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We think Obama’s getting just a little carried away with his government
shutdown.
Pat Vaillancourt went on a trip last week that was intended to showcase
some of America’s greatest treasures.
Instead, the Salisbury resident said she and others on her tour bus
witnessed an ugly spectacle that made her embarrassed, angry and heartbroken
for her country.
Vaillancourt was one of thousands of people who found themselves in a
national park as the federal government shutdown went into effect on Oct. 1.
For many hours her tour group, which included senior citizen visitors from
Japan, Australia, Canada and the United States, were locked in a Yellowstone
National Park hotel under armed guard.
The tourists were treated harshly by armed park employees, she said, so
much so that some of the foreign tourists with limited English skills
thought they were under arrest.
When finally allowed to leave, the bus was not allowed to halt at all
along the 2.5-hour trip out of the park, not even to stop at private
bathrooms that were open along the route.
“We’ve become a country of fear, guns and control,” said Vaillancourt
, who grew up in Lawrence. “It was like they brought out the armed forces.
Nobody was saying, ‘we’re sorry,’ it was all like — ” as she clenched
her fist and banged it against her forearm.
Obama’s Gestapo tactics caught non-Americans off guard.
“They looked like Hulk Hogans, armed. They told us you can’t go
outside,” she said. “Some of the Asians who were on the tour said, ‘Oh my
God, are we under arrest?’ They felt like they were criminals.”
In Obama’s America we are all criminals now.
Many of the foreign visitors were shocked and dismayed by what had
happened and how they were treated, Vaillancourt said.
“A lot of people who were foreign said they wouldn’t come back (to
America),” she said.
Obama administration goes too far: Yellowstone visitors locked in hotel,
held at gunpoint, ordered not to take photos http://t.co/CveRcreSky
— Rep. Steve Stockman (@SteveWorks4You) October 8, 2013 |
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