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SDjack

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2. AccuWeather employees donated $10,500 to Sen. Santorum, who responded

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:57 AM

Mar 2012

by introducing the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005, which did not get out of committee. The aim of his proposed Act was stop NWS from releasing weather data for free, so that AccuWeather could sell the product. For his effort, Sen. Santorum was labelled one of the "most corrupt politicians" by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics.

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Inaccurate weather forecaster attributes Midwest heat wave to Japanese tsunami debris [View all] marmar Mar 2012 OP

Last I heard, AccuWeather was run by a bunch of RW nuts kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #1

AccuWeather employees donated $10,500 to Sen. Santorum, who responded SDjack Mar 2012 #2

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