Speaking of heartless Republicans, boy wonder Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has already turned down Federal unemployment money for the citizens of our state, which has always been among the poorest, and large parts of which are still trying to recover from the hurricanes and floods of '05.

Jindal proclaims out of one side of his mouth that he is "only interested" in fulfilling the duties of his current office, but he sure is spending a lot of time, and raising a LOT of money, flying around the country to collect nice fat fees for speaking to the Republican "base" at Tea Party meetings and other such right-wing events.