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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:26 PM Original message |
Anyone remember when (p)Rick Santorum tried to PRIVATIZE WEATHER? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember it well. It was a big WTF moment for me.. . n/t |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Republicans will privatize air |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. They actually want to do that ... in space. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. didn't AccuWeather basically repackage NWS forecasts? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. They did and still do. No private weather company can pay for the subsidized... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. as does the Weather Channel |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Analagous to taxpayer money building a highway, the erecting private tolls... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's what happens now. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 05:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yep.... |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 05:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. A con artist? No, no it's the free market, don't you know? |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yes, and Accuweather gets its data from NWS and NOAA. He's a jerk. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Santorum's forecast: Clear to partly frothy (nt) |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Republicans need to spend less time privatizing essential services |
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