Dave wrote:
This argument illustrates just how far the free lunch bunch will go in
exploiting the naivete of the unthinking.


You mean, the way people with actual facts who disagree with you, prove
you wrong, and so you have no recourse but to be condescending &
insulting in the hopes you might come out looking better?


Yes, the guvmint people got it right once and the other guys got it wrong.
But had it not been for the former policy of NOAA in not competing where
private industry is willing and able to provide a forecasting and analysis
service, there would be no alternative sources of analysis and forecasts.

You mean like the ones that got it wrong? What a great alternative,
especially considering that the taxpayers are already funding the right
answer and your side wants to deny the service to those who have paid
for it.


.... We
would indeed have had to rely on a single forecast-- the "official" one --
as the only available forecast.

Sort of like the way the Bush Administration uses gov't funds to pay for
fake news, and wishes heartily that this was our only source of info?

Sounds good, nyet?

DSK