It's interesting how few "journalists" have bothered to ask Jindal, et al how they square their

[Empowerer]

current demands for government intervention with their previous rejection of all things government when it suited them.

One only need look back a few months at the ranting and raving about Obama's "socialistic" "power grab" when he stepped in to the auto crisis. Yet now they insist that the President push one of the world's largest conglomerates out of the way and take over this mess. And, of course, there are those two other favorites from the hit parade - the trashing of the stimulus bill and the attempts to derail healthcare reform because government needs to stay out of people's lives.

Methinks they doth protest too much. I have little doubt that they have next to no interest in the government solving the problem but, instead, are praying the President is stupid enough to take full ownership of the problem so that they can then shift all of the blame away from BP directly to him.

[midnight]

1. K&R

[doc03]

2. How few?

I don't know of any!

[Empowerer]

6. I was being generous . . .

[FiveGoodMen]

14. Well, that's VERY few!

[besdayz]

3. a

would you bail your kid out of jail if he called you? yes (you take him home and beat the shit out of him but you can only do that if you bring him home)

there is a time to discuss ironies, hypocrisies, policy ramifications....and yes it would be a powerful argument against drilling and deregulation of business. but you can only make that argument if you are competent enough to clean up the problems....otherwise you are hit by the govt is inept/parent is irresponsible slander....and it might be true....

[TalkingDog]

9. Poor analogy. And the answer is: No, I wouldn't.

I don't think parents do their kids favors by taking responsibility for the child's self-inflicted mess.

Parenting styles aside: the Government is not my daddy, not my mommy. It is not in loco parentis. It never has been, hopefully it never will be

Government is a system for implementing the will of the people for their collective good by means of elected representation.

Bobby Jindal was not acting for the collective good of the people he represents when he hypocritically suggested that government should stay out of people's lives. He IS the government. He was acting in the interest of his party. His allegiances are misplaced. He is a traitor to his constituents.

He also acted against the good of his state by signing off on the offshore deep-well drilling, knowing that is it much more dangerous than wells drilled in shallower water or on land. If he didn't know, then he should have. The word malfeasance springs to mind.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Yep, Interesting.

Seems like political questions during a crisis are reserved for Democrats.
Funny how that works. But so what? Nothing to see here!

[Political Tiger]

5. Exactly right! K & R!

[DatManFromNawlins]

7. It's the Federal Government's Fucking Fault, that's why

The State of Louisiana didn't grant that permit to BP. The State of Louisiana didn't let BP get by without proper safety checks and regulations. And the State of Louisiana isn't making money from BP's lease. That would be the Federal Government.

[Surya Gayatri]

8. What a load of codswollop !

No politico survives in LA without burrowing deeply into big oil's bulging pockets--including the locals who work for the Fed agencies, and who advise and pressure those same agencies.
"...the State of Louisiana isn't making money from BP's lease"--are you mad? The whole State lives and breathes thanks to the oil business. SG

[DatManFromNawlins]

12. Is English not your first language?

This specific instance is COMPLETELY the Feds' fault.

[ProSense]

10. Really?

The Governor of oil-rich Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, welcomed Bush's announcement.

"Louisiana produces 30 percent to 40 percent of the nation's oil and gas off our coast. It is certainly good for our economy ... It is also good for the nation," he told Fox News.

"We're sending tens of billions of dollars overseas, often to countries who are not friendly to us ... this is one of the reasons we've got such a large trade deficit," the Indian-American governor said.

Critics of lifting the drilling moratorium say it would jeopardize the environment and that production would take years to get up and running, and thus is not a realistic answer to the current supply crunch.

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In 2006, Jindal sponsored the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act (H.R. 4761), a bill to eliminate the moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling over the U.S. outer continental shelf.

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On President Obama's moratorium:

In a letter sent out last week, 10 senators, including both from heavily impacted Louisiana, urged the Interior Department to begin issuing new permits as soon as possible.

"We are very concerned that the moratorium is far too broad and unnecessarily covers shallow-water drilling activities," the senators wrote. "If the moratorium is continued through June, lost revenue from shallow water drilling is estimated at $135 million."

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[TalkingDog]

11. Thank you. Saved me the trouble.

[KansasVoter]

16. You are slow I guess

[Divine Discontent]

13. Yes. K&R! Heard an idiot on Orlando TV Bud Hedinger, say this mess proves why big govt doesn't work

then he went on to say how horrible BP was...

well talking head AM idiot Bud Hedinger, what and who should take it out on BP for what they did to make sure they clean it up??? Kinda need a govt for that Buddy Boy!

[treestar]

15. Absolutely.

Hypocrites.