Lushy’s ancestors also mocked the discovery of penicillin.
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And couldn’t fathom the purpose of contraception.

So- called ‘Bobby’ Jindal went out of his way to criticize something he doesn’t understand and couldn’t be bothered to research “something called volcano monitoring?”.

It must be because volcanoes and “monitoring” are just hoaxes.
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Wrong. It’s that volcanoes are “God’s will,” therefore not to be obstructed or diluted by telling people to run away, and “monitoring” is unconstitutional gov’t regulation in effort to obstruct “God’s will”.

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OT: Happy birthday, katy! Mine was the 21st, we are both Pisces!

February 25th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

Mine is this Saturday ………
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Mine is in April.

Oh, and as the free market isn’t mentioned in the Bible, can we assume it doesn’t exist ?
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It isn’t mentioned in the Constitution either.

Is this the best the repugs have? Jindal, Palin, Kantor and Steele? Its no wonder the repugs have become the Party of NO. They have no one with a ounce of brains at the helm.
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In order to say “YES” one must be able to count to three.

I’ve been reflecting upon which of Jindal’s failure was the most epic. The volcano thing is quickly emerging as the leader.
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The speech itself, as a whole, and that he gave it.

In other words: That he showed up and opened his mouth with an audience present.

If Jindal is the new rising star of the GOP, then the Republican party is going to continue going down, down, down…

Hooray for liberalism!

Turn off those damn expensive satellites!

** sarcasm off **

About your free market quip, then can we agree that congressional salaries be set by the free market ? Or is the current condition of thinly veiled bribes already such as system ?

Oh, and as the free market isn’t mentioned in the Bible, can we assume it doesn’t exist ?

“The $140 million to which Jindal referred is actually for a number of projects conducted by the United States Geological Survey, including volcano monitoring.

“…Volcanoes, of course, aren’t the only potential natural disaster that scientists monitor to give people warnings of imminent danger. Hurricanes, tornado-producing storms, earthquakes, tsunamis and flooding events are also watched and forecast.”

As a (private-sector) geoscientist myself, I can tell you very little the USGS does is frivolous because they have traditionally not enjoyed a generous budget. Seattle-Tacoma lives in the debris flow path of Mount Rainier, Alaska’s coastline is riddled with active volcanoes (insert Palinism here), San Francisco and Los Angeles live on active fault zones and much of the country lives in coastal or fluvial regions vulnerable to hurricanes and/or flooding. One can flee a hurricane days in advance (with sufficient funds and transport), but there’s not much time to spare in the case of volcanic or earthquake activity. This is why rigorous, well-funded monitoring of natural disasters is key to metropolitan survival and disaster prevention, i.e. NOT HAVING TO SPEND MORE MONEY PICKING UP DEAD AMERICAN BODIES LATER ON. It’s not a joke and needs a lot more funding than a paltry $140 million, but apparently it’s on par with a non-existent monorail from Caesar’s Palace to Mickey Mouse.

Considering that Louisiana (even parishes affected by the hurricane and flood, except for Orleans) voted in a whole lot of conservative Republican in this past election, the forgetfulness and near-sightedness of this statement is not surprising. That Jindal would scoff at disaster-preparedness science and funding shows utter disregard for the safety of his own state, but it’s something we’ve come to expect. Of course, all this comes down to promoting the ideology of Republican Central, not being good public servants and serving the independent interests of a given state.

It’s pure spite for science and intellect, spite for Democrats, spite for a black president and spite for progress that is at play here. Nothing more, nothing less.

I can play your little game, too. :)

With tremendously lame results…anywho,

I’m wondering if we will be seeing dips in Piyush’s approval rating after his political grandstanding is done with.

I live in Minnesota and since volcano monitoring is a waste of money, maybe we could put a couple of tin cans on a string so you can let me know when its time to kiss my ass goodbye.

LOL
If Yellowstone blows, even one of the big Pacific coast cones, you are going to freeze solid in Minnesota. There will be no crops, no cows, and no fun.
If you think winter drags on forever now, just wait.