What I find most idiotic about this lightbulb shit is that the lightbulb manufacturers don’t even want it. They surely would have liked it if the Republicans were fighting for inefficiency back when it was passed, under Bush. But now weeks before the 100 watt ban goes into effect they’ve already spent lots of money preparing. So they’re actually not even fighting for the interests of Big Lightbulb, they’re fighting for petulance.
Petulance, yes; but it also lets them trumpet the message that the Big Bad Evil Government is sticking its grimy fingers into your precious [DEL]bodily fluids[/DEL] light sockets. This serves to fire up their base and keep them engaged in an election cycle in which the presumptive GOP candidate can’t seem to catch on.
Personally, I expect periodic outbursts of this sort of bushwa as we get closer to November.
In that case, it would be nice to see some ads along the lines of:
“Why do the Republicans want to destroy America’s industries? Why do they want to cripple American companies by suddenly reversing course on decisions made when Bush was president? What is wrong with the current crop of Republicans in congress anyway?”
Maybe I need to try them again because when I last bought the ones that are supposed to be close to incandescents, it was still uncomfortable. I’m not all upset about the switch, it just irks me when people say there couldn’t possibly be any reason for anyone to prefer incandescent bulbs.
(Jesus christ I hope LEDs don’t become standard on everything. Those things are like knives.)
Have you read this thread? There are incandescent bulbs that meet the new standards.
What about 3 Way bulbs? Are they too kinky? I use lots of those, so I’ll be screwed. Do CFLs work in dimmer switches?
BTW someone early pointed out that they hum and take time to turn on, I’m only sure that the one I put on my table light does not hum and it turns on right away.
We only have fluorescent lights, none hum or flicker. I have using them for more years than I can remember. Electricity is obscenely expensive here, so CFLs are my friends.
Lambasting Republican stupidity may be fun, but it’s only fair to give them credit when one of them does something smart. Recently Michelle Bachmann discovered that Obama’s military has changed its rules, apparently to encourage our soldiers to fraternize with Afghan goats. (Anyone who doubts this is a growing problem may want to view this video.)
Not only are soldiers at risk but, as Bachmann specifically pointed out, the policy change could encourage children to try bestiality:
[QUOTE=BACHMANN]
It’s absolutely abhorrent, reprehensible and you think, this is the kind of thing parents try to keep from their children because parents want to have their children enjoy innocence. Children need that latency period, they need innocence and your own government legalizes this? … Are we really going to say ho hum and laugh and go back to sleep? There’s got to be something we stand for.
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Lt. Col Todd Breasseale, defense spokesman, claims that bestiality remains punishable under Article 134 of the UCMJ, even after Article 125 is repealed; and moreover that past instances of bestiality have been charged under the former Article, rather than Article 125. But this reminds us that the Democrats are the Party bought and paid for by lawyers. Perhaps increasing the ambiguity of military law is a make-work project for these constituents.
[QUOTE=Gen. James Amos, who originally opposed repeal]
“Marines across the globe have adapted smoothly and embraced the change.”
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Well, that’s rather the concern, isn’t it?
Oh yeah, it was played out in a deleted scene from Three Kings:
Troy Barlow: Hey, goat. It’s good to see you. I like your beard. You’re kind of sexy goat, do you know that? Do you know where the gold is? Do you goat? Do you know where the gold is? I’ll buy you a convertible Lexus if you tell me. No? OK, fine sexy goat. Say hello to your mother for me.
Clearly, we need our soldiers to have more acceptable sexual opportunities. Let us keep them well supplied with wholesome intra-species porn! And for those too lazy to jerk off, Michelle Bachman.
Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there!
ETA: Bonus points for tying 2 different but subtly related pieces of pop culture together in such an excellently mocking fashion! Well done!
Apparently, Rick Perry is suffering some confusion about which country he lives in.
For myself, I think he’d make a fine Republican nominee.
He knows what country he lives in.
Texas.
After failing to collect enough signatures to make it on the ballot for the Republican primary in Virginia, Rick Perry has done what any responsible, states-rights, no-overreaching-activist-federal-judges conservative would do:
From here.
In a rather odd quirk of fate, Canada and Texas have become solid trade partners.
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/buffalo/commerce_canada/fact_sheets-fiches_documentaires/tx.aspx?view=d
•625,000 jobs in Texas depend on trade with Canada
•Texas exports to Canada: $12.4 billion
•Texas imports from Canada: $13.4 billion
•Bilateral trade: $25.8 billion
I hadn’t realized that we Kanukistanis had been annexed. Kudos to Mr. Perry for fighting ignorance.
I hope you don’t mind that I borrowed this to share with my FB friends.
Gingrich: Campaign worker’s signature fraud cost slot on Virginia ballot
That’s what he’s going with.
Unfortunately, he’s relying on the dreaded ACORN Defense; his fellow Republicans didn’t fall for that the first time, why would they fall for it again?
I have no idea if it’s true, but I think it would be pretty damn funny if Virginia’s laws were put in place by a Republican dominated legislature in the name of preventing “voter fraud”.
That would just be tooooo good.
The story says they used paid volunteers? Ummm…