Go Tell Bobby Jindal...

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By Sheril Kirshenbaum
Mar 19, 2009 8:10 PMNov 5, 2019 10:27 AM

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..about the undersea volcano that's been erupting over the last four days in the South Pacific!

What you see is smoke, steam, and ash shooting up thousands of feet near Tonga. And while this activity poses little threat to islanders right now, the image reminds me why I'm in favor of "something called 'volcano monitoring'," even if the Louisiana governor disagrees.

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