Obama declares emergency in Louisiana (guess Jindal's response)

[alp227]

Source: AP

President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Louisiana on Monday as that state and others along the Gulf Coast prepared for Tropical Storm Isaac.

The White House said Obama informed Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal of the emergency declaration in a phone call. The declaration makes federal support available to save lives, protect public health and safety and preserve property in coastal areas.

Jindal, a Republican, shot back late Monday in a letter to the Obama administration that the declaration fell short of the help he was requesting.

‘‘We appreciate your response to our request and your approval,’’ Jindal wrote. ‘‘However, the state’s original request for federal assistance .... included a request for reimbursement for all emergency protective measures. The federal declaration of emergency only provides for direct federal assistance.’’


Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2012/president/candidates/obama/2012/08/27/obama-declares-emergency-louisiana/jXW8ARI57Q5I76dzYj3mTN/story.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. 'included a request for reimbursement for all emergency protective measures'

He wants small government until he wants big government

[Merlot]

6. He wants to spin if that Obama didn't help out during a disaster

jindox knows he can't have any of his state's residents actually feeling good about the gov't.

[MADem]

33. This remark sums it up beautifully--well said!!!! Applause!!! nt

[ellie_belly]

37. Exactly. having your cake and eating it too.

[wordpix]

70. stop spending $$$, feds, and I'll cut your FEMA - but give me FEMA $$$ cause I need it

ass

[bluestateguy]

2. Obama has graciously offered help to a state chock full of people who will never vote for him

and will likely show no gratitude to him for it either.

I'd say that is pretty generous of him

[WooWooWoo]

18. it's also, you know, his job

he's not president of just the people who vote for him, so I'd say being generous is not the appropriate term.

[oldsarge54]

38. Well

On the other hand, these phuls spent the last three years telling everybody that the President is not doing his job. Agreed, generous is a bad word to use, but, showing a little integrity might be a better description.

[lunatica]

45. And Jindal, you know, should at least be doing his job

Instead of turning a disaster into a political statement. What do you think? Or do you give Jindal a pass?

[WooWooWoo]

75. why would i give him a pass

the guy is a loon. But that wasn't my original point.

[Sanity Claws]

47. I keep hearing nuts from the red states

call President Obama, "your president," and not even acknowledge that he is President of the United States.

I always respond with feigned surprise and say, "I thought you were an American. Where are you from?"

[KamaAina]

65. New Orleans is one of the Bluest cities in the land

at least it was before the post-Katrina ethnic cleansing.

[intheflow]

72. +1

[LynneSin]

69. Yes, that's how the grownups behave

They don't judge people for 'what will you do for me' type mentality.

[WCGreen]

76. Silly man...

He must not know that he is the president of all the people and not just republicans....

Using natural disaster aide for political gain is completely out of bounds and yet bobbi just can't resist

[ISW]

3. Jindal is a bad joke...

[Angry Dragon]

4. Jindal is an elephant ass

[beac]

5. Sorry Bobby, but all our money is tied up in "volcano monitoring."

But hey, mad props for sticking to your anti-government principles.



What an unmitigated ASS.

[Angry Dragon]

8. I thought Cantor said earlier that the government has no money for disasters

Jindal should write to Cantor

[Zoeisright]

7. Fuck off, Bobby.

You pissant little whiner.

[Panasonic]

46. I think you meant to say Fuck off, Piyush.

You pissant little whiner.

Call him by his real name, not Bobby. He is not worthy of a Bobby.

[KamaAina]

67. Anyone who calls him Piyush is a big, fat, slobbering racist.

Says one repuke small-town newspaper editor, despite the fact that that is his given name.

http://www.ouachitacitizen.com/news.php?id=1191

Issuing a news release pointing out that Jindal's first name is Piyush, which the state Democratic Party did last week, removed the racist label from the Republican Party and placed it clearly on the backs of the Democrats.

Hey, at least he admitted the racist label was on the repukes!

I now sidestep the whole issue by simply calling him "Booby".

[freshwest]

9. Just had to check this out. Was thinking he'd scream: Help! The FEMA camps are coming!

Since the evil gubmint is out to get 'em...

