Jindal holds up National Guard deployment and lies about it

Right-wing Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has a penchant for making things up out of thin air, and lately this habit has continued.

Jindal keeps blaming President Obama for BP's oil spill - accusing the President of not providing the resources to clean it up. However, President Obama has authorized 6,000 National Guard troops to fight BP's oil spill. But Jindal opted to activate only about one-sixth of them - letting the rest go unused.

In other words, Obama provided the resources, but Jindal just isn't using them. Jindal is holding up the National Guard so he can make political hay.

Jindal also said that he himself had requested the 6,000 troops but that the Coast Guard had denied his request. But Jindal's claim was an outright lie. The Coast Guard says it never denied any such request from any governor regarding this spill.

However, Jindal did use National Guard troops to stop CNN from covering the spill.

Meanwhile, Bobby Jindal supports more offshore oil drilling. Some folks never learn, I guess.

(Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/24/eveningnews/main6615414.shtml)