Its funny that the country has gone to hell in so many ways yet we still have uninformed people who come crawling out of there cave bellowing how great america is.

When was Osama our target???? I don't remember that day

If they want the UN let em have the UN, we did not belong there anyway.

You know the energy bill that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law the other day? Tucked into the legislation is a provision that mandates the phase-out of the 125-year-old incandescent bulb in the next four to 12 years in favor of a new generation of trendy, supposedly energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFL’s). That’s right, soon you will have no choice but these terrible dim bulbs that need a few minutes to warm up before you can even see anything in the room.

First, Australia. Then the EU. And now us. Well-intended bulb-pushers said they weren’t supporting mandates. Just “voluntary adoption” of lighting alternatives. But the road to eco-meddling is always paved with “voluntary” intentions–along with threats to your children that if you don’t volunteer to buy environmentally correct lights, Santa and his reindeer will DIE! That according to the Seattle Mayor at a tree lighting ceremony in the downtown area. The Mayor used the event to preach the evils of global warming to the kids in attendance. He warned the children that if they don’t use energy-efficient light bulbs, Santa and the reindeer will perish amid melting icecaps. Can’t Christmas be Christmas without scaring the kids?

The light bulb provision phases out traditional bulbs by gradually increasing efficiency requirements through 2020. Conveniently for manufacturers like Philips, GE, et al, which have been pushing for legislation that would phase out incandescent bulbs (and level the playing field among competitors while giving Philips the public relations credit), the compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) already meet the 2020 requirement. Do you see where if you follow the money you can always find what the real agenda behind this stuff is?

Proponents of government intervention into the light bulb market argue the change will save consumers money – The claim is it will save $40 billion in energy and other costs in the next 22 years. But aside from mentioning that one drawback of CFLs – that their “yellowish tints” are annoying to some eyes – they fail to mention the major flaw of the new technology: mercury. Mercury, a toxic metal famously found in thermometers, helps create the increased efficiency of a CFL bulb. If the bulb breaks, the small amount of mercury can contaminate the area. I thought we had been focusing the last few years on keeping this stuff out of the environment and away from our children.

The Financial Post reported in April that a broken CFL bulb cost a Maine woman more than $2,000 to clean when the state Department of Environmental Protection referred her to a cleanup company. At $5 in energy savings per bulb per month, one broken bulb could eat up 33 years’ worth of savings!

The federal EPA doesn’t recommend professional cleanup for a broken bulb. It recommends you open a window, leave the room for 15 minutes, then put on some rubber gloves, scoop up the broken bits and seal them in a plastic bag, then put that bag in another plastic bag before throwing it out. Then wash your hands.

Even if the bulb doesn’t break, CFL users are supposed to dispose of used bulbs through state-run household hazardous waste programs, which aren’t nearly as simple or convenient as tossing a burnt bulb in the trash. Some states, like Maine, tell residents to hold hazardous materials in their homes until designated collection days. Many others, like Virginia, require participants to take the bulbs to waste disposal sites for special processing.

What happened to keeping government out of our bedroom? And our bathroom? And our utility closets?
In a little over a year -- January 2009 -- this major change will be introduced and will have a significant impact on domestic and industrial users, as well as lighting installers and manufacturers.

No guidelines or informative advice have been published regarding the changeover. Yet again, the long-suffering public will be left to shoulder the added cost. It will also have to endure the hassle of yet another quick and easy knee-jerk government measure aimed at cheap, "green" feel-good publicity rather than a carefully thought through measure.

humanity, you have any?

torture does not work on someone who is dedicated to their cause

I have a hard time finding a "credible" news source that tells it like it is.

torture is torture.




and btw, suicide is not torture

gun control is a tight shot group

anti gunners are whiney babies that need to be home invaded,see how quick the cops prevent anything

anti gun proponents are mindless idiots

Happiness is massive firepower

did you noot see the to robbers in california

shot two or 3 officers

held swat at bay for hours

2 of them

and i feel if this was a liberty issue

their would be a few more than two hopefully

and if their is not then maybe the two are in the wrong

and that was a daylight robbery

gorilla actions

would make a bike difference

when up against larger force you must use hit and run

after all they are fight pretty good in irag and afganistan

you use what ya got till ya take better ones from the enemy

<<<<--------hope they are not watching

if anybody dosen't vote it is because they see that they really don't and can't get enough facts to actually be informed, as all the data we have float downhill from the top....we are already in trouble

Talk about buying the fearmongering of this administration

Wow. 42 people died in Iraq? That would be amazing if the crime in the U.S. was that low.

I think they are willing to go clean up our mess and end some of the violence and suffering. It too bad we were not welcomed as liberators as both Bush and Cheneye predicted and there probly will be no peace unless we commit genocide or leave

We shouldn't be there anyway. But the soldiers know what they do when they enroll, I hope, and nothing you said here justifies torture anyway.

Torture is not punishment for criminal acts by our laws. Torture is a form of illiciting information and it is illegal and should not be done, ever. I don't care what scum of the earth you are talking about. We are civilized, not animals and we should act as though we use our brain. Torture is not and should never be considered an option for us.

Obama was a Muslim, but when he decided to go into politics, he became Christian since he felt he couldn't make it politically as a Muslim.