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A man's home is his castle? Not if he's Saddam Hussein. Coalition forces have sauntered into Baghdad and taken control of two of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces, Reuters reports. "I do believe this city is freakin' ours," the New York Post quotes Capt. Chris Carter of Watkinsville, Ga., as saying at one of the palaces. The Post notes that some American soldiers "said they planned to enjoy a shower in Saddam's palace." So much for the Baath Party.

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Taranto is just too clever.

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The Post notes that some American soldiers "said they planned to enjoy a shower in Saddam's palace."

And that's a dang sight better shower than he'll be getting state-side. Why? Because the Saddam didn't have to deal with our out-of-control Federal shower nazis.

Buried in the numerous provisions of the 1992 Energy Policy Act was the requirement that manufacturers substantially reduce the water consumption of new toilets and showers by 1994. The new toilets cannot use more than 1.6 gallons per flush (gpf), less than half the 3.5 gpf of typical models. New shower heads must not emit more than 2.5 gallons per minute, also a sharp decline from what consumers had come to prefer. The stated purpose of these tough mandates is "to conserve water" through arbitrary limits on water consumption.

Source: CEI, Competitive Enterprise Institute