A Geologist's Letter to Jindal

[ThoughtCriminal]

When I remembered that one of the blogs that I visit periodically, "Magma Cum Laude", is written by a geologist with a passion for volcanoes, I decided to drop by and see if she had a comment for Gov. Jindal. Indeed:

http://magmacumlaude.blogspot.com/2009/02/letter-to-gov-bobby-jindal.html

Exerpt:

"Lack of monitoring and communication caused the needless deaths of 23,000 people in the 1985 eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz volcano in Columbia. Would you prefer that we, a technologically rich country with the expertise and resources to prevent such a disaster, should eliminate the very monitoring programs that enable us to do so just because politicians like you can't be troubled to learn about why they're so important?"
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"You have, in your callous, ill-educated and ill-considered words, grievously insulted the men and women of the geologic community who have dedicated their lives to protecting others from natural hazards such as volcanoes. They do their work for the sake of ordinary Americans who, on their own, have no way of understanding or preparing for volcanic eruptions. You show enormous disrespect for the scientists who safeguard the safety of those who live in the shadow of active volcanoes.

I am truly frightened by anyone who claims to represent American citizens in public office by making such irresponsible and, frankly, stupid statements about scientific endeavors that he has made no effort to understand. You, and anyone who supports you in this statement, are unworthy of being responsible for the safety of the American public, and I hope that those in charge of our nation's budget will rightly ignore your hideously bad ideas."

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[rurallib]

1. "Mr. Jindal is at Disneyworld and cannot be bothered about such tripe"

[Norrin Radd]

2. kr

[Lebam in LA]

3. K&R

:kick:

[jpgray]

4. If you can rile up a fucking -geologist-, you can piss off anybody

:D

(I love every geologist I've met, but they've all been almost preternaturally even-tempered)

[babylonsister]

5. Wow. Rec'd. We learn from the past if we want to? nt

[Laelth]

6. Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Cerridwen]

7. Crater sized, methinks. n/t

[Beavker]

8. Hmmm. Analogy between the Volcano's and the Levies?

I think technology and experts could have helped stave of a recent catastrophe in your base...maybe? Don't ignore experts.

Global Warming is happening, and this is what will happen... - Experts. Don't ignore them either.