Greenpeace has defaced Mt. Rushmore with a huge banner.
Activists added Obama's face to the monument, suggesting that he can secure his place there by addressing global warming.
From the Washington Post:
Greenpeace activists draped an enormous banner next to the carved stone faces of Mount Rushmore today, calling for more-aggressive action to fight climate change.
The banner showed President Obama's face -- Greenpeace said it was an unfinished portrait, implying that Obama's legacy was in question -- and the words "America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming."
A trio of climbers unfurled it about 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, over a rock face next to the image of Abraham Lincoln on the far right side of the South Dakota landmark.
Less than two hours later, a Greenpeace spokesman said all three, plus eight other Greenpeace activists at the site, had been taken into custody by park authorities.
Patty Rooney, a spokeswoman for the National Park Service, confirmed that there had been arrests. Rooney said prosecutors had not yet decided what charges activists would face.
Rooney said that park service workers had not been able to take down the banner, or assess any damage to the 67-year-old monument, because high winds made those tasks difficult. She said that the first task for park workers would be "getting our people safely up there, and getting them [the Greenpeace activists] safely down."
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Chairman O stated that the average American would not bear the brunt of this historic tax-increase, claiming instead that: "It is paid for by the polluters who currently emit dangerous carbon emissions."
Just compare this blatant falsehood to Ronald Reagans' timeless wisdom:
"The most dangerous myth is the demagoguery that business can be made to pay a larger share, thus relieving the individual. Politicians preaching this are either deliberately dishonest, or economically illiterate, and either one should scare us.
...Only people pay taxes, and people pay as consumers every tax that is assessed against a business."
And after the way they rammed this stuff through the House with little debate, without legislators even reading it... and while quarantining the GOP from any meaningful input whatsoever, any foolhardy individuals who still believe Obama's threadbare "bipartisanship" spiel ought to have their head examined.
http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/
I grew up in Rapid City-and worked for several of the state parks growing up and I am just disgusted that Greenpeace would deface a National Monument to make any statement. There are times and places for such statements and on a treasured LANDMARK OF HISTORY is not one of them. Shame on any Greenpeace organizer who thought this was a good idea. My children ages 7,8 and 10 know better than this. Maybe they need to go back to school to learn what is appropriate behavior and learn what RESPECT means. I am very disappointed in Greenpeace, an organization which prides itself on WORLD PEACE to do such a thing. It makes me reconsider their true purpose.
I am hopeful no damage was done to the monument and all activists involved get a hefty fine and jail time.
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