Volcano studies get boost - Hawaii News

The U.S. Geological Survey plans an ambitious $3.3 million program to upgrade aging monitoring and telemetry equipment at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

[Realist]

You oughta just send some of those crooked politicians down there for a live report.

[Lefty]

I am not doubting the validity of the requirement to upgrade the monitoring equipment, but I thought the stimulus money was designed to stimulate the economy. A high bang for the buck to increase commerce and to create jobs. I fail to see how the use of stimulus money to purchase upgraded volcano monitoring equipment does that. Sounds like more pork barrel politics.

[Local fisherman]

Lefty wrote:

Sounds like more pork barrel politics.

Unless you're among the ones living downhill from a potential eruption.

[Mike]

All three of the previous posts have their points. Realist I think fittingly the first live reporters sent down should be from the Faux News Network. It would be really hard for them to slant or distort that story. And Lefty your point about government pork is well taken. And Local fisherman what a great and funny punchline you delivered. Keep up the good work Hawaii posters!

[Paging Alice]

What do you think Alice?

[Lefty]

Local fisherman wrote:

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Unless you're among the ones living downhill from a potential eruption.

Like I said, I am not questioning the requirement. Just the source of the funding, along with how many more mega millions in "stimulus" money for projects that do nothing to stimulate the economy.