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Chris Cox, Superstar

Yesterday he was some random “Grizzly Adams dude” mowing the grass at the Lincoln Memorial during the federal government shutdown – or whatever it is we’re calling it when 83 percent something keeps on keeping on. Today? He is Mount Pleasant, S.C. native Chris Cox – the long-overdue poster boy…

Yesterday he was some random “Grizzly Adams dude” mowing the grass at the Lincoln Memorial during the federal government shutdown – or whatever it is we’re calling it when 83 percent something keeps on keeping on.

Today? He is Mount Pleasant, S.C. native Chris Cox – the long-overdue poster boy for a nation that desperately needs to get up off of its ass.

Cox’s decision to assume responsibility for lawn maintenance outside the Lincoln Memorial during the so-called “#Shutdown” quickly became a viral sensation.

He says he’s just doing his job for ‘Merica, protecting its most sacred spots from “vandals” and “whackos.”

People are inspired …

“Here in America, we haven’t shut down. Not even close. This is how free people take care of their country,” the website Charleston Grit noted. “Will there will be plenty saying this guy – full beard and a landscaping habit that won’t quit – is the wacko? Sure as death and taxes. But at Grit, we take this route: Hundreds of full-grown, well-dressed, well-educated men and women are name-calling and scheming and playing cat-and-mouse with our public parks, monuments, and memorials (you know, like back when the neighborhood kids did when they built a fort… and we were seven). But we haven’t shut down. Go ahead, get ‘er done, Charleston.”

Get ‘er done, indeed.

Anyway here’s Cox in his own words (via the YouTube page of U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa of California) …

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60 comments

scotty October 10, 2013 at 11:38 am

He has been told to stop raking and to leave the property. No doubt the blue lights and armed police will soon follow.

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Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 2:22 pm

And what’s the harm in letting it fall into disrepair?

It’s reflective of what government run institutions become, is it not?

It smacks of Stockholm syndrome to be mowing it, let alone for free.

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Zack October 10, 2013 at 3:45 pm

It’s not Stockholm syndrome, it’s patriotism and the understanding that the momorials were built to honor the people that gave everything to make our country great, not so that they could be used as bargaining in a political scuffle. The harm is in the disrespect shown to the people whose names are on those memorials. They deserve better reguardless of the state of our government because it wouldn’t be here in the first place without them.

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Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 4:10 pm

“momorials were built to honor the people that gave everything to make our country great”

So what did Lincoln give?

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Original Good Old Boy October 10, 2013 at 4:47 pm

Dude, save this debate for somewhere else. It’s neither appropriate nor wanted in this context.

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 4:59 pm

It may not be “wanted”, but it sure is appropriate.

Chad Burke October 10, 2013 at 7:55 pm

Are you kidding? If you can’t answer that yourself I pity you.

Mprice October 13, 2013 at 3:13 pm

His life in return for the freedom of millions. What have you done with your life?

Gregory Geddings October 10, 2013 at 4:10 pm

Me like-um momo-rials…momo-rials gud!

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objectivefactsmatter October 10, 2013 at 10:51 pm

What’s your problem with momo-rials?

anon. October 10, 2013 at 11:39 am

Chris Cox for Governor!

BECAUSE:

Nikki Haley only cares about Nikki Haley!

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Mr. Friendly October 11, 2013 at 7:59 am

He couldn’t be any worse than any of the others. He’s only had 16 judgments/rules to vacate against him between 2002 and 2011.

In the scope of crimes committed while in office on a daily basis he’s minor league at best compared to other elected politicians.

Given that he lists his trade as chain saw sculptor, once could hope that he would employ his skills wisely in office. Still though, he’s definitely more qualified than Haley.

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Smirks October 10, 2013 at 11:43 am

See guys, somebody’s mowing some grass! The shutdown really isn’t that bad! Our poll numbers can go back up now, right guys? You don’t blame us for the shutdown anymore! We’re cool, right America? Right? Hello? Is this mic on?

Glad Issa found room on this guy’s coattails after Sanford had jumped on.

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carrie October 10, 2013 at 11:43 am

It’s people like him that makes America.

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Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 11:47 am

He’s a statist cheerleader. I’ll buy him a hair cut for his troubles.

