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WillyT (1000+ posts) Sun May-23-10 05:56 PMOriginal messageState Officials (Jindal) Say They Won't Wait For Approval To Build Sand Barriers - NOLA.com Well ya got to give him this, he just erased his image as Kenneth the Page in one short afternoon speech...*************************************************************************************State officials say they won't wait for approval to build sand barriersBy The Associated PressMay 23, 2010, 4:20PM<snip>Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the state is not waiting for federal approval to begin building sand barriers to protect the coastline from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Jindal's defiant comments Sunday came as oil pushed at least 12 miles into the heart of Louisiana's marshes. Two major pelican rookeries are now awash in crude.Jindal made his remarks on a boat at the edge of one of the pelican nesting grounds in Barataria Bay. He and officials from several coastal parishes say the berms would close the door on the oil still pouring from a deepwater gusher about 50 miles off the coast.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is studying the environmental impacts from the emergency barrier proposal. The Corps didn't immediately respond to e-mails and telephone messages.<snip>Link: http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/...
Cattledog (623 posts) Sun May-23-10 05:59 PMResponse to Original message1. Thank God, somebody with balls! Obama's too worried he'd be called a dictator if he stepped in.
gateley (1000+ posts) Sun May-23-10 06:02 PMResponse to Original message4. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is studying the environmental impacts from the emergency BARRIER PROPOSAL"???? Does this strike anybody else as insane?
Cleita (1000+ posts) Sun May-23-10 06:05 PMResponse to Original message5. I have to applaud him on this and cry a little bit that he will give Republicans credibility again, not a good thing. However, this disaster should not be politicized. Everyone needs to step up to the plate and do the right thing even if it flies in the face of what our corporate held hostage federal government wants.
charlesg (88 posts)Sun May-23-10 06:25 PMResponse to Reply #411. The same U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that flooded New Orleans? gateley (1000+ posts)Sun May-23-10 06:26 PMResponse to Reply #1112. Yep.
Weren't they pointing their fingers at him a couple weeks ago, calling him a hypocrite for requesting federal aid?Dumbasses.
JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun May-23-10 06:43 PMResponse to Original message15. He was all for drill baby drill and states rights untill he faced a disaster , and now he wants the federal government to step in. His state need help and I am all for it, but the hypocracy is making me dizzy.
Seneca (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-23-10 08:18 PMResponse to Reply #1517. Actually, he is asserting state's rights here Or more accurately, state's powers, "powers" being the actual word in the 10th amendment.
JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-23-10 08:19 PMResponse to Reply #1718. so why didn't he assert it earlier ?
