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Well I suppose doing nothing at all was the better choice at least that is what Obama chose to do.
Actually... doing nothing is often better than doing the wrong thing. Note (for example) the commencement of the Hippocratic Oath, "First, do not harm."
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Far easier to do nothing and claim a hypothetical success than to do something to try to stop the bleeding.
It's also far easier to do a poorly thought out wrong thing and claim a hypothestical success than it is to do the right thing and get a real success.
But to be honest, I don't believe that's what Jindal did. I think he was just grandstanding, nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.
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I like Jindal
I do too. But this was certainly not his finest hour.
If they had have been put up earlier they would have completely washed away by now.
You don't know that and besides, they could have kept up on them. Here's something to chew on. If they were up earlier maybe the oil wouldn't be in the lake or in the marshes. Ever think of that?
You don't know that and besides, they could have kept up on them. Here's something to chew on. If they were up earlier maybe the oil wouldn't be in the lake or in the marshes. Ever think of that?
What part of washing away don't you understand?
Check this out...
What part of building them back up again don't you understand?
Just to have them was away again, never ending cycle, makes a lot of sense....
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