Alabama's GOP Delegation Voted Against Funding for Tornado Forecasting

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Tue May-10-11 09:57 AM
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Alabama's GOP Delegation Voted Against Funding for Tornado Forecasting

U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) spent the better part of two days last week touring areas of his state devastated by killer tornadoes. Bachus was in Tuscaloosa when President Obama toured perhaps the hardest hit area in Alabama. And Bachus issued a somber statement, calling on citizens to come together to help comfort those affected by the storms.

Bachus, however, apparently neglected to mention that he and other Republicans in Alabama's Congressional delegation voted against funding for satellites that are critical for accurate storm forecasting. The Web site climateprogress.org reports that Bachus and his fellow Alabama Republicans--Martha Roby, Mo Brooks, Robert Aderholt, Mike Rogers, and Jo Bonner--voted against a bill that would replace aging satellites that are the heart of America's weather-forecasting system. (More ..)

http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2011/05/alabamas-gop-delegation-voted-against.html

Stupid is as stupid does. Notice that two counties in ultra-conservative Jo Bonner's district (Ala 1st Congressional Dist), Mobile and Baldwin, had the most tornadoes (1950-2003):

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Vinnie From Indy

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Tue May-10-11 09:59 AM
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1. This should be the theme of the next elections for AL Dems

n/t

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Ship of Fools

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Tue May-10-11 10:02 AM
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2. Being from Kansas,

my bumpersticker is going to be: Silence Severe Weather Sirens: Vote Republican

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ensho

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Tue May-10-11 10:08 AM
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3. but the South is such a nice place

cruel but nice

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