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Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. means more jobs overseas
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| 09/08/10
| Peter Whorisky
Posted on 09/08/2010 1:40:25 PM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited
“The law will force millions of American households to switch to more efficient bulbs”.
...not my American household. I’ll be stocking up and you can be sure that regular bulbs will be sold somewhere. There is no way I’ll be forced into using those twisty little idiotic, headache causing bulbs of pain.
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posted on
09/08/2010 1:52:41 PM PDT
by
albie
To: Terry Mross
What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?
James Madison.
That quote could be easily applied for any number of taxes and regulations.
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posted on
09/08/2010 1:54:26 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: freespirited
The law will force millions of American households to switch to more efficient bulbs. And forcing others to buy extra storage bins for all the ones we've stockpiled.
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posted on
09/08/2010 1:54:47 PM PDT
by
nina0113
To: RinaseaofDs
5. If they last longer, I havent been able to bear that out. Ive labeled the ones I use here and compare them to incandescents - so far they have come out equal in lifespan.
They did last longer when they were made here. Now that they are coming from China, their longevity is diminished.
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posted on
09/08/2010 1:55:26 PM PDT
by
Nepeta
To: freespirited
Another Bush gift indeed. Republicans banned DDT, Freon, Nuclear power and light bulbs in hope the leftards will like them. Learn the lesson yet????
To: freespirited
Yup. GWB believes in GWB (global warming BS). No, he doesn't. Who dropped the Kyoto treaty? Who fought the EPA tooth and nail (all the way to the Supreme Court) to keep them from treating CO2 as a pollutant?
Please show me one quote from GWB that in anyway supports man made global warming.
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posted on
09/08/2010 1:55:29 PM PDT
by
A.Hun
(Common sense is no longer common.)
To: RinaseaofDs; blackie; ExTexasRedhead; Nachum; LucyT
The danger of compact fluorescent lighting Snip: Also new research has come to light that indicates that CFLs emit a high humming sound that is not in our range of hearing but is in the range of hearing of cats and dogs. Can you image hearing a high pitched humming sound all day long. It would be enough to drive you nuts! Many pet owners report that their cats or dogs do not want to be in rooms with CFL bulbs on and will become anxious if they are forced to be.
To: Vaquero
And a lot of people either don’t realize or won’t admit that the “you can buy a house if you’re breathing” period started in 2005 when W and the repubs held the power.
To: Nepeta
I have a couple of the older American made CFLs that I like just fine. The ones coming from China are pure crap and half the time they don’t even work right out of the package.
The LED lights are nice but damn expensive.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:01:31 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: freespirited
Stock up on the 100 watt beauties.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:04:06 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: freespirited
....eventually Congress will pass another law because of the mercury in CFL’s that you’ll have to pay to dispose of them...properly,by law,(taxed).
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:06:30 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: MamaDearest; GailA; DvdMom; callisto; ZULU; rodguy911; Candor7; freekitty; flat; unkus; Howie66; ...
We The People must DEMAND the light bulb Gestapo in DC be stopped! The new Republican majority in the House and Senate must repeal this insanity.
We must DEMAND that the Republicans get Big Brother out of our light bulbs, out of our health care, out of what cars we buy, out of our plastic bags, and out of our lives and out of our businesses.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:06:49 PM PDT
by
ExTexasRedhead
(Take back our country on November 2, 2010.)
To: RinaseaofDs
My 82 year old mom got all excited about saving money by unplugging the charger for her cell phone. I pointed out that running the 52" plasma TV all day long is her major energy consumer. Her air conditioner, washer and dryer are next. The refrigerator as well. It's amazing how folks get worked up over little things and ignore the elephants.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:07:40 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Terry Mross
And a lot of people either dont realize or wont admit that the you can buy a house if youre breathing period started in 2005 when W and the repubs held the power. Bush railed against what was going on in congress re: fanny and freddie....he just did not continue after a short while and signed the bills necessary to get what he wanted in trade....the real enemies in this was buttwipes like Bawney Fwank and Chuckie ‘putzhead’ Schumer....but Bush was not innocent by any stretch.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:08:26 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: freespirited
compact fluorescents, or CFLs, which are made almost entirely overseas, mostly in China. And yet, I will bet we never hear the phrase "shipped jobs overseas" in relation to this. Even though "shipping jobs overseas" precisely applies better to this act by Congress than to any corporate layoff.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:08:48 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(You're not only wrong. You're wrong at the top of your voice. --Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock)
To: freespirited
Pelosi / Reed can own this one.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:10:36 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("People are losing jobs because of DemocRATs" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)
To: a fool in paradise
The GE bulbs Ive been seeing are stamped Mexico and dont seem to last like they used to. Just checked my stash of GE Incandescents. They were "Made in China" by "GE Lighting(China)Co. LTD."
Looks like the CFL's may have had nothing to do with the plant shutting down.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:12:51 PM PDT
by
sonofagun
(Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
To: a fool in paradise
“The GE bulbs Ive been seeing are stamped Mexico and dont seem to last like they used to.”
Because like the chinese the stuff only has to be 80% of the original.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:13:10 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: nina0113
Stock Tip: Stock up on storage bins for stockpiling.
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posted on
09/08/2010 2:13:57 PM PDT
by
onona
(dbada)
To: freespirited
“Now what’re we going to do?”
Vote Republican
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