, meaning a fairly low crime rate.


52 posted on 10/05/2013 7:47:01 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
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To: ExGeeEye

Will do.


53 posted on 10/05/2013 7:48:34 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
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To: crz
Don't look now but our governor has been happily handing state land over to the feds for "buffer zones".

The light green is "inland buffer zone". I'm not sure what its supposed to buffer against because the boundary is between national and state wilderness.

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54 posted on 10/05/2013 7:50:14 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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55 posted on 10/05/2013 7:51:10 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lakeshark

The city of Jackson has a high crime rate but out here on the fringes of the county its pretty much non existent.


56 posted on 10/05/2013 7:51:48 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

Creek... that is not true. That land was Cleveland Cliffs land and is/was under contract for timber harvests. Since Cliffs sold that land, I do not know if the new owners have that right. But, having said that, there aint any timber left anyways since they simply clear cut it in case the feds tried to stop their end of the bargain.


57 posted on 10/05/2013 7:54:39 AM PDT by crz
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To: cripplecreek

We are twelve miles east of Zion National Park which has state highway 9 which could not be closed running through the park. We have had numerous visitors here at the Maynard Dixon Living History Museum as people that have been booted from the park have discovered the east side and highway 89. We have received lots of comments regarding people stopping anyway throughout the park and removing the orange no parking cones.

FUBO

58 posted on 10/05/2013 7:56:18 AM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: cripplecreek

TC is pretty low, low enough to feel extremely comfortable about not carrying. The rural areas surrounding TC are pretty much isolated drug activity and dui issues. Even our illegals are non violent......


59 posted on 10/05/2013 7:56:51 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
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To: cripplecreek

Came back from a fantastic vacation out west two weeks ago where the wife and I, plus a few in-laws, visited numerous nat. parks (Badlands, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Mesa Verde) and monuments. I shudder to think what we’d have done if everything had been closed down. Three days in Vegas was long enough (the wife and I don’t like gambling), and we’d probably had to go to Canada. Which would have meant cancelling a lot of hotel dates with forfeiture of booking fees for many of them.


60 posted on 10/05/2013 7:57:21 AM PDT by driftless2
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