Volcano Monitoring but not Budget Monitoring

Gov. Bobby Jindal Volcano Remark [CNN Article]

If I remember correctly many of the 57 who died at Mt. St. Helens didn’t heed the warning and evacuate like they were supposed to.

Anyway, I think Bobby Jindal is correct. Volcano Monitoring is a “nice to have” but not a high priority during economic hard times. During economic hard times the priority is people. Just like in your own family economics you don’t go and spend money on a “nice to have” like solar powered security lights on all four sides of the house when you’re having trouble putting food on the table, paying the mortgage and keeping the electricity on.

According to the U.S. Census bureau the median household income in the U.S. is about $50,000 a year. The $140M for Volcano Monitoring could fully fund 2,800 households for one full year. The $140M for Volcano monitoring will not create 2,800 jobs since the electronic monitoring devices do the bulk of the work.

The mayor of Vancouver says the monitors get damaged all the time and need to be replaced often. Where’s the money coming from for that previously? If it weren’t for the stimulus bill where would they have gotten the money from? Get it from there this time too and help 2,800 families survive the next year instead.

Offensive Cartoon?

Offensive? Satire sometimes is. -> NY Post cartoon

People are also overly sensitive nowadays too.

When I saw this cartoon I didn’t even think of Obama. Like the artist I knew about the recent Chimpanzee attack AND the lame stimulus bill. I thought it referenced Congress as a barrel of Monkeys and critized the controversial stimulus bill.

This cartoon merely links two recent news stories together.

Besides, the facts are that Pelosi and Reid wrote the Stimulus bill and not Obama. But we wouldn’t want facts to get in the way now would we.

Bush was often compared to as a Monkey. That’s not offensive too? Why? Because he’s not black? A bit of a double standard don’t you think?

Grandstanding Congress

How about those silly Congress persons grandstanding and grilling the banking CEO’s yesterday? What a joke. Congress gives money to people we already know didn’t manage their money well, gives them more money with few restrictions, if any, and then is surprised that these very same people are wasting our money? What’d they expect? Is anyone surprised the banks are wasting our money? Didn’t most Americans say this was going to happen despite what Congress assured us?

If you hand an already irresponsible kid $10 without guidelines as to what it’s specifically for do you still have the right to be mad when they spend it all on candy? Why would you be surprised that they spent it all on candy?

We agree the banks are irresponsible with our money but Congress didn’t put tight restrictions on what they could do with our money. Congress is just as guilty as the CEO’s. They’re only grandstanding because they’re trying to point the finger at someone other than themselves.