First it was your gas stove, now it’s your dishwashing appliance

American Thinker ^ | 05/12/2023 | Olivia Murray

[SeekAndFind]

With some creative license, Martin Niemöller’s famous prose can be remade into something silly but fitting for our contemporary reality:

First they came for the incandescent light bulbs but I did not speak out, because I am a virtue-signaling leftist.

Then they came for the freon but I did not speak out, because I am a virtue-signaling leftist.

Then they came for the gas stoves but I did not speak out, because I am a virtue-signaling leftist.

Then they came for the dishwashers but I did not speak out, because I am a virtue-signaling leftist.

On and on ad nauseam; you get the point.

Last week, Jennifer Granholm announced that the Department of Energy would be focusing on “new energy efficiency actions” because of course, the greatest threat facing America is “carbon pollution” and the “climate crisis”. On a comedic sidenote, the announcement reminded me of a scene from cultural phenomenon, The Office; when manager Michael Scott becomes emotionally defensive of the under-fire business model of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin, he declares this:

You know what else is facing five Goliaths? America. Al-Qaeda. Global warming. Sex predators. Mercury poisoning. So do we just give up? — Michael Scott (@carellquotes) July 6, 2012

Remember a time when even Hollywood conceded that being a sex predator was a bad thing? Those were the days....

(To watch the scene, click here and start at 03:43.)

Of course, the list is meant to be ludicrous and exhibit Scott’s complete naivete…cough…Secretary Granholm…cough….

When hordes of young men patiently await the end of Title 42; the dissolution of national unity and political bonds erode at unprecedented rates; and the middle class edges towards extinction;

[Iron Munro]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Reminds me of an old joke.

As Clean As Cold Water Can Get Them

[lastchance]

Would it by chance be “Washy, washy, washy in the new blue Cheer...”?

[Labyrinthos]

“If implemented, the rules would require that dishwashers cut water and power usage by 34% and 27% respectively, according to Bloomberg Law. For smaller models, the mandatory reductions are 22% for power and 11% for water.

And if the new dishwashers don't clean as well as the old, people run the dishes through the dishwashers twice and use more water and energy than the old dishwashers.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Nope.

[lastchance]

Now I will be befuddled for the rest of the day.

Which is not that unusual.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Did you read the joke at the link I posted?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Did you read the joke at the link I posted in #42?

[lastchance]

I honestly do not know how I missed that. Brain, sad.

I will read it posthaste.

[lastchance]

HA! Good dog to take on a major chore like that.