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Government Barricades WWII Memorial to Deny Vets Access Guy Benson The WWII Memorial is completely open-air and is "open" 24/7/365...until the shutdown. Park rangers have been adding barriers to block off the memorial from the public, including veterans visiting on Honor Flights. Townhall's Guy Benson writes: In my item last evening, I noted that a group of World War II veterans pushed aside "government shutdown" barriers and visited the open-air war memorial on the National Mall. I chalked it up as an isolated act of ignoring one of the administration's heavy-handed "shutdown" ploys -- one that would be overlooked by the powers-that-be for obvious reasons. Wrong. America's Big Government overlords were apparently quite displeased that these war heroes were permitted to survey a public monument to their brothers in arms who paid the ultimate price in the fight against Imperial Japan and the Nazis. Parks workers were dispatched to erect additional fencing to prevent today's crop of 'Honor Flight' vets from accessing the memorial: [Keep Reading] Why Boehner Won't Vote on Clean CR Conn Carroll Feminist Blogger Hanna Rosin Slammed for Being Sane Nicole Bailey A Whopping 167 People Signed Up For Healthcare Exchanges in Connecticut Christine Rousselle Obama Cancels Two Trips Abroad Because of Government Shutdown? Daniel Doherty Trainwreck Status Report: Delays, Glitches, Missed Deadlines, Frustration Guy Benson George F. Will Heading to Fox News? Daniel Doherty The Irony of Michelle Obama's Water Campaign Jonah Goldberg Michelle Obama wants you to drink more water, at least one more glass a day. Frankly, I think it's great. [Keep Reading] VIDEO: Comedian Roundup: The Brighter Side of a Government Shutdown Talk show hosts ranging from Stephen Colbert to Jimmy Fallon slammed the government freeze. "I am glad that government is shutdown! Think about it, for the first time in years it's safe to talk on the phone and send emails without anybody listening in. This is fantastic!" Jay Leno joked. [Keep Reading] D-Day cemetery among the victims of US shutdown Tourists traveling to Omaha Beach to pay their respects to the 9,387 military dead at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial will find it closed, a victim of the U.S. government's partial shutdown. [Keep Reading] VIDEO: Krauthammer: Obama Makes "Glitch" Sound Trivial, It's Not System failures in the Obamacare exchanges enrollment would swamp headlines if it weren't for the government shutdown, Charles Krauthammer said Tuesday. [Keep Reading] It's the End of the World as We Know It, and You Should Feel Fine Ben Shapiro The media have proclaimed the end of civilization for the third time this year. Sure, the mail will still run on time. [Keep Reading] What if We Had a Government Shutdown and Nobody Noticed or Cared? Daniel J. Mitchell What’s the likely outcome of the government shutdown fight? Well, in my libertarian fantasy world, we leave it closed. Or at least we never bother to reopen counterproductive bureaucracies such as the Department of Education, Agriculture, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Transportation, etc, etc. [Keep Reading] Obama Prohibits Practice of Catholicism in US Terry Jeffrey Beginning now, with the opening of government-run health-insurance exchanges, President Barack Obama will be prohibiting American Catholics from practicing their faith in the way they live their daily lives. [Keep Reading] Gretzky statues vandalized in Ontario hometown Two new statues of hockey great Wayne Gretzky have been vandalized in his hometown. Police in Brantford, Ontario, say they are studying a video sent to them of Monday's overnight vandalism, which involved defacing the statues with spray paint. [Keep Reading] VIDEO: George Clooney Offers Rare Praise for a Republican George Clooney is ordinarily not a huge fan of the GOP, but he does have some nice words for a particular Republican: Rep. Peter King. [Keep Reading] Malaysia, Philippines OK with Obama cancellation The Malaysian and Philippine governments said Wednesday that they understood President Barack Obama's decision to cancel upcoming visits to their countries. [Keep Reading]