Petty tyrant Barry-cades American monuments

Day three of the government shut down.  The ONLY noticeable difference from here are the barricades - or as they are affectionately known now Barry-cades – around the open air monuments in Washington D.C.  This is a true indication of what a total creep the King and Insane Azz Clown Posse truly are.

When I lived near D.C. I’d go on early morning runs past the Lincoln Memorial, along the reflecting pool, where the WWII Memorial is now located, past the Washington Memorial, across the mall and on to the Capitol Building.   In the spring, I could go by the Jefferson Memorial taking in the Cherry Blossoms, Korean War Memorial and where the FDR and Martin Luther King  Memorials are now located and not see a single barricade.  They were “open” irrespective weather or not a park ranger happened to be standing around.  In fact, seeing a park ranger at the monuments, even when the monuments were open was a rare occurrence.  This is not a slam on the park rangers.  I’d see them with groups giving information, but rarely were they stopping runners even when they ran up the stair to get a closer look.

The point being, there is no reason that any of these open air memorials should be closed to the public.  The King has closed them for the same reason he will not allow the people into their house that he currently occupies.  He wants to punish his subjects for not paying sufficient tribute to his greatness.  He is a petty tyrant for constructing Barry-cades around America’s historic monuments.

I applaud the civil disobedience displayed by the WWII vets.  I encourage more of the same at the rest of America’s monuments by Americans interested in seeing them.  Let them arrest a Viet Nam vet who travelled to Washington D.C. and wants to get an etching of his buddy’s name on that memorial.  Let them arrest a black couple for taking a picture of their kids at MLK memorial.

Great minds
I like it when someone with a great mind like Victor Davis Hanson agrees with a point Lex has made.  Hanson a year or so ago wrote a great piece on the King being a low-achieving affirmative action pass through.  Hanson’s case was pretty much air tight.  It was made in a fact filled, dispassionate VDH way, lacking the juvenile name calling Lex readers have come to love, that gave it no hint of personal animus toward our King.

Today is another such day.  Alfonzo Rachel aka ZoNation shreds the neo-liberal notion that the path to heaven lies in voting for Demo-Dopes who will steal from your neighbor to help the poor.  Lex has often maintained that even people who are not particularly religious should read the Bible.  Here’s another reason why.  Evil charlatans are everywhere these days.  Their greatest victory is to convince someone Jesus is dead.  Their second biggest victory is to convince someone Jesus would be a neo-liberal.  ZoNation is back with this fantastic piece to exposes the lie.