Park forced to close for Government shutdown

by Brian Leubitz

Well, the House GOP has gone ahead and leaped over the brink in their vain attempts to stop the President’s Affordable Care Act and forced a government shutdown. It’s a sad state of affairs, and particularly mournful for our very own Yosemite National Park, forced to close as it gets a closeup from the millions of Google users who view the “Google Doodle”:

So Yosemite National Park is sitting there, all majestic in the outfit it planned just for the occasion – its 123rd Anniversary, today, Oct. 1 – but something isn’t right. There are no party guests, no cake and not a celebratory banner in sight, because the federal government is shut down today.

All that remains are the best wishes from Google, which marks Yosemite’s anniversary today with a Doodle Tribute. Meanwhile tourists will be kept from visiting that and all the national parks around the country today.

Park police will be on duty to make sure no shenanigans go down, but the visitors center will be closed and all campers have been escorted off the grounds. (Consumerist)

There are many other blogs to read for some very good opinions on the shutdown, but for those Californians who wanted to see the majesty of Half-Dome, well, they will have to wait. Apparently the Republicans are too busy being held hostage to their right wing fringe to get real work done.