'In the face of World War II veterans being barricaded from visiting the World War II Memorial, and Marine Corps veterans from Upstate New York, half of them wheelchair bound, found themselves having to knock over the barricades in order to gain access to the Marine Corps War Memorial (popularly known as the Iwo Jima Monument), America’s active duty, retired and former members of the Armed Forces can rest easy in the knowledge that the current Commander-in-Chief’s favorite golf course has been spared the blade of the government shutdown axe, as reported by both The Weekly Standard on Oct. 5, 2013 and Breitbart.com on Oct. 6, 2013.
The world-class golf course at the Joint Base Andrews, MD, formerly Andrews Air Force Base, has remained opened while closed or have their hours slashed are many of the base activities that low-paid junior enlisted troops, especially the married ones, rely on to make their meager paychecks pay the rent, make the car payment and feed and clothe their families.
Last week on the eve of the media-hyped “shutdown” Barack Obama ensured he got in his 35th round of golf this year alone.'
http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-s-golf-course-spared-from-government-shutdown
