First of all the author of the OP is an hysterical right wing hack and likely has never been to Yellowstone.
Yellowstone is a wilderness area and home to predators including Grizzly Bear and Wolf. Our last trip to YNP occurred on a few weeks after a Grizzly killed a tourist (Aug. 2012) who got too close to get a good picture.
The park rules require visitors to stay at least 50 yards away from Bison, Elk and other animals and no closer than 100 yards to Bear and Wolf.
Anyone with a brain understands three things: National Parks can be dangerous, especially to the uninformed and stupid - both can and are eaten; the GOP planned for the Gov't shutdown and even campaigned on carrying out this foolishness; and, Speaker Boehner has the sole power to call for an up or down vote on the CR.
If the CR passes, people go back to work and small business won't continue to suffer, if it fails to pass the leverage passes from the D's to the R's.
Oh **** off that you don't like the source Mr. High and Mighty.
It's in newspapers. And your defense of these tactics is pathetic.
Here's another source sparky. Hope this meets with your approval.
Hodgson said the group was scheduled to spend two nights at the Inn. When they got up on Tuesday morning, they headed out to see Yellowstone for the day, planning to return to the Inn for their second nightÂ’s stay later in the day. Hodgson said they headed north out of Old Faithful and pulled over to let passengers out to take photos of bison.
Hodgson said in a phone interview Tuesday that a ranger pulled up behind the bus and told him he would have to get everyone back on the bus — recreation in Yellowstone was not allowed.
“She told me you need to return to your hotel and stay there,” Hodgson said. “This is just Gestapo tactics. We paid a lot to get in. All these people wanted to do was take some pictures.”
Visitors and employees impacted by YNP closure | The Livingston Enterprise
You're repeating yourself and posting as true an event reported by one person and repeated in a rather obscure newspaper. Is the tour operator credible, maybe his/her loss of income (i.e. tips) pissed him/her off.
Using the term "Gestapo" is hyperbole as anyone who has read history or seen footage of the real Gestapo know, and is a pejorative used by contemporary right wingers as a talking point. I'm surprised the tour operator didn't call the Rangers "commies".
Park rangers have a duty to 1) protect park visitors; 2) protect the park; and 3) enforce the rules. Anyone who has ever been charged with enforcing rules to a diverse demographic knows this can be difficult, and rule number one is don't equivocate - be clear, firm and specific.