Posted on 06/14/2010 6:47:25 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Eight weeks into the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of the Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has told the National Guard that there's no time left to wait for BP, so they're taking matters into their own hands.
In Fort Jackson, La., Jindal has ordered the Guard to start building barrier walls right in the middle of the ocean. The barriers, built nine miles off shore, are intended to keep the oil from reaching the coast by filling the gaps between barrier islands.
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Good!!!!
Jindal refuses to vote present while Rome burns.
“Bobby Jindal has told the National Guard that there’s no time left to wait for BP”
I like how ABC News spins the story. In reality Bobby was tired of waiting on that dumb a$$ in the White House to act through exectutive orders to cut the red tape and get things done.
Awesome!!! Leadership!!!!
I could probably count on one hand how many times I’ve seen true leadership while this mess has been going on, and this is most certainly one of them!
Because they don’t have the money to pay for it, and because the idiot we have for a President is all bark and no bite toward getting BP to do anything, let alone fork over $100 million to one of the states he supposedly lords over.
http://www.defense.gov//News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=59611
Louisiana Guard Begins Shoreline Protection Project
From a Louisiana National Guard News Release
BATON ROUGE, La., June 14, 2010 – The Louisiana National Guard started shore protection operations in Cameron Parish June 12 by staging Hesco barrier wall equipment that will be placed along eight miles of shoreline by members of the 928th Sapper Company, 769th Engineer Battalion.
The shoreline protection barrier, like the 2.5 miles of wall completed by the Guardsmen in Port Fourchon, is designed to keep encroaching oil from entering the marshlands that lie along the coastline.
The Hesco barrier wall will consist of linked Hesco sections, each consisting of five linked baskets that are then filled with sand. This shoreline protection barrier is one of several key Louisiana Guard oil spill response operations.
The Guardsmen also continue to use vacuum barges to suction oil near East Grand Terre Island. More than 8,100 gallons of oil have been removed thus far.
At Pelican and Scofield Islands, the Louisiana Guard continues to drop sandbags to fill 14 key gaps in the shoreline. To date, eight gaps on Pelican Island and one gap on Scofield Island are complete. More than 4,370 sandbags have been emplaced on Scofield Island alone.
The Louisiana Guard has completed about seven miles of Tiger Dam shoreline protection system at Southwest Pass, and almost eight miles at Grand Isle. In addition, about 2,000 feet of Tiger Dam shoreline protection system has been laid on Elmer’s Island to protect low-lying areas.
The Louisiana Guard is closely coordinating with the U.S. Coast Guard and parish officials, officials said, to support current operations and determine future missions in support of parish protection plans.
thought he was waiting for an answer from the Army Corp of engineers....
Does anyone have a timeline of events from the first day the rig blew up?
also steals some thunder from dear leader tomorrow night...
The issue is not who controls the National Guard, but federal jurisdiction in waters a certain distance from the shore. Jindal already had the National Guard at work in areas under state jurisdiction, it was in areas under federal jurisdiction that he was trying the push the feds and BP to act.
Did you see dear reader eating a SNOW CONE on the beach?
The only thing missing was a sweater tied around his waist.
ZERO is a homo, no doubt......
Jindal got to act before Obama made his ‘uh....uh’ speech planned for Tuesday.
Timing is everything.
“Does anyone have a timeline of events from the first day the rig blew up?” ~ Cobra64
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2505164/posts
The Emergency Fund
To ensure rapid, effective response to oil spills, the President has the authority to make available—without Congressional appropriation—up to $50 million each year to fund removal activities and initiate NRDAs. Funds not used in a fiscal year are available until expended. To the extent that $50 million is inadequate, the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 granted authority to advance up to $100 million from the Principal Fund to fund removal activities. (This provision has not been utilized to date.) http://www.uscg.mil/npfc/About_NPFC/osltf.asp
“Better late than never.”
Ain’t that the truth.
The leader and the poser.
Pray for America
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