Cruz, Lee, Palin in crowd yelling tear down these barricades

[cali]

arrest them for disorderly conduct and inciting a riot. Hell, dem reps get arrested for civil disobedience regularly on immigration issues.

fuckwads (not the dems)

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/metro-news/2013/oct/13/million-vets-are-coming-dc-demand-their-monuments-/

[gopiscrap]

1. I agree

the president should direct the DOJ to prepare a warrent

[bigtree]

2. they aren't new

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. . . most likely used, primarily, to keep the area secure and clean for visitors and for any crowd control.

They are expensive sections of government property; most of the sections ornately decorated and designed for the decor of the memorial. How is this not a crime to be immediately acted on? I personally resent the memorial being desecrated in this manner.

[cali]

4. I didn't know that. just read that the slime are now marching

to White House with some of these barricades where they'll attempt to dump them.

[bigtree]

9. here's a section being carried by one of their unfortunate pawns

. . . not as ornate as I remembered, but still not temporary or erected just to keep veterans out for the shutdown.

[cali]

14. it's vandalism and theft. pure and simple arrest him and the others

[fitman]

3. Good old Sarah

wearing bright pink so she can make sure she is seen in the crowd..tell me that was not planned.

[spanone]

5. tell the vets who closed their monuments....cruz & lee...

[tsuki]

6. I am beginning to become very afraid of Cruz. The man's not right. nt

[TBF]

35. +10000 nt

[tecelote]

42. Ted Cruz picks Sarah Palin for VP running mate in 2016!

On the Dem side... Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren... or maybe the other way around.

[TBF]

47. Elizabeth or Hillary - at this point I don't care which.

But we have got to do whatever it takes to keep Ted Cruz away from the white house. He's evil.

[cali]

7. why aren't these stupid fucks being arrested????

Barricades Torn down at the Lincoln Memorial People carrying them to Barricade the White House

http://www.rpvnetwork.org/profiles/blogs/barricades-torn-down-at-the-lincoln-memorial-people-carrying-them?xg_source=activity

[notadmblnd]

13. If it were you or me doing this, I guarantee that at a minimum

we'd be charged with defacing/destroying government property.

The DC police department is just ignoring this?

[TwilightGardener]

15. Here's how I would handle it: just put the barricades back when they're done.

Let them have their silly fit. Not worth picking a fight over.

[cali]

18. so selective enforcement of the law is just dandy with you???

last week 100 immigration reform protestors, including 8 dem house members were arrested for refusing to disperse and blocking traffic. these fucks are vandalizing and stealing government property.

No. just no.

[TwilightGardener]

25. It's Palin and Cruz using veterans as pawns to blame Obama for the negative effects

of the shutdown. They want Obama-ordered "jack-booted thuggery" by NPS guys on video or some such bullshit. Don't give it to them. Let them carry around sections of metal fence all day if they want. Put 'em back when they're done.

[cali]

26. funny how republicans don't fret over optics like that

or are you forgetting the thousands of anti-war disabled vets who have been arrested over the years?

[TwilightGardener]

27. You think life is fair?

[loudsue]

45. Fair? For republicans, anything they do is considered "fair" by our justice system.

Dems = guilty

Republicans = innocent

[Enthusiast]

61. Right on, loudsue.

It ain't even in the same galaxy with fair.

[loudsue]

46. Fair? For republicans, anything they do is considered "fair" by our justice system.

Dems = guilty

Republicans = innocent

[VanillaRhapsody]

53. It doesn't seem to be working...there are so few they are stealing the barricades

to get noticed.

Apparently they believe that the nations memorials are cared for for free..

[TwilightGardener]

56. Yeah. On Free Republic, there's a photo of some Duck-Dynasty-looking redneck assholes

standing on some piled-up barricades with a flag, like Iwo Jima. Funny? Sad? Both?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3078377/posts?q=1&;page=51

(Scroll to bottom)

[jberryhill]

31. Arresting them would only be doing them a favor

People have totally lost the thread on what civil disobedience is about. If you don't get arrested, you have failed.

