{"id":3043,"date":"2013-10-07T08:54:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2013-10-07T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:54:16","slug":"how-long-before-obama-closes-the-interstate-highway-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/?p=3043","title":{"rendered":"How long before Obama closes the Interstate Highway System?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s ordered the closure of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2013\/10\/04\/lawmaker-says-barricade-wwii-memorial-thuggery\/\"> an open-air memorial<\/a> that was privately funded.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s ordered the closure of <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2013\/10\/02\/shutdown-white-house-ordering-privately-run-privately-funded-parks-to-close\/>several privately run businesses operating on federal lands.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s even ordered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktnv.com\/news\/local\/Lake-Mead-Property-Owners-Forced-Out-Until-Gov-Shutdown-Ends-226557661.html?lc=Smart\">homeowners to vacate their property.<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p>All of these things cost more money than leaving it alone. In some cases, the federal government intentionally shut down things that actually <I>make money<\/i> to make a political point.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re already <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/10\/05\/unbelievable-police-prevent-drivers-from-pulling-over-and-viewing-mt-rushmore\/\">shutting down the shoulder of the interstate in South Dakota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How long before Obama decides that the Interstate Highway System needs to close? It needs maintenance, too, you know.<\/p>\n<p>ETA: Tango reminds me that Obama has already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2013\/10\/03\/3668028_p2\/shutdown-day-3-food-distributor.html\">shut down the freaking OCEAN.<\/a><br \/>\n*I&#8217;m less sympathetic to their plight that I maybe should be, since their leases require the homes to be second homes and in the case of those folks it&#8217;s clear they&#8217;re in violation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s ordered the closure of an open-air memorial that was privately funded. He&#8217;s ordered the closure of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}