October 9th, 2013.
Gents:
As to the WWII Memorial Storming incident, nicely arranged with free publicity by the morally turpitudinous politicians that caused the shut down in the first place. As to Mr. Obama and the NPS forbidding their visit, that had to happen due to the shut-down forced on the Government. May I say, gentlemen, that there does not exist two sets of laws, one for the common man, and one for the Congressman from Mississippi, his associates,and the WWII vets, there is only one law.
AND when the government shut-down at the behest of the politicos in question, there was not a legitimate reason or way for the WWII vets to visit the site without breaking the closure law. That is the way a democracy works, the law applies to everyone. It seems that some people believe, and possibly quite correctly, that we are veering towards an oligarchy, where there are two sets of laws, one for the rich, and one for the rest of us.
The World War II vets are the ones who probably wouldn't have tolerated the shenanigans going on today politically, but you may be sure that speaking as one of the National Park Rangers, it would be very unlikely that they would have been arrested for visiting their memorial, but the congressmen....Should've locked them up and thrown away the key! I posit the Congressman from Mississippi be the first resident of the dark cells at Alcatraz.
If you have a youngster who's bound to be a criminal or suffer other delinquencies, bring them up right as a politician! That way they can earn money and be completely useless. I regret that the politicians of the old school, say Thomas Jefferson, Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and even L.B.J. would not be caught associating with these folks who forget that they are the servants of the American People, not the masters.
Perhaps a new Living History demonstration cell block at Alcatraz?