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Original Good Old Boy October 10, 2013 at 11:55 am

You mean by mowing the lawn of land that (in theory) is supposed to belong to the people?

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Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 12:24 pm

Precisely. Because why would someone mow the lawn of the figure’s monument most responsible for centralizing America while attacking half it’s citizens to effect said centralization if he wasn’t a statist?

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mct October 10, 2013 at 2:39 pm

He’s mowing cause a bunch of vets are coming out there this weekend and he wants it to look good for them. He’s said as much.

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Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 2:54 pm

So he’s helping to hide from them what their government has become?

Zack October 10, 2013 at 3:46 pm

He’s showing them the respect they deserve.

idcydm October 10, 2013 at 4:10 pm

What makes you thing Vets don’t know what our government is.

This Vet says, there is nothing wrong with our government just the people we elect to run it.

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 4:26 pm

“This Vet says, there is nothing wrong with our government just the people we elect to run it.”

The entire government is by people. So by your own definition the whole thing is corrupt.

idcydm October 10, 2013 at 4:50 pm

You must have missed the word elect so what you think is a definition is nothing more than your inability to comprehend.

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 5:01 pm

No, you stated the problem is the people we “elect”, which happens to be most of the people running government.

Are you defending the bureaucrats then, who are not elected? Or just the military?

What part of the government is not corrupt? The non-elected part?

idcydm October 10, 2013 at 5:09 pm

Take your straw man and move on.

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 6:44 pm

Strawman?

Please explain to me how government, most of which are run by ELECTED people, is not “the problem”?

Truly, you are talking in circles.

idcydm October 10, 2013 at 7:20 pm

A government is the system by which a state or community is governed. We have a Representative Republic by far the best government system in the world. It’s not the government it’s who we elect to run it. To paraphrase Franklin…we gave you a Republic if you can keep it…

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 9:39 pm

If it is the best government system in the world why is it closed over debt and socialized healthcare?

idcydm October 10, 2013 at 10:18 pm

Mr. Friendly, thought maybe the library had closed or you were lost in cyberspace and couldn’t find your way back to fitsnews.

If you can’t come back with anything better than that, be a good little boy and go to bed because I Don’t Care, You Don’t Matter.

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 10:26 pm

If I don’t care and don’t matter why respond?

idcydm October 10, 2013 at 10:28 pm

So predictable.

You don’t even know when you’re being played.

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 10:45 pm

Oh, I thought you were a true believer. Good to know you were just joking.

idcydm October 10, 2013 at 10:47 pm

Predictable and good night.

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 10:59 pm

What was predictable?

Chad Burke October 10, 2013 at 8:04 pm

Shut your facking face troll. You know damn well what he means and you just happen be the asshole with too much time on his hands, hiding behind your keyboard looking to pick fights. I’d love to see you act this way face to face, but it would never happen because you’re a chiçkenshi; puss! And you know it.

Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 9:23 pm

If you seek counseling you can get over Daddy making you suck his dick.

Then you won’t have to go through life so angry.

Mprice October 13, 2013 at 3:17 pm

Good luck rationalizing your way through life. You’ll have lots of company but still find yourself very lonely

Mprice October 13, 2013 at 3:16 pm

That is correct. Until we pass campaign finance reform, it will stay that way

Mprice October 13, 2013 at 3:15 pm

Haha. Freeing millions of slaves is attacking the south, which fired the first shots! Hahah!

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Philip Branton October 10, 2013 at 12:10 pm

….and he is wearing a GAMECOCK shirt ..!!

We wonder just what brilliant idea some CLEMSON fan will come up with to top this stunt…!!!

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Nölff October 10, 2013 at 1:05 pm

We’ll win the game, so there’s no need.

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Original Good Old Boy October 10, 2013 at 1:16 pm

Same thing I’ve heard the past two years.