[Cha]

10. Tell jindal to get some rw billionaires for rmoney to

cough up taxes from their offshore Accounts.

[demosincebirth]

11. Didn't he turn down the stimulus money, too? What stupidity

[KeepItReal]

16. Check out this two-faced joker, Jindal:

Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) reemerged on the national stage yesterday, penning an op-ed in the Politico to slam efforts to reform health care and declaring the Economic Recovery Act a failure.

Jindal declared the Recovery Act “a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus that has not stimulated.” However, less than 24 hours before Jindal published his op-ed, Jindal traveled to Anacoco, Louisiana to present a jumbo-sized check to residents of Vernon Parish.

The funds included hundreds of thousands of dollars directly from the Recovery Act — at least $157,848 in Community Block Grant money authorized by the Recovery Act and $138,611 for Byrne/JAG job training programs created by the Recovery Act.

Rather than credit the federal government or the Recovery Act he opposed, Jindal printed his own name on the corner of the massive check. View it below:



http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/07/21/51962/jindal-stimulus-check/

[Wednesdays]

19. Well, up is down, dontcha know

[demosincebirth]

20. Are democrats working hard enough to expose these idiots? I know that half of

these teabaggers don't read and only watch Fox News, but were is the outrage?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

52. Many people sadly forget that Piyush was the biggest hypocrite when it came to the stimulus...

[Auntie Bush]

64. Tell him to use all that Stimulus money he refused to help his people.

Good luck with that one....that'll teach him.

[garthranzz]

12. He demagogued Katrina into the governship

He's been a disaster all his own. Ask any educator in this state.

Idiot

[snot]

13. He wants control of the money, so he can send it to his contributors.

[Bette Noir]

15. What does he want, HURRICANE MONITORING?

[DeSwiss]

17. Piyush!!! I mean Bobby.....

...why, sounds to me like you're asking for some of that socialism???? Tell me it ain't so!!!!

- K&R

[kestrel91316]

21. Bobby, people completely opposed to taxation shouldn't expect to be the

beneficiaries of it. FEMA is just another wasteful, cumbersome bureaucracy to you. Suck it up.

Or better yet, resign, step aside, and let someone who understands how a caring, responsible people take care of their fellow citizens be the leader of your fair state.

[Berlum]

35. RepubliWanker Jindal and his 1% cronies are whiney hypocrites

That is glaringly obvious....

[Behind the Aegis]

22. Jindal is an asshole!

Good on Obama for doing the right thing BEFORE the damn event happens. And, just because it feels appropriate..>FUCK YOU, George W Bush!

[JohnnyRingo]

23. President Obama needs Rahm Emanual back

A thesaurus just wouldn't have the appropriate words required to draft a response to this.

[Gregorian]

24. Someone invent an IRONOMETER!

[DallasNE]

25. What An Ungrateful Jerk Jindal Is

Jindal should have a "rainy day" fund set up to cover a substantial part of these expenses. The federal government should only be the "super cat" for an event like this. Maybe Jindal should be talking to Speaker Boehner who insists on cutting the FEMA budget for events like this. Instead he comes off as a whiney, ungrateful jerk. No more blank checks Jindal. Start pulling your own weight for a change.

[azurnoir]

26. so for health care and jobs it was too much but now it's not enough?

really Bobby if you were to remain true to your party........... but he can't have Obama looking better than Bush......except IMO my dog could do that

[Firebrand Gary]

27. LOL, whatever Jindal!

[Ken Burch]

28. Did Bush reimburse the Gulf states for emergency protective measures during Katrina?

n/t.

[gateley]

29. Fucking rude.

[mzmolly]

30. What happened to "states rights" and small

government?

[Lasher]

31. "...a request for reimbursement for all emergency protective measures."

Just wondering, how reasonable and customary is such a request in a case like this?

[K8-EEE]

32. State and Local State and Local! nm

[JI7]

34. what a Fucking Asshole, and the Whores will not call out this shit

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. Kicking the two-faced hypocrite Jindal thread. nt

[dipsydoodle]

39. BBC : Tropical Storm Isaac: Obama declares Louisiana emergency

Isaac is heading for New Orleans, possibly as early as Tuesday night, nearly seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

>

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warns Isaac could reach category two strength, with top winds of 100mph (160km/h). The forecast was revised up from category one.

