Everyone has already piled on Bobby Jindal for his poor response to President Obama’s address of Congress. From his sing-song delivery and awkward smile, to the irony of a republican offering lessons learned from the disastrous, Republican-led response to hurricane Katrina, only Rush Limbaugh is in Bobby Jindal’s corner. We didn’t plan on joining the chorus denouncing Jindal until he characterized volcano monitoring as waste in his speech. For that, he is now on Rebel’s radar.
What is it about government funded science that Republicans hate so much? John McCain made a fool of himself during the election by railing against grizzly bear DNA research (a program that any scientist will tell you has been a great success), and now Bobby Jindal has joined the anti-science brigade by denouncing volcano monitoring.
As Governor of a state that suffered one of the worst natural disasters in history, Bobby Jindal should know the importance of early warning systems. Apparently he does not, but if he wants to know how “wasteful” volcano monitoring really is then he should just ask this guy:
Victim of Mount Vesuvius eruption.
We are not in the business of advising Republicans, but they would be well served to remember that money used for scientific research is not automatically a waste of tax dollars.
No FEMA is a waste of tax dollars and the fact that they contracted out all of the help after Katrina. Guess what? After a volcano blows, you can bet FEMA will respond the same. Jindal isn’t an idiot. You are.
I guess you would approve of the fact that FEMA isn’t in charge of volcano monitoring then. The USGS is. Say what you will, but it is absolutely ridiculous for Jindal to characterize volcano monitoring as wasteful spending. Let me put it in words you may be able to relate to, volcano monitoring is the equivalent of doppler radar. Doppler radar warns of a coming hurricane just as volcano monitoring warns of the next Mt. St. Helens eruption. It is necessary and important.
And furthermore, FEMA is only as good as who’s running it, so don’t fault the organization, fault the cronies that Bush had in charge during and directly after Katrina. Thanks for stopping by.
oh my god, here comes Jindal. That is the response by the libs. Get a life, wake and see where this country is going. Both parties are to blame for this situation, I will venture that the Dems voted with the Rep on most spending bills over the last 8 years.
No idea what that has to do with Jindal’s opinion regarding volcano monitoring, but thanks for stopping by.
If it ain’t science promoting that the earth is 6,000 years old, Jindal doesn’t want to hear about it.
Nice post.
(that’s as deep as I roll)