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Volcano Monitors Unite!

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cousin it2/25/2009 9:59:00 pm PST

I’ve been a long time reader of LGF and have pretty much ignored the Creationism vs Science discussions because there is a lot of bias on both sides. Frankly I think the Creationism argument belongs at the state level where it is (is not) being implemented…and in this particular case, “the devil really is in the details” of how the states go about putting it in. The attacks on Jindal poisoned many of the readers here and it shows up “in spades” in these comments.

I was pleased to find a few level heads at LGF voice reasonable comments regarding Jindal’s intentions…I certainly didn’t see his comments as being anti-science but rather as a very good example of wasteful spending in a supposedly critical and very urgent Economic Stimulus Bill…it really doesn’t matter that this bill has many, many such examples.

I felt Jindal was speaking more to the “average American” (not to the average Lizardoid) who wouldn’t associate Volcano Monitoring funds with an economic stimulus package of such urgency it had to be passed before it was even read by those voting on it.

Like many I would have expected all of the funds to be directly associated to creating jobs and increased consumer spending. Sure 140KK is a drop in a very large bucket but why was it included and who included it? It sounds like to me it was included by a Member of Congress whose vote was needed and because these funds were denied in previous bills.

But I am very disappointed in the all out attacks on Bobby Jindal because of his faith rather than recognizing the absurdity of including any funds in a Stimulus Package for volcano monitoring…