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Thom Wood October 10, 2013 at 1:52 pm

I had no idea that there are so many Americans out there who will NOT let something as simple as a national monument go without love and care, and then turn around and DO SOMETHING to correct the situation. This act is a clear indication of the irresponsible and immoral leadership we now have among our government leaders we send to Washington, and the shame and embarrassment I feel towards my elected leaders is more than I can bare. I can only hope and pray that if I were ever put in such a position as this individual from my home state, that I, too, would stand up for what is RIGHT and do whatever is NECESSARY to keep my country functioning even though we continue to pay people in Washington who supposedly have most of the answers to this current madness we are now facing. As for the Lincoln Memorial itself, isn’t it ironic that within that hallowed space sits a marble statue of a common man who had to face the consequences of a divided nation at its darkest moment and, like Chris Cox, stood up and made a decision about the issue of slavery that was deemed too RADICAL by his constituents, yet had the courage to actually do something about it? How is Mr. Cox any different?

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rwwllms October 10, 2013 at 4:38 pm

This story along with the private charities stepping up to the plate to fund various veteran needs is a MIRACLE. The Government has spent decades convincing the American people that they need the government because the public is too selfish to ever be charitable enough to help those in need. It must be infuriating that Americans are stepping up to the plate. In the Government’s attempt to prove their necessity they are actually proving their irrelevance. HOW IRONIC.

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Chad Burke October 10, 2013 at 7:58 pm

Before Obammy rescinded tax refunds on charitable donations we were the most charitable country in the world, by a wide margin. I’ll have to check if that holds true.

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tomstickler October 10, 2013 at 3:26 pm

Cheers for Chris Cox, citizen.

Boos for dipshits like Issa and Sanford who want to “photobomb” Cox’s good deeds. When will we see Sanford showing up the next time my neighborhood group has a trash pickup along our local adopted stretch of highway?

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Crowd It Forward October 10, 2013 at 6:09 pm

We want to do something great for this man, who inspires us
with his selfless act for the country, and for our veterans. Our Random Act of
Crowdfunding for Chris Cox, the one-man Memorial Militia is here: https://crowditforward.com/projects/the-memorial-militia/#.UlbwIBZcSjA

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Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 6:51 pm

2000 years from now when DC is an attraction to people of the world, similar to the Acropolis, they will look at the remnants of the Lincoln Memorial and say, “Funny, they thought they were immune from the same idolization of false gods of other civilizations, yet they even built memorials of worship that look like the early Greek temples for actual people that were just as vain as Greek gods.”

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Original Good Old Boy October 10, 2013 at 7:55 pm

What the hell does this have to do with someone cleaning up the grounds in a symbolic act of civil disobedience/patriotism?
The dude is cleaning up a park; not worshiping Lincoln.

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Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 8:03 pm

The nation has spent taxpayer money to build a Greek style memorial to Lincoln.

If that is not worship, I don’t know what is.

The man himself is mowing the memorial lawn to prove a point, but he is missing the bigger one.

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Original Good Old Boy October 10, 2013 at 8:38 pm

Chris Cox is not missing the point but you sure are.

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Mr. Friendly October 10, 2013 at 9:41 pm

What is his point? That you should quit your job and work for the government for free so veterans can visit a government monument?

Mprice October 13, 2013 at 3:18 pm

Vanity to end slavery? Neoconfederate stooge!

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audited October 10, 2013 at 7:57 pm

surprised the brownshirts haven’t disappeared him…you bet he will get a rosy IRS audit…

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Mr. Friendly October 11, 2013 at 9:40 am

The audit when end as soon as it started. He’s not gainfully employed and can’t maintain a residence for more then a year.

He’s a street bum that used his disability check to buy a lawnmower and a flag;and that dummy Sanford helped the dumb asses in the MSM report a “feel good” story that adds to their whole “shutdown” drama.

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Chris Cox, Mt Pleasant Moron October 11, 2013 at 7:28 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KjbXu5uAwg
You guys actually want someone like this in congress? rofl.

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idcydm October 11, 2013 at 8:22 pm

So you like what we’ve got. rofl

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hugh win October 13, 2013 at 5:39 am Reply
Conspiracy Steve October 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm

I thought Americans had given all the grass cutting jobs to the illegals. Didn’t know we could still do this kinda work.

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Joy Phillps October 14, 2013 at 1:27 am

Chris, Thank you for telling the rest of the U. S. to get up off their dead asses and get to work and git ‘r’ done. I’m a 67 year old grandmother living here in central Illinois. I can’t get there, but if I could, I would be there right beside you.

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