October 04, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: Who shut down Yellowstone?
"The mainstream media have been fairly unanimous in blaming the government shutdown on the GOP.... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid won’t even consider these refunding measures. And the White House has promised a presidential veto. The reason is obvious: to prolong the pain and thus add to the political advantage gained from a shutdown blamed on the GOP. They are confident the media will do a 'GOP makes little Johnny weep at the closed gates of Yellowstone, film at 11' despite Republicans having just offered legislation to open them." [rdbrewer]
Los Angeles Times Editorial: Obama is ducking a leader's duty
"Although most Americans oppose the GOP's shutdown strategy, for the good of the nation President Obama needs to show a leader's courage and take ideas from his opposition." [rdbrewer]
Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial: Shutdown theater intends to make the public squeal for more government
"All this theater took place because President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., refused to negotiate with House Republicans over the debt ceiling and Obamacare. Mr. Obama is staking his presidency on the hope that Democrats will regain control of the House for his last two years in office, and he’s eager to use the shutdown as a midterm bludgeon. But he overreached on the heavy-handed park closures...." [rdbrewer]
Charles C. Johnson: Washington hoards government jobs to maximize pain of ‘shutdown’
"Many national monuments are getting a police presence for the first time in recent memory. The Lincoln Memorial was open 24/7 without overnight staff until the shutdown, according to its website. Since the shutdown a night watchman has been installed.... The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, too, was also open 24/7 with no overnight staff, according to its website, but now is fenced off." [rdbrewer]
Erik Wemple, WaPo: 5 hilarious excerpts from Glamour’s puff piece on Chelsea Clinton
So we have to pretend this entitled snot is a wonderful person because of her parents, though she can't even get a job based on her own skill and temperament? [rdbrewer]