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EDITORIAL: Light-bulb rights showdown--States defy federal claim to meddle in fixture choice
The Washington Times ^
| April 1, 2011
| Editorial
Posted on 04/01/2011 4:53:52 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: hoosierham
"G.W. Bush was no Constitutional conservative nor did he do much for the Republican party." I distinctly remember, during the 2000 campaign, when GW first said "compassionate conservative" and i thought, "uh oh." But the alternative was vastly worse...
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posted on
04/01/2011 8:07:45 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: Flag_This
But the alternative was vastly worse... And consider the alternatives the Democrats have offered.
In my view, you have to go back to 1968 to find somebody who wasn't corrupt or incompetent.
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posted on
04/01/2011 8:23:14 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
To: okie01
"And consider the alternatives the Democrats have offered.
In my view, you have to go back to 1968 to find somebody who wasn't corrupt or incompetent." I would have to go back to 1908, but William Jennings Bryan was no prize either.
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posted on
04/01/2011 8:29:05 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: jazusamo
Why don’t they just re-label incandescents as “Heat Lamps”?
I doubt the law would apply if they did.
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posted on
04/01/2011 8:33:35 PM PDT
by
WackySam
(To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to the dead.)
To: stylecouncilor
Gee, I wish I lived there.
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posted on
04/01/2011 8:37:00 PM PDT
by
onedoug
(If)
To: jazusamo
To: jazusamo
"INTRAstate commerce is not subject to federal regulation."
Well, we know how the federal fascists will take care of that lofty ideal....if a half-inch filament is shipped into a light bulb factory from another state, the transaction will be pounced on and immediately ruled "INTERstate commerce".
See my tag line.....
Leni
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posted on
04/01/2011 9:02:16 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Obama....you'll have to pry my incandescent lightbulbs from my cold, dead fingers!)
To: MinuteGal
No doubt you’re right, the feds will say it’s interstate if the ink for the packaging is from another state.
Love that tag line :-)
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posted on
04/01/2011 9:08:44 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
04/01/2011 9:11:37 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(It has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with control.)
To: EGPWS
And when electricity becomes less used the Feds will attach maintenance fees
to everyone. This is only about the incremental theft of our money.
FUBO!
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posted on
04/01/2011 9:17:51 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
To: MaxMax
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posted on
04/01/2011 9:18:22 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
To: potlatch
Ugh, my son put four of those stupid curly bulbs in his nice vanity light fixture. Not happening here. I’m hoarding.
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posted on
04/01/2011 10:26:40 PM PDT
by
ntnychik
To: ntnychik
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posted on
04/01/2011 10:49:01 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(There has Never been a "Tax On The Rich" that has not reached the middle class)
To: potlatch
I love your graphic! lol
Thank you for making me smile. ;o)
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posted on
04/02/2011 12:06:41 AM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
("First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi)
To: RKBA Democrat
Uhhhh. Are there any lightbulbs actually made in South Carolina?There will be now. Better import some Chinamen to work there.
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posted on
04/02/2011 2:38:37 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: Tatze
If it passes, I’d be willing to bet that there’d then be light bulb smugglers driving out of the state with trunkloads full of the bulbs.
And federal government officials trying to arrest them.
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posted on
04/02/2011 3:10:56 AM PDT
by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: hoosierham
Valero isn’t Venezuelan, it’s based in Texas.
Citgo is, through.
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posted on
04/02/2011 3:14:40 AM PDT
by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: upchuck
FR definitely needs a “Like” button :-)
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posted on
04/02/2011 5:17:11 AM PDT
by
NCjim
(Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
To: RKBA Democrat
To: kindred
-——beginning with refusing to send any money to the damable fools of DC———
For the record, exactly what money flows to the Federal government through the hands of the states?
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posted on
04/02/2011 5:33:32 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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