Yahoo! Front Page: Jindal's Wild Pork Claims

[SemiCharmedQuark]

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Last night, Bobby Jindal gave the Republican Party's response to President Obama's speech on the flagging economy. Blogs aren't exactly glowing over Gov. Jindal's folksy monologue. But while Jindal's style of speech left many pundits panning his performance, much of what he said had people scrambling for the Search box.

Jindal went through a checklist of the unusual ways the government plans to spend taxpayer dollars in the controversial stimulus. Volcano monitoring and a "magnetic levitation" train route from Las Vegas to Disneyland were the two big examples he targeted as wasteful. Here's the scoop on those two projects:

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Volcano monitoring is simply research conducted by the United States Geological Survey that aims to help "geologists understand the inner workings of volcanoes as well as providing warnings of impending eruptions." Some of the equipment involved in this pursuit includes seismic and volcano monitoring systems. Scientists argue that the $140 million price tag is small when one considers it could help prevent a natural disaster.

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A levitating train running from Las Vegas to the land that Mickey built? Sign us up! Alas, it's not quite as unnecessarily awesome as it sounds. According to a buzzing blog, "the proposed train route is not some playground for the SoCal and Sin City heathens." Apparently, it's a proposed transit option for "working-class people who need jobs and transit options."

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92310/?fp=1

[BlooInBloo]

1. REALLY badly chosen examples. Once people read about them, they'll dig them.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. If he had chosen things that were not so outrageous sounding...he might have been able to get away

with it.

[firedupdem]

2. I am so glad they are getting called out on their lies! n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. It's about time!

[Raine]

3. Jindal's full of SHIT! nt

edit: typo