{"id":44917,"date":"2022-03-18T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T21:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44917"},"modified":"2022-03-18T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T21:24:09","slug":"frustrating-but-not-surprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44917","title":{"rendered":"Frustrating, But Not Surprising"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Conservative Daily Wire<\/a> reported Friday that the National Park Service has denied a request from South Dakota to put on a fireworks display at the monument on July 4.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Now in a\u00a0letter<\/a> to the South Dakota Department of Tourism, Michelle Wheatley, superintendent of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, cited concerns such as potential pollution, wildfire risk, visitor restrictions to the park for the event and offense to tribal groups in the area to bar the display this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter careful consideration, the NPS has determined that we are unable to grant your request for this permit to hold a special event with fireworks at the Memorial,\u201d the March 14 letter stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBased on the information provided in the application, we have determined that multiple such criteria are present for the requested event, each of which would be independently sufficient to deny the request for a permit,\u201d it added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, no prohibition of anything enjoyable would be complete with the requisite nod to how it would further oppress\u00a0marginalized groups<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFireworks are viewed by multiple Tribes as an adverse effect to the traditional cultural landscape,\u201d Wheatley stated, citing a Tribal Cultural Survey conducted in May 2021 that revealed \u201cample documented opposition from the Tribes to the 2020 event.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NPS also claimed fireworks \u201cpresent a clear and present danger to the public health and safety\u201d \u2014 though the 2020 display went off without injury \u2014 and \u201cresult in significant conflict with existing uses\u201d of the park.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the second time in as many years that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was\u00a0denied a permit<\/a>\u00a0to hold the fireworks display at the iconic location.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Perhaps, this aversion to Independence Day festivities also stems from a decade-old\u00a0Harvard University<\/a>\u00a0study that suggested people who participate in July 4 celebrations as children are more likely to be Republican adults.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, it\u2019s just too much to risk \u2014 as revelers could walk away with hearts swelling with pride for their county that provides prosperity, opportunity and liberty for all who want it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s dangerous when they stop resenting their fatherland and start seeing America for what it is \u2014 a land of imperfect people protected by the nearly flawless founding documents that prevent tyranny and the predations of power-drunk rulers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whatever the official reasons, there\u2019s no doubt that seeing the rockets\u2019 red glare illuminate the faces of the great men who built this country is too much to bear for people who hate America \u2014 especially when it threatens to cause an outbreak of love for this great nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wish that all of those in power who believe America is a horrible place would have to live a year in a country whose government they admire. Would the elites enjoy being subjected to a social credits system?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Conservative Daily Wire reported Friday that the National Park Service has denied a request from South Dakota to put on a fireworks display at the monument on July 4. The article reports: Now in a\u00a0letter to the South Dakota … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15062,12668,5888,3387,6444,407,15061],"class_list":["post-44917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fireworks-display","tag-governor-kristi-noem","tag-independence-day","tag-july-4th","tag-mount-rushmore","tag-national-park-service","tag-the-conservative-daily-wire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44918,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44917\/revisions\/44918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}