President Obama approved Louisiana's request for a federal disaster declaration, making available federal funds for recovery activities such as clearing debris.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19389087

[Mtndreamer]

40. If he did not do it he would whine, if he did it he would whine..

inow whatever Obama does will be rejected by the knuckle dragging flat earth society..

[rks306]

41. He's done his part

What will the GOP led congress do. We want spending cuts to offset what this cost us. But of course it must come from something that helps the poor.

[dipsydoodle]

42. latest weather uppate now included here

The NHC said that at 02:00 EDT on Tuesday (06:00 GMT), Isaac was centred about 145 miles (235km) south-east of the mouth of the Mississippi river, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 70mph (110km/h).

The storm is moving forward at about 12mph and storm winds extend out about 205 miles (335km) from the centre.

The NHC warned that wind speeds could reach between 96-110mph before the storm makes landfall.

"Significant storm surge and freshwater flood threat expected," said the NCH. It said Isaac was expected to become a hurricane on Tuesday and would continue to strengthen until it made landfall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19389087

[flobee1]

43. You want reimbursed?

save your receipts, and there will be a meeting to go through them all one by one to see if they were really needed.

what an ass

[liberal N proud]

44. I thought the republicans were for pulling up your boot straps?

Secondly, doesn't the request for money come after you have an estimate of damage DONE by the passing storm and not before it hits?

[Brigid]

48. For those who have stars . . .

There is an ad for "Atlas Shrugged II" on the bottom of this thread. I think that's hilarious.

[dixiegrrrrl]

50. ohh..click on it...DU gets money from the clicks, I think.

[mojo2012]

49. Jindal loudly speaks against Federal Spending, but takes the Money

I was not impressed with Jindal when he spoke in 2008 shortly after President Obama's win, and I'm still not impressed with Jindal now.
Mr. Jindal makes no sense. He was first to say that he would not accept any federal assistance when President Obama announced stimulus money to the states even with the aftermath of Katrina. He speaks against the Medicaid proposal so states would receive 100% assistance for the first 3 years with it tapering each year thereafter. Hardly, the sound of a governor who is concerned about the people living in his state. He speaks loudly against, but he takes the money. What a show of hypocrisy.
And now he says he wants more money? Reimbursement for all emergency protective measures. What is wrong with him? He is a another gem in the eyes of the Republican party????

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

51. So Piyush is doing agains the Teabagger philosophy of rejecting ANY form of federal assistance?

These people are fucking crazy!!

They don't care who dies as long as they appease their Rethug warlords!!

[Swede Atlanta]

53. Jindal...since you hate the federal government I suggest you handle this pending catastrophe....

on your own. The blue states are tired of subsidizing the red states.

[russspeakeasy]

59. That sounds really rude ! And I agree 100 % !!!

[brush]

54. Jindal and the gop

Repug Jindal, he of the small government, yet he shoots back at the President for even more assistance. Typical repug. Mouth off constantly about the need for smaller government and less government interference but as soon as the needs hit his hand is out. Guess what Jindal, that's what government is there for, to provide the safety nets for those that need it. Take a look at your party platform. It's trying to cut government emergency response. What a hypocrite!

[AlbertCat]

55. Wimps!

Pull yourselves up by your own (wet) bootstraps! (that worked so well the last time! Heck of a job!)

[NorthCarolina]

56. A Republican claiming Government Assistance offered isn't enough?

How typical.

[neeksgeek]

57. Maybe he should ask Rmoney for help!

Surely Mr. Moneybags can spare some change.

I have another idea. Start a state agency built along the same lines as FEMA. You can call it

Louisiana Agency for Management of Emergencies (LAME).

[il_lilac]

62. LAME lol

That is too good!

[SDjack]

58. Jindal will soon get a letter from a clerk in FEMA that explains

Jindal's "legitimate" obligations for "emergency protective measures."

