KKK Rally At Gettysburg Canceled Because Of Government Shutdown

A Ku Klux Klan rally planned for Saturday, Oct. 5 has been canceled because of the government shutdown.

On Sept. 26, officials at Gettysburg National Military Park granted a special-use permit for a rally to a Maryland-based KKK group. According to NBC 10 Philadelphia, the event was canceled when park officials rescinded all permits for special events because of the shutdown, which began 12 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

“Tourists will find every one of America's national parks and monuments, from Yosemite to the Smithsonian to the Statue of Liberty, immediately closed,” Obama said in a statement Tuesday. “And of course the communities and small business that rely on these national treasures for their livelihoods will be out of customers and out of luck.”

But not everyone took the closing of national parks and monuments sitting down. A group of World War II veterans visiting the National Mall on Tuesday stormed the WWII Memorial -- which is now technically closed to the public -- to pay their respects.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/kkk-rally-canceled_n_4024192.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

For me, this qualifies as a "fit" with John's thread title ~ ~ Sooz

Thursday, Oct 3, 2013 07:52 AM CDT
GOP senators attack Ted Cruz
"It’s pretty evident it’s never been about a strategy – it’s been about him."
By Elias Isquith

He may have Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck on his side, but as the government shutdown he largely caused drags on, Ted Cruz is finding himself increasingly unpopular among his Republican colleagues in the Senate.

According to Politico, Cruz spent a closed-door lunch meeting on Wednesday defending himself against charges from his fellow Republican senators of being a reckless self-promoter with no plan to resolve the government shutdown his grandstanding and behind-the-scenes lobbying largely inspired.

“It was very evident to everyone in the room that Cruz doesn’t have a strategy,” one Republican senator who attended the meeting told Politico. “He never had a strategy, and could never answer a question about what the endgame was.”

“I just wish,” the senator continued, “the 35 House members that have bought the snake oil that was sold could witness what was witnessed today at lunch.”

At one point, Cruz was asked if he would disown the attacks on other Senate Republicans emanating from the Senate Conservatives Fund, an outside group that had devoted itself to criticizing Republicans who didn’t go along with Ted Cruz’s anti-Obamacare gambit. “I will not,” said Cruz, according to Politico.

And when pressed to answer how he would’ve responded if other Republican senators had joined him in filibustering the government-funding (but not Obamacare defunding) continuing resolution, Cruz was reportedly evasive in his answers.

“He kept trying to change the subject because he never could answer the question,” a senator attendee told Politico. “It’s pretty evident it’s never been about a strategy – it’s been about him. That’s unfortunate. I think he’s done our country a major disservice. I think he’s done Republicans a major disservice.”

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/03/gop_senators_attack_ted_cruz/

the only relevant question is: has he done Ted Cruz a major disservice?