re: #416 prairiefire

Hello, Reine. I read a CBS news article where Gov. Jindal had not yet used the full amount of National Guard troops allotted to him. He responded in this article, but still did not address the original question about the Guard.CBS News

Have you read about this?

The “red tape and bureacracy”, I read as what seems to be ongoing difficulties with the Coast Guard. I posted here about how the CG stopped oil removal operations, going on close to shore (in probably 4 feet of water) to make sure the boats had the right number of life preservers. Those boats were shut down for a day, with the final 8 of the 16 held longer because the CG couldn’t figure out which boats had been inspected, which had not. It was a problem. Obama finally told the CG to make recommendations, but don’t shut down operations and that seems to have been resolved.

As to calling up the National Guard - I’m not sure what the purpose would be for Jindal to call up more of them. The National Guard fabricated the oil-removal equipment used by the boats I described above. BP has hired a lot of people to keep the beaches clean. In other words, I think it’s entirely likely that the reason Jindal has not called up more National Guard is that they are not needed at this time.