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Some Texas lawmakers say light bulb bill is bright idea
Fort Worth Star-Telegram ^ | 6/12/2011 | Anna M. Tinsley

Posted on 06/14/2011 6:37:14 AM PDT by crusty old prospector

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Texas could soon be in a position to turn the lights off on a federal plan to phase out certain light bulbs.

State lawmakers have passed a bill that allows Texans to skirt federal efforts to promote more efficient light bulbs, which ultimately pushes the swirled, compact fluorescent bulbs over the 100-watt incandescent bulbs many grew up with.

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To: ilovesarah2012

Soon light bulbs will be contraband.


21 posted on 06/14/2011 7:13:42 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Jedidah

Hmmm can imagine becoming a light bulb smuggler. Life has become ridiculous.


22 posted on 06/14/2011 7:33:22 AM PDT by Anima Mundi (If you try to fail and you succeed , what have you just done?)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Amazing, isn’t it? Good ol’ George Bush II signed off on it.


23 posted on 06/14/2011 7:40:57 AM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: New Jersey Realist
Any truth to the rumor that the feds want to tell us what brand of toilet paper we can use?

In a few years they'll suggest you use this, since it won't be useful for anything else.


24 posted on 06/14/2011 7:47:45 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Anima Mundi

Yes, I can see you walking up at at truck stop as you open up your trench coat. Inside is a vast array of lightbulbs, high-output shower heads, bottle rockets, and Sudafed.


25 posted on 06/14/2011 7:53:57 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: New Jersey Realist

Any truth to the rumor that the feds want to tell us what brand of toilet paper we can use?

Why, did Mr. Whipple turn up at Moochelle’s fund raiser yesterday?


26 posted on 06/14/2011 8:22:47 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: crusty old prospector

Already been done on Seinfeld 13 yrs. ago. A guy with a bunch of showerheads under his trenchcoat, selling them on a street corner to get around New York City’s low-flow ordinance.


27 posted on 06/14/2011 8:24:10 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buffalo Bob

Do you have any good experience with a particular brand of lightbulb regarding performance and longevity?

If I am going to stockup - I would rather buy what will last.


If you are going to go that route then take a hard look at the industrial/hospital long life incandescent even thought they will hit your billfold a lot harder.


28 posted on 06/14/2011 8:27:09 AM PDT by deport
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To: Mr. Jazzy

If the citizens of USA don’t wake up and throw this nobama bunch out, Texas is going to have to move FREE-FROM the sinking ship.

I love America, but I love Freedom more and Freedom is what I am willing to fight for and die for.


29 posted on 06/14/2011 8:33:20 AM PDT by dusttoyou ("Progressives" are wee-weeing all over themselves, Foc nobama)
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To: crusty old prospector

If only a three-gallons-per-flush toilet would somehow fit in there.


30 posted on 06/14/2011 8:35:00 AM PDT by Mike-o-Matic
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To: crusty old prospector

The people in the other 49 states will still be interested in getting them. I’d draw up a business plan if I were you.


31 posted on 06/14/2011 8:47:32 AM PDT by Vor Lady (The Lord will turn the arena of suffering into a platform of opportunity. R. Zacharias)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Do you know about the ban that goes into effect Jan 2012? No 100W incandescants will be sold after that date with the rest of the wattages to follow until all incandescants are outlawed Jan 2014.

I’ve been stockpiling incandescants for years because of this bill.


32 posted on 06/14/2011 8:50:36 AM PDT by Vor Lady (The Lord will turn the arena of suffering into a platform of opportunity. R. Zacharias)
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To: Buffalo Bob

It probably doesn’t matter since they are all made in China any more. I buy the GE (I know, I know) ones that have the same spectrum as natural light. Dang bad memory getting me, I usually know the name of them. Starts with an R....


33 posted on 06/14/2011 8:53:27 AM PDT by Vor Lady (The Lord will turn the arena of suffering into a platform of opportunity. R. Zacharias)
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To: New Jersey Realist

I haven’t heard the brand name rumor, but the mayor of Omaha proposed to the Obama administration that they do what he is doing and institute a per roll tax on toilet paper. We pay an extra 10 cents per roll thanks to Mayor Suttle.


34 posted on 06/14/2011 8:55:39 AM PDT by Vor Lady (The Lord will turn the arena of suffering into a platform of opportunity. R. Zacharias)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
OK, maybe I borrowed liberally from this...


35 posted on 06/14/2011 8:55:59 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector
The way things are going with our new federal overlords we need
to be buying extra kerosene lamps and the fuel to keep them lit.
36 posted on 06/14/2011 9:05:40 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: crusty old prospector

“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.’ - Sam Houston


37 posted on 06/14/2011 9:06:55 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I thought they were on display in the back of a van.


38 posted on 06/14/2011 9:07:57 AM PDT by tal hajus (ever the cynic)
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To: Vor Lady

It’s crazy. I can see it now - a guy dressed in a trenchcoat whispering “hey, wanna buy some incandescants” as he flings open his trenchcoat.


39 posted on 06/14/2011 9:14:50 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ConservaTexan

Now, the state needs to go back to work on the TSA groping law and the new EPA regulations aimed at closing down the refineries.


40 posted on 06/14/2011 9:14:53 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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