Posted by Perry
I’m still livid after reading some of the comments made by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Tuesday night — you can read some of it here.
The Governor was delivering the GOP response to President Obama’s address when he stated that a $140 million appropriation for the U.S. Geological Survey was an example of questionable government spending.
My question is this — are you kidding me? Does the Governor really think that money needed to monitor volcanoes – especially some active ones such as Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Redoubt – is wasted spending? Those who lived through the eruption of St. Helens in 1980 would disagree with him, as would those who are living near Mt. Redoubt right now – you know – the people who are waiting for the mountain to erupt at any time.
The really infuriating part of Jindal’s statement is this is coming from a man who’s state endured one of the costliest disasters ever with hurricane Katrina.
It is very apparent that his response to the President was purely for party points – but you have to ask yourself, does anyone in the Republican party ‘get it’ anymore, or are they really that out of touch to think that money for the monitoring and warning of a potential natural disaster is something we shouldn’t be doing.
You gotta love party politics…