Posted by
Bryn T. Jones on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:14:20 PM
Governor Bobby Jindal faced a daunting task in responding to the folly of President Barak Obama. How can someone respond to a rookie who steps up and makes excuses for himself by looking back and being snarky at a man who filled the office for eight years and kept America safe from another terror attack and presided over a booming economy seven of those eight years. At the very least Obama was disingenuous about the deficit he "inherited." He took over a budget defecit and quadupled it in his first two months of office. He took our national deficit from 1.5 trillion to over 2 trillion in as little time. And he promises more.
It is also hard to argue with someone who proclaims the "ravages of climate change" as if it is some well-defined, terrible thing. This from the president who wants to bring "science" back to government. Aparently, in an effort to do that he forgot to bring common sense or logic. As Mr. Jindal pointed out, the "stimulus package" included 140 million for volcano observation.
Dutifully, the main stream media came to Obama's defense, outlining how "scientific" Obama is in wanting this funding, which, of course, the likes of Sarah Palin or George W. Bush would simply deride. They note in their spirited defense that such research would save lives and costs due to catastrophic volcano eruptions. Aparently, the thought of Mt. St. Helen's eruption in the 1980s looms as a graver concern to President Obama than the risk of terrorist being released from Guantanamo Bay and attacking us again. The reporters note that America is third in the number of active volcanoes in the world, with most active ones on an island in Hawaii, not in some populated city. So, as I understand it, President Obama is smarter for spending this critical money to stimulate the economy on a preemptive strike against the next volcanic eruption on U.S. soil. I'm sure that 140 million of debt couldn't possibly have been spent more efficiently by the private sector.
President Obama may be ambitious to cure cancer and eliminate trade with Canada, but he will be judged not on his spin, but on how well his pork plays in the market. So far it doesn't look like it will work too well.