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Townhall Finance
The
Guy Who Couldn't Stop
the Seas from Rising Tries to Close the Ocean
by Michael Schaus
Oct 06, 2013
Assuming the position of
“Supreme Leader” of the US government, President Barack Obama has
named a new casualty due to the (partial) shutdown of the Federal
Government: The Ocean.
Over 1,100 square miles of
ocean has been declared off limits to the public in the Florida Bay.
Apparently, unknown to most Americans, allowing boats to meander into
open water is a cost that has proven to be unsustainable in the event
of a government shutdown. Well. . . At least that’s according to
the National Park Service.
Therefore, it only makes
sense that the Federal Government allocate personnel and equipment to
enforce the closure of 1,100 square miles of ocean that would
otherwise require no maintenance or personnel whatsoever. I mean, do
we pay those fish? What expenditure are we curbing by designating
guards to keep boats off 1,100 square miles of open water?
So just like the WWII
memorial, the Vietnam Memorial, and other open-air memorials, the
government is expending more resources shutting them off to a
taxpaying public (who technically own all those memorials) than if
they were to simply leave them alone.
But, it gets worse: Even
Catholic Priests are facing arrest if they dare volunteer at army
bases for Sunday service. Why? Maybe because the Federal government
has decided it must inflict more pain on our men and women in uniform
during the shutdown. Maybe the Chaplains and priests should hold
their Sunday service on the greens of Andrews Air-Force Golf Course.
After all, that’s still open.
Oh, and is the “People’s
House” – Ya know, that white colored home we allow the President
to live in while he’s in office – still closed to tours? I’m
beginning to think the President is a little fuzzy on who actually
owns all these parks, memorials, and federal lands. . . Not to
mention the ocean.
Even areas of bipartisan
agreement (such as the funding for NIH pediatric cancer treatment)
have been rejected by the President and Senate leadership. Apparently
treating pediatric cancer is not as important to Democrat Leadership
as winning a political victory.
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