[Public-list] Regarding Santorum bill on ending NOAA Wx broadcasts

[Mike Lehman]

It used to be "govenment for the people, by the people". It has become 
"government for the industry and profit from the people".



Mike Lehman
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----Original Message Follows----
From: Daniel Sternglass <dans at stmktg.com>
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Subject: [Public-list] Regarding Santorum bill on ending NOAA Wx broadcasts
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:21:19 -0400

A30 people,

I had been aware of this, but not the cutting off marine weather broadcasts 
specifically. I called the Boat US Political Affairs office, since this 
should be right up their alley. The man is handling this, Dick Thompson, is 
supposed to call me back, he's apparently tied up much of the day today. The 
secretary siad that they don't think this will fly becasuse it's so much of 
a safety issue, but I told her that they should not underestimate Santorum's 
power under the current administration. It seems like this is the sort of 
story that ought to be in all the local papers and generate real public 
outrage. If/when I speak to him, I'll post something.

The sad irony is that we taxpayers paid for this whole infrastructure out of 
our federal tax dollars, so we the public "own it," so to speak. If we only 
allow private companies to distribute the data, it's a huge corporate gift, 
the granting of a government (publicly) subsidized monopoly, and, we "get" 
to pay twice.

--Dan Sternglass
dans at stmktg.com






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