heh, there you denise. its not like bobby should understand the importance of being prepared for natural disasters or anything….where's he governor of? it couldn't be louisiana….could it? ;)

douche! pfft…”volcano monitoring!” The next thing you know he'll want some sort of heads up before a major hurricane or something…

How do we stimulate the economy through volcano monitoring? From the links above : “Most of the money from the stimulus bill earmarked for monitoring (only about a tenth of the total going to the USGS) will go to modernizing existing monitoring equipment, including switching from analog to digital and installing GPS networks that can measure ground movements, said John Eichelberger, Program Coordinator for the USGS's Volcano Hazards Program. Much of the expense of this technology comes from the manpower required to make and install it, he added. 'Ultimately most of this creates jobs or saves jobs that would have been lost' to recent budget shortfalls Eichelberger told LiveScience.” http://www.livescience.com/environment/090225-jindal-volcano-monitoring.html

You all have to be kidding me!!! The point is why is this in an econimic stimulious bill…I'm sure there are better ways to fix the current economic problem than spending on volcano monitoring…get real!!

You've got this backwards. The problem is that Bobby Jindal criticized Democrats for “wasteful spending” that would prevent people from being killed by volcanoes. It's the Democrats who “hate” volcanoes. Republicans love them.