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Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: k4kyv on June 01, 2005, 11:06:55 AM Two days before Sen. Rick Santorum introduced a bill that critics say would restrict the National Weather Service, his political action committee received a $2,000 donation from the chief executive of AccuWeather Inc., a leading provider of weather data.
The disclosure has renewed criticism of the measure, which Santorum, R-Pa., maintains would allow the weather service to better focus on its core mission of getting threatening weather info out in a "timely and speedy basis." Opponents say the bill would endanger the public by preventing the dissemination of certain weather data, and force taxpayers to pay for the data twice. The bill would prevent the weather service from competing for certain services offered by the private sector. Story by KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050527/ap_on_go_co/santorum_s_storm_2) Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: GEORGE/W2AMR on June 01, 2005, 05:35:56 PM No surprise here Don, the guy is a nut case.
Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: Bacon, WA3WDR on June 01, 2005, 09:09:46 PM Sure is lousy timing - but the Senate and Congress are both as crooked as a dog's hind leg, and I think we know this stuff is going on all the time.
I have to wonder if Santorum is being spotlighted now because he's a Republican who voted against cloture, while crap from others who voted party-line is not being exposed. Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: w3jn on June 01, 2005, 10:59:18 PM And the point of all this is.....?
Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: w3bv on June 02, 2005, 10:09:43 AM Not at all surprising Don.
Little Ricky has a habit of doing this sort of thing. For example, Santorum recently sponsored legislation to exempt restaurant workers from a minimum wage hike -- just days before Outback Steakhouses hosted a fundraiser on his behalf. Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: WA1GFZ on June 02, 2005, 12:18:40 PM This is a tricky one, beltway bandits or weather.
Local clowns have not issued an accurate forcast in weeks so would I pay twice. Heck I could do a better job looking up each day. maybe this can be outsourced ??? Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: Ed KB1HVS on June 02, 2005, 02:06:33 PM The extensive weather info you now can get now for free at weather.gov will now cost you at accuweather if this flies. Nothing is sacred
Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: W1RKW on June 02, 2005, 03:01:24 PM It would only cost you if you receive I guess. So don't receive it and they won't get paid. Seems self defeating to me.
Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: Ed KB1HVS on June 02, 2005, 03:55:04 PM Quote from: W1RKW It would only cost you if you receive I guess. So don't receive it and they won't get paid. Seems self defeating to me. Thats true. But if you things like animated local or national radar etc you would have to subscribe. They would no longer be functions on the NWS site.http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/01/news_pf/Opinion/Forecast_for_a_fee.shtml (http://weather.gov/nwr/images/mtrail2.jpg) Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: Steve - WB3HUZ on June 02, 2005, 07:39:04 PM It's all because of Halliburton and those aliens from Area 51. Watch out for the black helicopters.
Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: GEORGE/W2AMR on June 03, 2005, 05:08:30 AM I posted an interesting article about Santorum on the Inquirer
http://aminquirer.com/aminqbb/viewtopic.php?t=171 Title: Santorum's Weather-Related Gag-Bill Criticized Post by: Bacon, WA3WDR on June 04, 2005, 02:18:34 AM Well, I was wrong. Santorum voted FOR cloture. See, I'm wrong sometimes AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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