Congress bans incandescent bulbs

WorldNetDaily ^ | December 19, 2007` | WorldNetDaily

[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.

[CrappieLuck]

“822-page measure” to give Edison the boot?

Used a lot of paper to save the planet didn’t they?

[P8riot]

Only if you work for Cargill or Perdue or other trash chicken producers.

[P8riot]

that stuff ain’t chicken

[Pravious]

Gee, George... thanks, once again, for making me regret ever voting for your utterly useless self (twice!).

I HATE those florescent bulbs. I will NOT have light bulbs filled with mercury in my house that require a hazmat team and thousands of dollars of government mandated clean-up if (no, make that WHEN) I break one of them.

What friggin’ RIGHT does the damn government have to ban a harmless product anyway? Because that deranged, ambulatory hunk of blubber known as Algore claims that Edison’s invention is heating up the Earth and we’re all gonna die?

Screw that, screw you, George, for signing this, and screw the nanny state Congress for thinking it up (if you call that THINKING) in the first place.

[RobinOfKingston]

These people need to do some research before passing dopey bills.

Never! They have been elected. That means they are now experts on everything.

[gpapa]

More of our confiscated tax dollars down the rat hole.

[P8riot]

That should be the price of admission

[elkfersupper]

LOOK...Bush HAD to sign this crappy bill because of funding the TROOPS for the WAR!! He does NOT have the LINE ITEM VETO. Don;t blame Bush BLAME YOUR FREAKING CONGRESSMAN....do you know their name???? Find it out and how they voted.

Reagan used the line-item veto even though he didn't "have" it.

Take a deep breath and come up with another excuse.

[Calpernia]

You gonna show me how to get a hen to sit on lizard eggs?

[txhurl]

What about Hollywood? How will the ‘talent’ react to being filmed only with fluorescent?

[Viking2002]

I'm all for any technology advancing, but this is is nothing more than jack-booted authoritarian horseshit. Any time these sub-simian cretins find a way to stick their beaks into the essence of our existence, they do it. I have seen nothing under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution that authorizes these bottom-feeders to ban Jack Squat.

[Ann Archy]

Blame your damned CONGRESS! What do you think, that Bush WROTE the bill? GEESG.

[mylife]

Glad to see that congress is doing the peoples work /sarc

[Lijahsbubbe]

They banned a light bulb? Whew, I’m glad I can sleep soundly tonite again knowing that my public servants are looking out for my best interests and safety.

Glad our federal and state officials are taking care of those important things like banning guns, cigarette smoking, light bulbs, taxing soft drinks, taking more of my money, sending jobs overseas, allowing our country to be overtaken by illegals.

Sweet dreams everyone.

[SpaceBar]

Any delusional souls out there that still believe we live in a free country?

[DCPatriot]

Just don’t use any leaves that came in three’s. ;^)

[dan1123]

Funny, Canada will be where we smuggle in our lightbulbs from when this goes into effect.

[Ann Archy]

You are ignorant of what happened....it has been slapped down in the Supreme Court...OMG>

[Petronski]

It won’t stand.

It will be undone or modified, God willing.

[Ann Archy]

Great point!! HOLLYWOOD IS NOT going to like these FLOURESCENT BULBS!!