Reply #3: i myself have noticed this. didn't jindal say the stimulus was bad and

[ejpoeta]

say he didn't want it!!! but now he wants federal money. and the republicans want no government interference in private companies, but are complaining that obama didn't get right in there after the oil disaster down there.... wouldn't that be government interference? Personally i think it should have been like the fire department.... come in and take care of the problem. fire department doesnt wait at the side for the owner to see what's wrong. the fire department doesn't wait for the owner to try to put it out first and take their word for it that it's been put out. maybe if it was just a fire in a garbage can or something. but if flames were coming out of the windows, the fire department would be there with their hoses.

I think part of the problem is that there seems to be no emergency plan for this mess. And the government agencies seem to have no emergency plan in place either. So while they try to figure out what to do, the gulf is being decimated.