Did Republican Governor Bobby Jindal State of Louisiana ask for and except Federal money?

This Republic was founded on the basis that in a lot of things, like war, natural disasters and disasters of other origin, no single state has the resources to go it alone. The primary purpose of the Federal government is to be a "central" staging point and act as a conduit through which other states in the Republic supply resources to the state(s) in distress. Since this Republic consists of independent sovereign states, Louisiana should have the right to directly accept aid from any other state or entity within a state, domestic or foreign, that has resources to help prevent oil from reaching its coast and to help once the oil reaches the coast.

The US Federal government has taken the responsibility to minimize the chances of a disaster like this from occurring. Under Federal environmental laws, it also has taken the responsibility of protecting the estuaries and waters of the United States. The government has failed in one of its primary responsibilities again and yet there remain many who are willing to give it other responsibilities it does not have under the Constitution.

It could be that all those "additional" responsibilities inhibit the government from faithfully carrying out its duly assigned functions in an efficient manner. I see no evidence of any Federal plan to deal with an accident like the Deepwater Horizon and in fact there is plenty of evidence the Feds acted in ways that made the disaster far worse. An example: The Federal government, on the authority of the Executive Branch, invoked the Jones Act to prevent the state from accepting direct aid from foreign flagged vessels.

The "evil" Mr. Bush waived that Federal Law during the Katrina disaster. Further, Federal authorities refused to allow Louisiana to put parts of its plans in action.

The President shall direct all Federal, State, and private actions to remove a discharge or mitigate or prevent the threat of a discharge from onshore or offshore facilities which is determined to be a substantial threat to the public health or welfare of the United States. —Clean Water Act 311 (c) (2)" http://www.epa.gov/oem/content/lawsregs/... ~and~ "Against Gov. Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard" "Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov.

Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state's oil-soaked waters. Today, against the governor's wishes, those barges sat idle, even as more oil flowed toward the Louisiana shore. "It's the most frustrating thing," the Republican governor said today in Buras, La.

"Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges." "Sixteen barges sat stationary today, although they were sucking up thousands of gallons of BP's oil as recently as Tuesday. Workers in hazmat suits and gas masks pumped the oil out of the Louisiana waters and into steel tanks. It was a homegrown idea that seemed to be effective at collecting the thick gunk.

"These barges work. You've seen them work. You've seen them suck oil out of the water," said Jindal.

Coast Guard Orders Barges to Stop "The Coast Guard came and shut them down," Jindal said. "You got men on the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the Coast Guard, 'Cease and desist. Stop sucking up that oil.'" http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-go... One might think the Coast Guard could have just boarded those barges and verified that there were fire extinguishers and life vests aboard.

How long might that have taken? An hour? Two?

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