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SERIOUSLY? National Park Service spitefully removes handles from water fountains
Catholic Online ^ | 10-8-2013 | Marshall Connolly

Posted on 10/09/2013 2:28:42 PM PDT by smoothsailing

SERIOUSLY? National Park Service spitefully removes handles from water fountains

By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) 10/8/2013

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Until very recently, the National Park Service was one of the least-loathed government agencies in the country. Now, with orders from on high to keep the public from visiting beloved parks and monuments the agency is developing a poor reputation.

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It what looks like a spiteful move, the NPS even removed handles from water spigots along the Chesapeake and Ohio canal where bikers and joggers exercise as well as along the Great Allegheny Passage, just to ensure people don't get any water from them...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: bho44; nps; shutdown; spitehouse; winterpreparation
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To: smoothsailing

They’re becoming the National Prick Service.


41 posted on 10/09/2013 2:54:57 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Jim Scott

” these government employees have shown us whose side they are eager to take - and it sure isn’t that of patriotic Americans.”

The lack of resignations from government, military, and other government entities over this administration is stunning to me.

I do not believe there are any limits to what these people would do to keep “their” checks coming.

Once honorable institutions cannot be counted upon to do the right thing.


42 posted on 10/09/2013 2:55:11 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: MeshugeMikey

Satirical Sabotage, the new SS!!!


43 posted on 10/09/2013 2:55:27 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

you have to realize the Park Service has always been manned by biology majors and wildlife & recreation folks of the forestry departments at universities. Not the most politically conservatives folks.

I also have always questioned how many gov employees and military folks would say” I’m just following orders”


44 posted on 10/09/2013 2:55:57 PM PDT by jimfr
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To: huldah1776

No, are you?


45 posted on 10/09/2013 2:57:08 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: dead

OMG, yer killin’ me!


46 posted on 10/09/2013 2:57:22 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Lizavetta

LOL, or the National Putz Service!


47 posted on 10/09/2013 3:00:18 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: MeshugeMikey

I they ever put Obumbles in jail (where he belongs imho) I will throw the biggest block Tea Party ever seen out west. I will buy sparkling champagne, maybe smoke a cigar (or something else) although I gave up cigarettes last year.


48 posted on 10/09/2013 3:02:51 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: NEMDF

just in case of freezing pipes, etc.”

But do they take the faucet handles?


49 posted on 10/09/2013 3:10:29 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: BitWielder1

What is the prevailing Federal wage for the plumbers required to do this?

Obama is spending more money trying to p**s people off, than is being saved by any “Shutdown”


50 posted on 10/09/2013 3:12:53 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: smoothsailing

Good. I don’t care. I don’t spend money on socialists anyway. They need the money that socialist tourists spend on services, fuel, parks, fees, resorts, etc., more than I need to spend money on them.


51 posted on 10/09/2013 3:25:53 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Jim Scott
For those who dream of an armed revolution in the U.S., these government employees have shown us whose side they are eager to take - and it sure isn’t that of patriotic Americans.

If this cold civil war ever goes hot, many of these government employees will be like many of the NOPD cops in the wake of Katrina: holed-up somewhere safe, with as much government-owned property (vehicles, fuel, ammo) as they can sneak out the door.

52 posted on 10/09/2013 3:35:58 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: smoothsailing

I wonder if anyone actually witnessed the handles being removed. Seems more likely the work of vandals capitalizing on the reduced security presence due to furloughs. Any reports of Zer0 or Harry Reid lurking in the area?


53 posted on 10/09/2013 3:37:38 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: smoothsailing

This is beyond pathetic. Salazar should be fired.


54 posted on 10/09/2013 3:51:07 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: Paine in the Neck; All
At least some are protesting this BS.
We had 150 boats today show up at the Cowpens Cut off Tavernier in the Upper Fla. Keys.
I just read the Herald's version of it:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/09/3679928_p2/keys-fishing-guides-protest-closure.html

Its the typical biased POS you would expect from them. The first of four photos,the one everyone sees of course, was of a neighbor of mine who blames it on the GOP. The Herald of course does not have the guts to actually claim its the GOP’s fault but we already know where they stand. Me more than most since I wrote for those a-holls for 11 years.
I had a bunch of friends there heading the thing up. I had to work or would have been there as well.
One of my best friends Capt. Randy Towe headed the entire mission up and gave a speech on vhf channel 79 and a bull horn. These guys are losing money big time and will have a really tough time rescheduling their clients if they are able to do that at all.
WE are fast heading to a prime time fall fishing peak so we are hoping they will open the park portion of Fla. Bay soon.
Truth is zero has the discretion to open it up but who knows which of his lawyers is whispering in his ear on this one.

55 posted on 10/09/2013 3:52:48 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: smoothsailing

So now they are trying to kill illegals by depriving them of water?


56 posted on 10/09/2013 3:54:19 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: smoothsailing

Note to self... start carrying a multi tool again...


57 posted on 10/09/2013 3:54:45 PM PDT by jurroppi1
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To: dead

haha can i post that on my facebook?


58 posted on 10/09/2013 3:57:18 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: RFEngineer

“The lack of resignations from government, military, and other government entities over this administration is stunning to me.”
________________________________________________
Could it be that the government already has a majority Communist staff?
How many FReepers remember the “None Dare Call It Treason”
program/rallies in the late 50s, early 60s?
I attended one at the Memphis auditorium when I was a teen. The goal was to inform Americans as to how the Communist intended to take over America.


59 posted on 10/09/2013 4:00:20 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: smoothsailing

This makes no sense. What if an illegal became dehydrated?


60 posted on 10/09/2013 4:00:42 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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