You know how Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal likes to blame the Federal government for the damage caused by BP’s oil spill, arguing that he could have kept all the oil at bay if President Obama had only given him the resources he needed to fight it?Well, last night CBS News tore Jindal’s argument to shreds, pointing out that while President Obama has authorized up to 6,000 National Guard troops to fight the spill, Jindal has only activated 1,053 of them — leaving more than 80% sitting idle, doing nothing to protect the state.
Jindal holding up deployment of National Guard troops to fight oil spill
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