Santorum Wants to Pull Plug on Federal Weather

Wonder-douche Rick Santorum has introduced a bill that

would prohibit federal meteorologists from competing with companies such as AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, which offer their own forecasts through paid services and free ad-supported Web sites.

Mr. Frothy strikes again!

Inklings of this back in January’s New York Times.

Filed under U.S. Politics

Posted by Andy on Apr 21 2005 at 12:13pm. Permanent link to this post.

Comments

  1. David
    Posted Apr 21 2005 at 01:46pm | Permalink

    Those bastards!

  2. Brad
    Posted Apr 22 2005 at 05:45pm | Permalink

    I had to look into exactly what kind of think tank would work on such a bill. Wow, Rick Santorum is quite the mover and shaker… he just sponsored the ‘Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2005′ as well. Way to have you finger on the pulse of America and not being afraid to fight for what’s important.

  3. Mike
    Posted Apr 22 2005 at 05:46pm | Permalink

    If you wanna see how Santorum is spinning this into a good thing, check out:

    http://santorum.senate.gov/

  4. chooch
    Posted Apr 23 2005 at 03:52pm | Permalink

    I think it’s because Ricky just loves looking at the conservative, often-pregnant, southern belle’s at the Weather Channel.

    He just loves their weather on the nine’s.