The story here is that Palin and their crew are acting like assholes. Arresting them only gives them the attention they want.

It's like a child misbehaving in an attempt for attention. Don't give it to them.

[sammytko]

32. Thank you!

[cali]

43. vandalism and theft is not really civil disobedience.

[jberryhill]

71. There was no theft

Moving something from one place to another is not theft.

Theft is removing an item from the owner with the intent to deprive the owner of it.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

52. Yes indeed,

I'm with you!

[Blue_In_AK]

57. I tend to agree with this.

As much as I would like to see SP handcuffed and carried away, it would improve the optics for her base. Don't give them what they want.

[The Wizard]

58. The Palinator and her crew are not acting

They're assholes. There's no nice way to say Nazi.

[FSogol]

30. You mean the US Park Police. n/t

[notadmblnd]

41. I would think that the park police are furloughed

But wouldn't the DC city police be dealing with vandals?

[FSogol]

44. DC Police don't cover those areas. The Park Police are there despite the shutsdown,

they are just understaffed.

There are actually over 26 different police department in DC. Here's a list I complied in another thred. As you can image jurisdiction is a big headache in DC.

Besides the DC Metropolitan Police, there are:

United States Marshals
United States Park Police
United States Secret Service
National Zoological Park Police
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
District of Columbia Public Library Guard Force
District of Columbia Housing Authority Office of Public Safety
Metro Transit Police Department
Washington National Cathedral Police (Washington National Cathedral)
District of Columbia Protective Services Police Department
United States Capitol Police
United States Secret Service
Supreme Court Police
United States Park Police
Smithsonian Police
United States State Department Diplomatic Security Service (State Department Federal Police)
United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (Navy Federal Police)
United States Army Criminal Investigative Command (Army Federal Police)
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Air Force Federal Police)
United States Coast Guard Investigative Service (Coast Guard Federal Police)
United States Pentagon Police
United States Mint Police
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police
United States Postal Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation Police
Federal Protective Service
Government Printing Office Uniformed Police Branch
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Drug Enforcement Administration
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
Amtrak Police
Military Police Corps
U.S. Federal Reserve Police
American University Department of Public Safety
Catholic University Department of Public Safety
Gallaudet University Department of Public Safety
George Washington University Police Department
Georgetown University Police Department
Howard University Campus Police
University of the District of Columbia Police Department

Stolen from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_District_of_Columbia

[Raine1967]

39. They'd just become martyrs for the the cause.

I agree, they should logically be arrested -- that said, it was be giving more red meat to the asshat baggers.

Right now they look like assholes. They want to be arrested -- I say let them look like the assholes that they are.

[Dash87]

8. The worst thing that could happen at a tea party rally = when the potato salad gets cold.

A tea party riot would consist of butterscotch candies and caramel Nips being thrown at the park rangers.

[cali]

11. fail. they are vandalizing government property and

taking said property from its site and bringing it to the WH.

[Dash87]

73. Oh my god! Call in the army!

[TwilightGardener]

17. How could you forget the official candy of the elderly: Werther's Original?

[Rain Mcloud]

50. Orange slices and Circus Peanuts

[link:http://www.amazon.com/Circus-Marshmallow-Peanuts-16-Oz/dp/B000H6O3TQ|

[TwilightGardener]

60. Yes! And Candy Corn. And Necco Wafers.

And Mary Janes.

[Raine1967]

40. *snort* eom.

[flamingdem]

10. A Dominionist rally that shows it's all about power,

not about deficits, healthcare or democracy.

[TwilightGardener]

12. Is there anything more insane than the architect of the government shutdown showboating

and grandstanding about the (very much expected) effects of HIS shutdown? What rabbit hole did we fall into?

