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Upton flips a switch on CFL bulbs--Feeling heat, lawmaker sees light on incandescents
The Washington Times ^ | December 6, 2010 | Stephan Dinan

Posted on 12/06/2010 6:42:56 PM PST by jazusamo

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I don't trust Upton, he should not get the chairmanship.
1 posted on 12/06/2010 6:43:00 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: steelyourfaith

Ping!


2 posted on 12/06/2010 6:43:39 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo; Whenifhow; TenthAmendmentChampion; Clive; scripter; Darnright; WL-law; bamahead; ...
Thanx jazusamo !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

3 posted on 12/06/2010 6:45:02 PM PST by steelyourfaith (ObamaCare Death Panels: a Final Solution to the looming Social Security crisis ?)
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To: jazusamo

Ban Toxic Twisties

Stop the mercury poisoning of poor minority children.


4 posted on 12/06/2010 6:45:31 PM PST by PAR35
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To: jazusamo

These CFLs are a freaking joke! You can’t even throw them in the trash they’re so damn toxic! Who are the MORONS that thought this was a good idea??!??!


5 posted on 12/06/2010 6:46:14 PM PST by surroundedbyblue
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To: surroundedbyblue

Upton coauthored the bill and now has changed his mind being he wants to chair the Energy Committee. Repeal the bill and deny him the seat.


6 posted on 12/06/2010 6:49:09 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Bureaucrats.


7 posted on 12/06/2010 6:49:16 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: jazusamo
The quality of light they put out is pure crap.

OK in commercial settings,but who wants the inside of their house to look like a display case in the frozen food section of the supermarket?

They are also not dimmable, unless you spend about $14 dollars a bulb!

8 posted on 12/06/2010 6:49:42 PM PST by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: jazusamo
I only use CFLs. I buy good ones, not cheap knock-offs, and have since 1998. I'm happy with them for most uses.

But if I want to use an arc lamp to read by, and can afford the electricity, it's nobody's damn business what I buy/use.

And congress still doesn't have the authority to change that under the Constitution.

/johnny

9 posted on 12/06/2010 6:49:59 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: jazusamo

I don’t mind the curly bulbs, they have their place.

That said, I WANT A CHOICE, NOT A MANDATE


10 posted on 12/06/2010 6:50:10 PM PST by Carley (ISRAEL.......NOT SO ALONE!!!)
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“CFL, has become a symbol of government overreach for many consumers”.

####

That and the low volume toilet. In my house, each additional water-wasting flush required to sufficiently clear the bowl, is named for a member of the idiot Gore clan of Green Thieves:

#2 is the AlFlush (remnants of Al still clearly visible in the bowl).

#3 is the TipperFlush.

..and so on.

Each Flush


11 posted on 12/06/2010 6:50:26 PM PST by EyeGuy (')
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To: surroundedbyblue

“Who are the MORONS that thought this was a good idea??!??!”

GE did, GE makes a bunch of them.

So instead of making a light bulb they can sell for 97 cents, they make CFLs which they can sell for $5.99


12 posted on 12/06/2010 6:51:01 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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it's nobody's damn business what I buy/use.

That said, I WANT A CHOICE, NOT A MANDATE

BUMP!

13 posted on 12/06/2010 6:53:51 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: EyeGuy

The new toilets failed to account for the fact that some men are built such that their needs are neglected.


14 posted on 12/06/2010 6:54:07 PM PST by muawiyah (GIT OUT THE WAY ~ REPUBLICANS COMIN' THROUGH)
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To: EyeGuy

Good one, I’ll remember that.


15 posted on 12/06/2010 6:55:40 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
CONGRESS SHOULD NOT BE WORKING WITH ANYONE(!!!) TO PUSH ANYTHING ON CONSUMERS!!!!

Why is it that Congress and Government just cannot see that THIS is the problem! We do NOT need them to tell us what to do! The jerks.
16 posted on 12/06/2010 6:56:28 PM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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To: driftdiver

Let the market place decide. The government did not have to outlaw the buggy whip.


17 posted on 12/06/2010 6:56:41 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain & proud of it: Truly Supporting the Troops means praying for their Victory!)
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To: jazusamo

someone who can be so wrong should never be listened to


18 posted on 12/06/2010 6:57:07 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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I don’t trust Upton, he should not get the chairmanship.

+1 to that! Yank the turd’s stripes and bust him back to PFC


19 posted on 12/06/2010 6:59:48 PM PST by Babu
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The government says incandescent bulbs have too short a life span and are inefficient, wasting most of their energy on heat rather than on light.

9 months out of the year the heat produced by incandescents is not wasted, but contributes to the heating of the home. The money and energy saved is wasted by raising your fuel oil and gas bills.

20 posted on 12/06/2010 7:01:18 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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