News Article: Govt Shutdown Will Cancel Fat Bear Week

[jthomas666]

This aggression cannot stand!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/09/29/fat-bear-week-government-shutdown/

Fat Bear Week is in jeopardy.

If Washington gridlock pushes the country into a government shutdown on Saturday night, the people who run the popular online contest celebrating the burly Alaskan brown bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve will be among the federal employees furloughed.

In a call with reporters Thursday night, the Department of Interior said the workers who monitor the contest are not exempt from a lapse in appropriations. The majority of national parks will close to the public in the event of a shutdown.

 

[seebell]

This might make up for it!

Breaking: Alabama Wildlife Gives Shocking Black Bear Warning

OK, the bears have been asleep for a bit. Well, they've been sleeping for a few months and they are awake and hungry. However, this is nothing any of us wanna see when we get home from work.

953thebear.com

 

[92tide]

this should make the anti-woke brigade happy

 

[TIDE-HSV]

this should make the anti-woke brigade happy

Whatever on earth do you mean and what does it have to do with bears?

 

[92tide]

Whatever on earth do you mean and what does it have to do with bears?

it was a smart ass attempt at a joke about large hairy gay men

 

[Ole Man Dan]

This aggression cannot stand!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/09/29/fat-bear-week-government-shutdown/

Not to mention the White House announced today that they are rolling back President Trumps leaving the National Parks open.
SO... Look for National Parks to close like they did under President Obama. That will not be a popular closure.

 

[NationalTitles18]

When the government shuts down, parks take center stage

The National Park Service took different approaches to the last two shutdowns, reflecting the competing views of the Obama and Trump administrations.

www.eenews.net

Trump Administration forced Joshua Tree to stay open amid last shutdown: report

As another government shutdown looms bringing the possibility of the closure of our nation’s parks, a new report claims that the Trump Administration forced one Southern California National P…

ktla.com

National parks in crisis: Tales of the Trump Shutdown

www.wilderness.org

 

[PaulD]

Not to mention the White House announced today that they are rolling back President Trumps leaving the National Parks open.
SO... Look for National Parks to close like they did under President Obama. That will not be a popular closure.

The Comptroller General has repeatedly found that the rules for a shutdown were violated during the Trump Administration. The agency guidance from the Biden Administration may accurately reflects the rules.

 

[crimsonaudio]

The Comptroller General has repeatedly found that the rules for a shutdown were violated during the Trump Administration. The agency guidance from the Biden Administration may accurately reflects the rules.

This is shocking!

 

[Ole Man Dan]

The Comptroller General has repeatedly found that the rules for a shutdown were violated during the Trump Administration. The agency guidance from the Biden Administration may accurately reflects the rules.

If I sound a little bitter, it's because I was denied entry to a couple of National Parks when they had their shutdowns. These were Nationak Parks that do not charge to enter. Ex. I was blocked entry into Cades Cove in the Smokey Mts.
I didn't hear about the shutdowns... I was probably under a rock or something.
These days I do not follow the National News regularly.. It's depressing. I'm not a good Democrat, not a good Republican either. Too often I see a bunch of rich guys that do not like another group of rich guys, and the effect is to punish average Americans, because they didn't get their way.
THESE GUYS ACT LIKE THERE CAN NOT BE A COMPRIMISE...
(Where is that written)
IF I SOUND LIKE I DON'T LIKE POLITICIANS, IT'S BECAUSE I DON'T.
Gone are the days of being reasonable and working for the best intrest of Americans.
(These are my opinions, agree or disagree. It makes no difference to me)