Republican can’t figure out why government shutdown shut down government parks

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Republicans are literally electing representatives who don't understand how government works, or what it does. "Keep the govt out of my medicare!"

For nearly six minutes on Wednesday morning, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) angrily berated the head of the National Park Service for closing down parks and memorials in Washington, D.C.

During a joint committee hearing, the Republican congressman asked NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis why protesters associated with Occupy Wall Street were allowed to camp in McPherson Square in 2011 but World War II veterans were not allowed to visit open-air monuments amid the government shutdown.

Jarvis told Gowdy that D.C. parks and memorials must close during a shutdown under the Anti-deficiency Act, which prohibits federal employees from spending money that has not been authorized by Congress.

But Gowdy continued to ask for a specific statute that required the government to close memorials during a government shutdown.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/16/republican-cant-figure-out-why-government-shutdown-shut-down-government-parks/

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1. They grow em' stupid

in South Carolina. I guess they grow some stupid ones everywhere but in South Carolina they elect them to Congress.