World War II veterans knock down police barriers to attend memorial on the National Mall

[ScreamingMeemie]

Veterans Occupy World War II Memorial Closed Because of the Shutdown

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/10/veterans-occupy-world-war-ii-memorial-closed-because-shutdown/70068/

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A group of World War II veterans aren't letting a pesky government shutdown stop them from visiting a Washington, D.C. memorial. These are your first, and probably only, bad ass heroes of the government shutdown.

The government shutdown is stupid: some Republicans want to repeal Obamacare, even though the Supreme Court deemed it legal, and their hopeless fight has shut down the government for the foreseeable future. As a result, all national parks and open air memorials are closed across the country. One of the more depressing casualties of the shutdown: a group of 91 veterans who travelled on an Honor Flight from Mississippi might be locked out from a scheduled memorial visit Tuesday morning.

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[warrant46]

1. WW II Veterans from Mississippi

Wonder who they will blame because someone put up a barrier in an open air park ?

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Yes. We all know all of us Southerners are Republicans...

[Lochloosa]

5. ^^^THIS^^^

[seabeyond]

7. not only, that all repugs would be ok with this. what a statement for these men

if they are repugs saying fuck this shit. not gonna be done on my watch.

[roamer65]

2. These brave souls didn't let Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan stop them.

A Rethug induced government shutdown won't stop them either!

Good on them.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I was wondering if anyone would do this with the monuments in DC.

Glad it was vets.

There's some great video at the link.

[warrior1]

6. I think that this was instigated by

Repuke Steven King.

[msanthrope]

8. They stormed Normandy....this is no less honorable. nt

[warrior1]

9. from America Blog

Interestingly, Iowa Republican Cong. Steve King, one of the ringleaders of the shutdown, was at the memorial pretending he was on the side of the vets trying to keep the memorial open. Open from what? The Steve King Shutdown


http://americablog.com/2013/10/vets-storm-wwii-memorial-stop-shutdown.html

[Downwinder]

10. Occupy

[eissa]

11. Asshole move orchestrated by Bachmann and her ilk

Sorry, you vote for these government-hating assholes who chose to shut down the government, you don't get to partake in government-funded activities. Throw 'em out and put the barrier back up, I don't care if they are veterans, sorry.