The National Weather Service is pretty much the authority when it comes to weather forecasts, current conditions, safety information, and a whole host of other weather concerns. Their website (weather.gov) gives you all the information you could possibly need. Of course it's funded by the government, but it's one of those programs that seems appropriate for taxpayer money. Surely, such an important program for providing accurate information to citizens couldn't become a political issue.
Think again.
Check this out. Rick Santorum, a senator from Pennsylvania (who has previously compared homosexuality to bestiality), has offered up a bill that would prevent the National Weather Service from posting online. What the fuck? Well it turns out, one of Santorum's political contributors is Accu-Weather, a Pennsylvania based weather forecasting company who sees the National Weather Service as its competition. Now, this should be obvious, but we are paying for the information provided for by the National Weather Service, and we have a right to access that information.
Don't let a Washington money whore get away with this. Tell a friend. Or call Santorum at 202-224-6324 and tell him to leave the weather alone. .
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