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Congress bans incandescent bulbs
WorldNetDaily ^ | December 19, 2007` | WorldNetDaily

Posted on 12/19/2007 5:40:50 PM PST by kc8ukw

In addition to raising auto fuel efficiency standards 40 percent, an energy bill passed by Congress yesterday bans the incandescent light bulb by 2014.

President Bush signed the 822-page measure into law today after it was sent up Pennsylvania Avenue in a Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle. The House passed the bill by a 314-100 vote after approval by the Senate last week.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; bulbs; carboncult; cfl; congress; congressdumbbulbs; democrats; dimbulbs; elections; energy; greenreligion; incandescent; lightbulb; lightbulbs; nannystate; startstockingup; stuckonstupid
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To: muawiyah

I mean the new top loaders. The front loaders do work well (or so I’ve heard), but they are very expensive. Many people can’t afford them or just don’t want to spend that much $ on a washing machine.

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41 posted on 12/19/2007 5:51:16 PM PST by Pining_4_TX
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To: kc8ukw

WOW!! Those EXPENSIVE GENERAL ELECTRIC light bulbs that have MERCURY in them and have to be DISPOSED of ONLY in a certain way!! GE must have DONATED MILLIONS to these LOSERS!


42 posted on 12/19/2007 5:51:19 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SpaceBar

Yeah. Hillary will be sure to un-do the law.


43 posted on 12/19/2007 5:51:27 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: Sacajaweau
We’ll be using leaves for toilet paper pretty soon.

Why not? Bears do.

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44 posted on 12/19/2007 5:51:32 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: kc8ukw

Jorge’s coyote buddies stand to make a huge amount of money smuggling light bulbs from Mexico...


45 posted on 12/19/2007 5:51:33 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: kc8ukw

i have called congress critters ‘dimbulbs’ for eons...now i know its true..dimbulbs are they now...holy cripes...so what are they going to outlaw next?


46 posted on 12/19/2007 5:51:46 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: CindyDawg

You don’t screw in a lightbulb, you screw in a Chevy.


47 posted on 12/19/2007 5:51:47 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: Pining_4_TX
We double flush toilets and wash clothes twice. How will we make this workable though? Maybe, if we could get to the filaments (ms?).....
48 posted on 12/19/2007 5:52:28 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: HD1200

LOW FLUSH TOILETS....No more cheap FREON, and now THESE DANGEROUS and EXPENSIVE BULBS!


49 posted on 12/19/2007 5:52:48 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Cobra64

I heard the same thing about the Prius and other hybrids, I think you can find the info at mikechurch.com...in his global warming archive


50 posted on 12/19/2007 5:52:49 PM PST by StnCldTruth (A gun in your hand is better than a cop on the phone !!!!!)
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To: kc8ukw

Actually, do they really have any authority to ban a technology? So, folks, start stocking up on 100W bulbs. Just fill 1 closet in your home. That should be enough until smarter folks replace the dolts now ensconsed in Congress.


51 posted on 12/19/2007 5:53:17 PM PST by aruanan
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To: girlangler

Yah, wait until you are caught with them during an unannounced house inspection.

http://www.hb-rights.org/1local/inspect
Fourth Amendment Rights Regarding Home Inspections


52 posted on 12/19/2007 5:53:33 PM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Ann Archy

I’m surprised we don’t have to pay a disposable fee.


53 posted on 12/19/2007 5:54:23 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: kc8ukw
Image hosted by Photobucket.com watch for mercury contamination cases to SKY-ROCKET!!!
54 posted on 12/19/2007 5:54:30 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: kc8ukw

i have called congress critters ‘dimbulbs’ for eons...now i know its true..dimbulbs are they now...holy cripes...so what are they going to outlaw next?


55 posted on 12/19/2007 5:54:32 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: kc8ukw
A side issue from this silly bill that our so-called Republican president signed - why does it take 822 pages to ban incandescent lights? I mean, if the morons are going to ban them, I think a few words would suffice.

""Begining January 1, 2012, incandescent bulbs shall no longer be manufactured or sold in the United States"".

See, that wasn't hard.

56 posted on 12/19/2007 5:54:37 PM PST by meyer (Illegal Immigration - The profits are privatized, the costs are socialized.)
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To: Sacajaweau
The new bulbs will look just lovely in my chandelier.

Use candles.

Sorry, I wasn't thinking, they're worse.

Greens, Atheists Attack Chanukah Candles cause global warming, Maccabees compared to Osama.

57 posted on 12/19/2007 5:54:52 PM PST by SJackson (uh, Congressman, you know, uh, Gov Huckabee is not selling fascism, he's sending a Christmas message)
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To: Ann Archy

They state the bulbs last 5 years....had one in the bath that died at 6 months


58 posted on 12/19/2007 5:55:06 PM PST by loulou
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To: CindyDawg
I’m surprised we don’t have to pay a disposable fee.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

59 posted on 12/19/2007 5:55:26 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: Calpernia

And french fry lamps?


60 posted on 12/19/2007 5:55:30 PM PST by txhurl (Yes there were WMDs)
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