[eppur_se_muova]

60. If only this were a volcanic eruption, the irony would be complete. nt

[mysuzuki2]

61. When you ask someone for help you do not get to dictate the terms of that help.

you should gratefully accept what is offered and say thank you.

[valerief]

63. Hey, Jindal, take it out of the 1%ers pot! nt

[Brigid]

66. Let the Koch brothers pay for it.

They've stolen most of their wealth from the rest of us anyway.

[George II]

68. Two words for "Governor" Jism - "oh God!"*

*Thanks Chris Matthews.

What does Jism want? Does he want Obama to resurrect Charlton Heston to play the role of Moses again and part the waters around New Orleans?

[wordpix]

71. this is the same guy who was quoted he was "considering" not going to the convention to stay in NO

My response, "Considering?" How about, "No f-ing way I'll leave LA until the hurricane is long gone."

You know he's an ass because he's only "considering" not going to Tampa.

[bpj62]

73. Bobby wants the money

As far as I know FEMA gives the money directly to the citizens in need either through loans or temporary housing and food. This is a stop gap measure until the insurance companies step in and pay. I think that Bobby wants the feds to pay Louisiana the money so he can direct where it goes. Also he won't have to pay the state workers from state funds. Bobby is a grifter plain and simple and I hope that Obama federalizes the Louisana National Guard so that they fall under federal jurisdiction. Screw you Bobby.

[DFW]

74. If I were Obama, here's what I would do: Make this video......

Cobble together a string of videos with Jindal spurning Stimulus money and other forms of Federal assistance, and then play them together in a string.

Then Obama comes on camera, and says, "so, Governor, which is to be? Do you spurn the help I've been trying to send to your state for the last three and a half years, or don't you? The people of Louisiana are facing yet another hurricane disaster, and they do not have the time to wait for your politically motivated grandstanding. Put your cards on the table and tell the people of your state: do you want the help I've been trying to get for Louisiana all these years or don't you? It's an answer you owe them. And know this: I will do my best to help the people of Louisiana with your help or without it. Your call."

[allan01]

77. re:Obama declares emergency in Louisiana (guess Jindal's response)

where was mr shrub when katrina came through.?

[_Liann_]

78. Repug priests are claiming they prayed Isaac off Florida landfall course, now Repugs want payment

http://www.newnownext.com/christians-successfully-pray-the-hurricane-away-from-tampa-convention/08/2012/

Folks in Louisiana and Mississippi have Pastor Jesten Peters and her followers to thank for sending Tropical Storm Isaac in their direction. Isaac had threatened to disrupt the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week, but Pastor Peters stepped in to save Republicans from a PR nightmare:

We have had lots and lots of people praying around the clock that it would move and if you watch from the very beginning where they were saying it’s coming and now where they’re saying it’s going then it has really moved out of the way for us and we appreciate God doing that and moving it for us.

[Shadowflash]

79. *snort!*

[BrainMann1]

80. Lemon squeezes

Bobby you know what our parents said about drinking that.

[mojo2012]

81. Ryan Budget Plan calls for disaster relief cuts

Mr. Jindahl, you support this plan that would have provided you virtually NO disaster relief. You're lucky right now that the GOVERNMENT is giving your state help.
Yes, as you support big government to stay out of your business, you really will be on your own. Not to mention, no more photo ops as you show the big check you got from the government and take credit for it.

[Barry2012]

82. Hahaha hahaha

Why the hell does he need the federal government for ? I though repugs didn't like government period.they want every man woman and child to fend for themselves.well to all repugs out there, put your money where your mouth is.live what you preach you morons, so let everyone fend for themselves.so governor jingle go on faux news right now and tell all your tea party dorks to dig a hole in the ground and brace for the storm.

[Third Doctor]

83. Jindal

is playing election year politics with peoples lives. He had the nerve to talk about funding when people may die. This fits though, Repubs think one should not have HC unless they can pay for it too.

[bushisanidiot]

84. What's wrong jindal? You didn't build that?

Need help from the big bad government?

[Bozita]

85. You want smaller govt? One small enough to drown in a bathtub?

You've got it, Bobby. Now go fuck yourself!