Stupid new weather services bill (Stupidhead Santorum)

What a coincidence. I received my e-letter from my Senator, Bill Nelson. He likes to keep his constituents up on all his good work.  Here's an excerpt about this very topic:

Keeping Hurricane Forecasts Free and Accessible
The National Weather Service (NWS) website got nine billion hits in the
six-week period last summer when Florida was repeatedly hit by hurricanes. A
bill introduced into the Senate would prohibit federal meteorologists from
competing with companies who offer their own forecasts through paid services
and ad-supported Web sites. If this bill becomes law, the NWS may have to take
down websites like this one http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ that predicts tropical
storms.

I talked with some NWS forecasters just before Dennis struck. They told me
about a private forecasting company based in Pennsylvania that had been
tracking Dennis, too.  But that company predicted Dennis would go into New
Orleans or Mississippi, whereas the NWS tracked that storm to the area between
Pensacola and Ft. Walton Beach-exactly where it made landfall.  If we did not
have the NWS prediction available and had to rely on the other forecast, the
people of the Gulf coast of Florida may have let down their guard, with
disastrous results.

Lara, it works well for exBF's, too.

I expect more private enterprise pimping.

These people are really very unAmerican. It's disgusting. Oh well, they'll be gone, back under their rocks in a few years.