Across the nation, many student op-eds take the progressive position that the government shutdown is entirely the fault of the Republican Party.

However, Washington State University-Pullman student Ashley Lynn Fisher, share an entirely different view on Obama’s role in “shutdown theater”.

A slim down, not a shutdown.

As part of what many critics call a presidential “temper tantrum,” the Obama administration has been hard at work trying to make the partial federal government shutdown feel as painful as possible.

Various media outlets are encouraging the spread of this phenomenon by pathetically asking Americans to submit their personal sad shutdown stories for purposes of propaganda. CNN, a recipient of recent ridicule for trying to dramatize the partial shutdown, has asked readers: “Are you affected by the shutdown? Send it to iReport and be part of CNN’s coverage.”

Fortunately, other news sources are beginning to focus on the growing anger of the American public and the failing antics of President Barack Obama’s administration.

Countless news reports from across the country have revealed that Obama is actually going out of his way to make this shutdown hit home, as hard as possible.

The White House has directly ordered federal police to force the closure of hundreds of parks nationwide. This is a lesson to all Americans that, apparently, we need government permission to take a walk in the woods.

The Obama administration has even shut down parks that are not even using government funds.

….While Obama and federal authorities seem determined to make the public suffer as much as possible during the government shutdown, they did not expect the public to discover much of the effort was costly, deliberate and largely unnecessary. They also hoped people would not realize Obama is one of the first presidents to outright refuse to negotiate with the House of Representatives.

Despite Obama’s underlying plan, and there is always a plan, the shutdown should be considered a welcome development. It has angered the public and exposed the problems of our national government that has grown too big and powerful in defiance of the Constitution.

We should thank Obama for putting on his latest charade that has exposed the corrupt and overreaching nature of the government for all to see.