"Was ist das? Sie broke ze new kurly bulp und didn't call us immediately!!??"
Posted on 06/23/2008 8:25:30 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress are beginning to have second thoughts about the ban on incandescent light bulbs effective in 2014 as a result of an energy bill signed into law earlier this year. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, says his objection is very basic – the Constitution doesn’t authorize Congress to do anything remotely like banning a product that has been used safely and efficiently for more than 100 years in favor of Chinese-imported compact fluorescent light bulbs that pose considerable health and safety risks.
Extensive cleanup is required by the Environmental Protection Agency for simply breaking a bulb. When a bulb, which contains mercury, is broken, according to the EPA, the room must be evacuated for 15 minutes and aired out with windows, but not before all glass is removed, placed in a sealed glass jar and disposed of outside. Any remaining glass must be picked up with tape. In addition, central heating or air conditioning units must be turned off.
Wait… Environmental Protection Agency must be called for a broken bulb?
(Excerpt) Read more at sayanythingblog.com ...
They regulated the size of the flush in our toilets why should they stop now after such an astonishing success.
Remember during the Roberts confirmation hearing when they were talking about his earlier environmental dissent about a frog that never crossed state lines, therefore it wasn't a federal issue?
-PJ
***Here is the real rub. After 2014, we will have the bulb police to inspect every home, business, etc. to make sure compliance. Some places this miracle bulb just is not efficient and not configured in size to work. What then? This is pure liberal BS.***
Yep! Just call an electrician to do some work in your home which involves having to have it checked by your town or city, and you will be FORCED to comply with the new law.
No, they’ll start thermal imaging homes from the street, just like they do with suspected meth dealers. And, if you think I’m kidding, I’m not.
Constitution? Isn’t that the newspaper in Atlanta that used to be called “Pravda.”
Who Cares? Congress hasn't for many decades.
Because they've obviously have been obsessing about how many @$$holes it takes to change a bulb ... and they've come up with an answer ......... it can't be done.
So, rather than stop being @$$holes, the @$$holes are considering bringing a ladder into the equation.
Give 'em time ... they won't figure it out, but they will foist an answer on us.
(I hear Jeff Dunham's character, "Walter", muttering in his own speciel way ... "@$$holes" )
“The hapless toad,” [Roberts] wrote, “for reasons of its own, lives its entire life in California” and thus could not affect interstate commerce.
Google “roberts hapless toad” to see the hysterics that the left was in when Roberts was being confirmed.
“This viewpoint will undermine all environmental laws!”
GOOD.
Because it's a start.
General Electric is deeply saddened.
Obama says we should ask other countries if we want to keep our homes at 72 degrees. Wait until Congress passes a new law regulating thermostats in private homes.
With a completely dead pan, the Pubbie representative makes mincemeat out of the congress on this issue. Worth every one of a couple minutes of your time.
I'm still chuckling, otherwise known as ROFCMAO.
Leni
Best comment I have seen in a while!
"Was ist das? Sie broke ze new kurly bulp und didn't call us immediately!!??"
You can still use the incandesant bulb after 2014, they just cannot be sold after 2014. So stock up a lifetime’s worth now, and you should be all set for the ban.
Nice boon for the commie economy, also.
The congressman addresses this in the short vidio linked above. This video is sooooo good. Where's this guy been?
Leni
“Recommend by the EPA, not required.”
Not yet...
The longest journey still begins with a single step. I'll take my victories where I find them.
Look up freon.
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