<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a0bb4f0a-31f8-489d-86a0-6821e7c81953/6A32FEFF-A6E1-41CC-82FA-DAC8554609FA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/" style="font-size: 11px;">thinkprogress.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/">Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) <A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902126.html">reemerged</A> on the national stage yesterday, penning an op-ed in the Politico to slam efforts to reform health care and declaring the Economic Recovery Act a failure. Jindal declared the Recovery Act “a nearly trillion-dollar <A href="http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=951EB463-18FE-70B2-A8F6121708941817">stimulus that has not stimulated</A>.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/"> However, less than 24 hours before Jindal published his op-ed, Jindal <A href="http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/news/x488848492/Jindal-presents-parish-with-500K">traveled to Anacoco, Louisiana</A> to present a jumbo-sized check to residents of Vernon Parish. The funds included hundreds of thousands of dollars directly from the Recovery Act — at least <A href="http://www.fhasecure.gov/local/la/news/pr2009-02-27.cfm">$157,848</A> in Community Block Grant money authorized by the Recovery Act and <A href="http://www.cole.state.la.us/programs%5Cuploads%5Cgrants%5Cstimulus_byrne.pdf">$138,611</A> for Byrne/JAG job training programs created by the Recovery Act.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/">Rather than credit the federal government or the Recovery Act he opposed, Jindal printed his own name on the corner of the massive check. View it below:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thinkprogress.org/img/7294E70D-CF1E-4237-9479-F3C456313147" alt="Jindal presents stimulus check" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/"><P>Jindal was one of the GOP governors who <A href="http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/02/17/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4807323.shtml">opposed the Recovery Act</A> and he <A href="http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=10570147&nav=menu1344_2">succeeded</A> in blocking money for unemployment compensation. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6A32FEFF-A6E1-41CC-82FA-DAC8554609FA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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