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...speech full of criticism for President Barack Obama's stimulus plan, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal singled out one program for particular scorn. "Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington," Jindal said, deriding the $140 million appropriated to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for "something called volcano-monitoring" as one of the most egregious bits of pork to lard up the $787 billion stimulus package. But to those who live under the looming threat of flowing lava, it was a poor punch line. "Does the governor have a volcano in his backyard...
...will you allocate the $140 million Governor Jindal cited during his speech? That money is for many other projects besides ours. We will get a very small portion of this money. (See the top 10 outrageous government-spending earmarks...
What did you think of Jindal's comments? Let me just say that my colleagues and I take our job and our mission very seriously. We are always ready and willing to explain what we do and defend what we do, because we believe in what we do. I'll leave it at that...
...Jindal, Gov. Bobby • channeling by of the voice of 30 Rock's Kenneth the NBC page • David Brooks is appalled by speech of • Fox News commentators are appalled by speech of • "volcano monitoring" program is idiotically mocked - "Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C." - by • Washington Post is appalled...
...Limbaugh, Rush • bafflement of at degree of animosity aimed at Bobby Jindal by conservatives • bafflement of at degree of animosity aimed at self by women