Bobby Jindal spent Sunday with Barack Obama re oil spill

http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20100503/NEWS01/100503020/Jindal+to+update+findings+from+oil+leak

BATON ROUGE – After spending much of Sunday
with President Barack Obama, Gov. Bobby Jindal
today will lay out progress made in fighting the
massive oil spill that’s lapping at Louisiana’s coast.

The governor has scheduled a 3:15 p.m. press
conference after meeting with the heads of state and
local agencies involved in the prevention and
cleanup operations and being briefed by the Coast
Guard and British Petroleum on progress toward
stopping the flow from the ruptured well 50 miles
off Louisiana’s coast.

The governor’s application for utilizing 6,000
members of the National Guard to assist in the
cleanup has been approved and 600 soldiers are
currently stationed in Plaquemines and St. Bernard
parishes, which are in the path of the oil leak.
National Guard earth-moving equipment traveled
toward the affected area over the weekend and
protective suits to be work by cleanup crews were
requested.

AND

How the World Works
Friday, Apr 30, 2010 16:31 ET
Bobby Jindal's oil spill crisis of faith
The principled stimulus foe changes his mind about the evils of accepting government assistance
By Andrew Leonard

Debris and oil from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform float in the Gulf of Mexico after the rig sank, off Louisiana, and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal

There's nothing like a good old-fashioned disaster hitting you right in the pocketbook to make you rethink your opposition to government assistance. Remember when Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal briefly became a right-wing hero for threatening to refuse stimulus money that would boost unemployment payments? He even made criticism of the stimulus the keynote of his response to President Obama's first congressional address.

"In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government. We oppose the national Democratic view that says the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government. We believe the way to strengthen our country is to restrain spending in Washington, to empower individuals and small businesses to grow our economy and create jobs."

This week, Jindal is singing a different tune. As one of the greatest oil spills in U.S. history starts lapping at the shores of Louisiana, Gulf shrimpers and oyster fisheries are shutting down shop -- possibly for months. The total cost to Gulf state economies could run into the billions. So Jindal wants help.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pol/1718820994.html

and how he was going to walk the walk by taking Louisiana and going Galt.

I'm sure that's what Jindal did.

Riiiight.

he didn't :evilgrin:

Thought about his Self after spending time
with Obama.

I'm guessing it wasn't a pretty exploration.

Conservoes are not into self-exploration or irony.