Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal really scored a low rating yesterday when he agreed to give the Republican response to the speech of President Obama before a joint session of Congress.
Even those who are of his party persuasion and share his conservative philosophy panned his performance, and he was also criticized for drawing attention to a portion of the economic stimulus bill that called for funding for Volcanic Monitoring.
Anyone who knows anything about the geology of North America, and including Alaska and even the Hawaiian Islands, knows that we are a geologically active continent and that it is necessary to monitor volcanoes as a sudden eruption could have a disastrous effect on planes flying nearby. In fact, this has already happened in the past, one time shutting down all four engines on a 747.Â
We are reaching the silly season when we are being told NOT to monitor something that could lead to a natural disaster that could cost the government billions of dollars and major loss of life, and would lead to recriminations that our government was unprepared for a natural emergency.Â
Public opinion polls show clearly that the majority of the American people back Obama and have no faith in the Republican party, which was the major contributor to the series of problems we now face. This is the result of 12 years of Republican Congresses and eight years of a disastrous Republican presidency.