[NMDemDist2]

16. the Washington Times? if they told me the sky was blue, i'd have to go check to make sure n/t

[cali]

19. it's true. furthermore there are pics and vid to prove it

here's another story.

http://www.wtop.com/959/3479186/Crowd-storms-World-War-II-Memorial

[NMDemDist2]

21. i found this link, calling it 'a crowd' and they did get a few hundred from the pics

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-reopen-world-war-ii-memorial-on-national-mall-thats-closed-for-govt-shutdown/2013/10/13/0d781264-341d-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html?hpid=z5

[cali]

22. the point isn't how many there are, it's ILLEGAL activity they're getting away with

[NMDemDist2]

24. yes it is

and i hope they do something really stupid to show on the evening news

[bigtree]

20. they're not the only ones covering this

. . . you should check that to make sure.

[cali]

23. from the WaPo:

Hundreds of veterans frustrated with the government shutdown converged on the White House on Sunday, protesting the closure of Washington’s monuments and memorials.

The veterans, who started marching from the World War II Memorial at about 8 a.m. this morning, also said they were upset that they have seen their disability benefits stop because of the government stalemate over the budget.

Protesters took barricades that were blocking the entrance to D.C.’s monuments and piled them in front of the White House, chanting: “Respect our vets.”

“They are our memorials, and they belong to us,” said Steve Nevels, who drove six hours from West Virginia last night to participate in the demonstration. Nevels, 39, said he helped take down some of the barricades that were blocking the World War II Memorial.

<snip>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/veterans-protest-closure-of-monuments-and-memorials/2013/10/13/adaf699c-342e-11e3-be86-6aeaa439845b_story.html

[sammytko]

28. I'm a disabled veteran - benefits havent' stopped.

They won't "stop" until November 1.

[bigtree]

33. not all benefits are monetary

Access to regional VA offices has been suspended, making it harder for veterans to get information about their benefits and the status of their claims . . .

[pangaia]

37. Who can possibly tell these vets

it is the fascists who have shut down the government? The very people who are there protesting. The 'media' keeps saying it is a fight between repubs and dems.

[VanillaRhapsody]

55. funny how they extrapolate hundreds to mean that their

"million" vet march is a success.

[noiretextatique]

29. dumb, dumber, and dumbest

leading a pack of dummies.

[ArcticFox]

34. not the brightest vets there

If they were, they'd have torn Cruz and Palin apart.

[Solly Mack]

36. Idiots.

[BluegrassStateBlues]

38. They were actually calling them "Barry-cades"

Disgusting racist cretins.

[efhmc]

48. What does that mean?

[BluegrassStateBlues]

49. It is a highly disrespectful name used by birthers

that think Obama's real name is Barry Soetoro.

[efhmc]

72. It would be funny if they weren't so scary stupid.

[jtuck004]

51. Need a large contingent of Radical Muslims to show up in support... n/t

[KansDem]

54. Photo ops

It's all about photo ops with the TeaBaggers. No substance, just photo ops.

I agree: "Arrest them." Maybe taze, pepper spray, and body-slam a few onto the concrete. It's happened to ordinary citizens who've done a lot less!

[sad-cafe]

59. they think they are channelling Reagan

Mr. Gorby tear down this wall

[spanone]

62. how stupid are people? cruz is the fucking shutdown man and he's out there among the crazies

he put up the fucking barricades!

[TwilightGardener]

63. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you have no shame and no conscience.

He's a sociopath.

[spanone]

64. you are correct. a dangerous politician.

[TwilightGardener]

65. Like an arsonist returning to watch the blaze, pretending to be a concerned onlooker.

[spanone]

66. well said.

[kestrel91316]

67. [phone] 000

[Glimmer of Hope]

70. Local DC news just interviewed a protestor who said it was Obama who put up the barricades!

Impeach Obama!

[Cryptoad]

68. I bet 40 acres of bottom land that most of them are not really Vets

[kentuck]

69. Assholes and Morons

take your choice.

[ehrnst]

74. If that had happened during the Bush administration - they'd have been fired on. (nt)