Free to air

In a follow up to Senator Rick Santorum's idea of banning the US National Weather Service from providing free weather data, Ann Bartow draws our attention to a lovely satircal take on the idea at Whiskey bar.

"A bill introduced Monday by Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) would prohibit the lungs of U.S. citizens from competing with companies such as Air Products Inc., which sell compressed oxygen to hospitals, clinics and other medical institutions. Under the proposed law, Americans would be required to purchase the air they breathe from a commercial vendor rather than inhaling it naturally from the earth's atmosphere."