He Didn’t Have to Stop the Rise of the Oceans

…so he just said “you’re not allowed to go there” by royal decree.

…Charter guides received a message from the National Park Service this week informing them that they are not permitted to take clients fishing in Florida Bay until the feds get back to work. That means that more than 1,100 square miles of prime fishing is off limits between the southern tip of the mainland to the Keys until further notice.

The closing affects not only fishing guides, but anyone with a license to conduct business in the park, including tour operators and paddling guides — anyone with a Commercial Use Authorization permit, said Dan Kimball, superintendent of Everglades and Dry Tortugas national parks.

Biscayne National Park is also off limits. Enforcement rangers will be on duty, Kimball said.

Mark Steyn:

…In his first inaugural, Reagan famously said that “we are a nation that has a government, not the other way around.” When the government feels free to Barrycade off large chunks of the nation — from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam — it’s telling you: it’s the other way around.

This is out of control.

One Response to “He Didn’t Have to Stop the Rise of the Oceans”

1. Leatherneck says:

   October 6, 2013 at 5:30 pm

   The NPS is so in the tank: enthusiastically enforcing the Whitehouse mandate to “make it as painful as possible.” I’ve lost ALL respect for park rangers.

   TC