Comments on: Not Sure How This Helps

By: Harvey

Harvey — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:59:11 +0000

Anon – I admit that I could be very wrong about how the “no fee” days will affect park traffic. How many families for whom $150 is a deal breaker habitually vacation in parks?

Anyway, maybe Obama should consider selling off some of those national parks to private companies who know how to make money in the tourism industry, like the folks who run DisneyLand, Six Flags, or Busch Gardens. As long as there’s a restrictive covenant in the sale regarding the development of the land, what’s the difference?

By: AlanABQ

AlanABQ — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:43:12 +0000

And here I thought all the state parks were being destroyed by the Bush administration so we could drill for oil. That’s pretty much all I f**king heard about state parks in the media for the last eight years…

By: Anon Y. Mous

Anon Y. Mous — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:17:31 +0000

From the article:

All 147 National Park Service sites that charge entry fees will waive them for June 20 and 21, July 18 and 19, and August 15 and 16.

I’d also like to throw three more dates out there: May 25th (Memorial Day), July 4th, September 7th (Labor Day).

Notice how the three weekends fall in between the three holidays? Now if I was some kind of high paid blogger, I’d go do some research and gets some actual facts to support my theory, but since I’m just a poor old commenter, I’ll just wing it and ~~make stuff up~~ speculate. I would bet that those three weekends have lower traffic than the holiday weekends. By offering a deal on the slow weekends, they can balance out their traffic so that they don’t get quite so slammed on the holidays. Also, as far as whether the rates would really make the difference between someone taking the trip, or just doing without, well if you are talking about the $3 fee, I’m with you on that. But, if you are talking about the $25 fee, for a family of six, that’s $150. I think that might make the difference to some families out there.

All that being said, I’m with you when you say:

Now, I hate slipping the government even the thinnest of dimes for anything, so I’m all for ANY instance of not having to render unto Caeser.

By: TerribleTroy

TerribleTroy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:07:31 +0000

Since when couldnt we carry a gun in the woods? Only an idiot goes into the woods without a gun. You can call the woods whatever ya want, never stoped me from carrying…. I dont obey “rules” that could easily get me killed. I declare an open hunting season on hippes, the hunt has rules in order to claim a “bag”. Two man teams must stalk the hippie in his unatural environment and one must successfully punch the hippie while the other captures a image of the event. No bag limit.. he with the most punches and pics wins.

Im kidding Im kidding…..I dont actively support punching hippies unless they are in my eyesight.

By: IH8Socialist

IH8Socialist — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:18:41 +0000

The other gate will be marked “FREE RANGE HIPPIES – ALL YOU CAN PUNCH FOR A DOLLAR”, and that gate will cost a dollar. I’ve got a dollar, it’ll be time well spent.

That’s one of the best money making idea’s I’ve heard this week.

By: George

George — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:05:04 +0000

Soon they’ll be shooting each other, too. When will the madness end?

By: Son of Bob

Son of Bob — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:04:00 +0000

One gate will be marked “FREE”, and all the hippies will enter through that gate.

The other gate will be marked “FREE RANGE HIPPIES – ALL YOU CAN PUNCH FOR A DOLLAR”, and that gate will cost a dollar. I’ve got a dollar, it’ll be time well spent.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:02:48 +0000

Why this ain’t nothin’ but a Stimulus for The One’s Propaganda Machine.

“We care!!! Oh, how we care!!! Did we mention we care???!!!”

!!!!11!!!1!!!!11!1!!11!!!1!!!1!!1!!!11!!1!!!1!!!!111!11111!!!!!1!!!

(That’s Jimmy code for up the Obottom.)

By: ChrisA

ChrisA — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:18:56 +0000

If the hippies go during the free weekends, more people may go during the pay weekends knowing the filthy hippies won’t be there… dads can take their kids out without the risk of exposure to patchouli and folk music

By: storm1911

storm1911 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:29:43 +0000

“But how is it a strain on our health care system when an annoying yuppy gets eaten by a bear? I mean, the bear takes care of everything.”

It is a strain, dear sir. SOMEONE has to pay for the bear’s upset tummy.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:26:52 +0000

Marko – because if the bear accidentally leaves a bone behind, the FBI has to call in Dr. Temperance Brennan, and she ain’t cheap.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0529895/

By: MarkoMancuso

MarkoMancuso — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:15:21 +0000

But how is it a strain on our health care system when an annoying yuppy gets eaten by a bear? I mean, the bear takes care of everything.

By: Trouble

Trouble — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:02:07 +0000

Also because park-goers are a HUGE burden on our health care system. They get lost, need rescuing, starve, dehydrate, break legs, get eaten by bears, and get itchy bums while being naughty in the poison ivy.

That there is what you call comedy gold!

By: Socrates H. Obummer

Socrates H. Obummer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:40:27 +0000

And now those park-visiting tree huggers will all be carrying Uzis and killing children with semiautomatic machine guns!

By: Thor

Thor — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:38:30 +0000

Hmm, just like the mayor of Milwaukee, WI, here and his mandatory unpaid work “furloughs”. So now the city employees–all of ‘em, sans cops, fire, EMS–will have four day weekends for Independence day and Labor Day Weekends to save the city money by having them off work. If we can save money by having them not work, is their job really that necessary? I mean, it’s service, right? So then if it isn’t done now, it must be done later. Which means it still must be paid for…eventually. If the services can be accomplished in a compressed amount of time later, then that means the workers are too slow, work isn’t being done when it could be otherwise, or the work isn’t that necessary in the first place.

I can’t believe we’re paying for this.

When did we begin to allow the government to run our lives? Can we go back to that moment and punch someone?