...or is it just a stupid failure where the administration attempts to "barrycade" the public from the open air monuments, through the orders of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  Let's take a look at the incidents that makes the administration look petty and irrational.

• Barrycades at WWI Memorial (very limited), WWII Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Lincoln Memorial,   Jefferson Memorial, National Mall, Iwo Jima Memorial, MLK Memorial, etc.  Some of these were created and funded by private funds and costs the government nothing to keep them open.  And these people must be critical to government function?
• Trying to block access to Florida Bay?  I guess we can't have access to the ocean?
• Harry Reid's irrational comments about funding the NIH for children with cancer? 
• Shutting down of government websites, including "We the People." 

Just because the Republicans and Democrats can't play nicely, the White House and OMB just choose to punish the populace with these petty and petulant displays of disdain for the American public.  President Obama, tear down these "barrycades".