Concerning the National Weather Service, which President Obama praised during his press conference this week, there are these ‘expenditures’ that hardly fit the mantra of "absolutely necessary" from my perspective:
- A $220,000 grant to the Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region to “educate the Arab region on climate change.”
- A $50,000 grant to the Ocean Conservancy for the purpose of “enhancing the capacity to inform effective management decisions” at the East End Marine Park in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- A $15,000 grant to the Oregon TsuTube channel to create tsunamai awareness clips on YouTube.
- A $193,000 grant to the International Environmental Data Rescue Organization for “hydrometeorological services” in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia, Dominican Republic, Chile, and Uruguay.
- A $300 annual gym membership reimbursement program for all NWS employees, a benefit that few private sector workers enjoy, at a total cost of up to $1.3 million in taxpayer dollars per year.
Why is it our place (and a good use of our borrowed money), to educate Arabs on climate change? After all, since you keep saying that we keep giving oil money to Middle East dictators that hate us, how would this be any different?
(H/T: The Corner)
