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Old 05-19-2005, 08:12 PM   #1
jsrocket
Lawmaker proposes bill to censor National Weather Service website

OK, this is rich. A congressman from Pennsylvania, is proposing a law which would cut the NWS site off at the knees. Keep in mind that the NWS is paid for by our tax dollars, and it's a very good place to get weather info., one of the best. Pilots and sailors use it for life and death information.

Although it costs nothing to view, the cost is automatically included in your federal income tax. We all pay for it.

Why would he want to do that, you might ask.

Well, the reason he wants to do this is because his home state (Penn.), has around a dozen "paid" weather services, and they are lobbying him to shut down the "free" NWS site because it is so good, they can't compete with it, even though we have already bought and paid for it.

I know what I think about this. What do you think?