Mount Redoubt, Which Just Erupted in Bobby Jindal's Face
Wow. I mean, like, really – wow.
From TPM Muckraker:
Remember how, during his big prime-time speech last month, Lousiana’s Republican governor Bobby Jindal, in addition to making stuff up about what he did during Hurricane Katrina, also found time to mock the Obama administration for “wasteful spending” in the stimulus bill, including “$140 million for something called ‘volcano monitoring’”?
That line immediately drew criticism from just about everyone who understands what volcano monitoring involves. And now, it’s looking even dumber.
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Why is Jindal’s line looking even worse now? Because, as you’ve likely heard, Alaska’s Mount Redoubt, 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted last night. And a USGS geologist confirmed to TPMmuckraker that a portion of the stimulus spending for volcano monitoring that Jindal lampooned has been slated to go to USGS monitoring Redoubt.
Score update: nature - 1, Bobby Jindal’s mindless right-wing blather – 0.