What might have helped better see this coming? Maybe an improved volcanic warning. While the money was not cut it shows a history of GOP tactics and how they affect us. What the GOP does to effectiveness is nit pick on items. Stomp their feet and hold their breath in front of the cameras about things like this. Then, when they get their way, real people suffer.
This is why we can't really take the GOP seriously. They don't legislate. They whine.
Over at TPM, they have a much longer breakdown.
