another reminder about Santorum... and Hurricane Katrina

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/09/AR2005090901930.html

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Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, Santorum was drawing a second round of fire, this time for saying the National Weather Service's forecasts and warnings about Katrina's path were "not sufficient." Democrats e-mailed audio links to a radio interview in which Santorum said that "we need a robust National Weather Service" that focuses on severe weather predictions. "Obviously the consequences are incredibly severe, as we've seen here in the last couple of weeks, if we don't get it right and don't properly prepare," Santorum said.

In fact, many people think the Weather Service got the Katrina prediction exactly right. They include GOP Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.), who chairs the Senate Commerce subcommittee on disaster prediction and prevention. He issued a statement headlined "DeMint Gives National Weather Service 'A' Grade for Katrina Prediction."

Santorum, long at odds with the federal agency, is pushing a bill that would require it to surrender some of its duties to private businesses, some of them located in his state. The National Weather Service Employees Organization said in a statement: "We did our job well and everyone knows it. By falsely claiming that we got it wrong, Rick Santorum is continuing his misguided crusade against the National Weather Service."

Santorum's office issued a statement yesterday repeating the concern that "there are serious consequences" when the Weather Service falls short of "getting it right."

[rurallib]

1. kick

privatized in no way means better

[Whisp]

2. this is a dangerous little fat fucker pig

he looks harmless enough but the weasels scraping his skull from the inside is damn scary even compared to the rest of the mob of slugs

[Tansy_Gold]

4. I should alert on your post

You've unfairly insulted pigs, weasels, and slugs.

Otherwise, spot on.