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Michele Bachmann Pushes New Pro-Choice Law…for Light Bulbs

Aside from the attempted trickery in the headline, there is a serious issue behind this story. H.R. 5616 is back in play. For the neophytes, 5616 was the Bachmann-proposed bill from 2008 meant to blunt a law passed the prior year that would have changed the way Americans buy light bulbs starting next January. The new law was affectionately titled, Light Bulb Freedom of choice Act:

3/13/2008–Introduced.

Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act – Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal provisions concerning energy efficiency standards for general service incandescent lamps, rough service lamps, other designated lamps, and incandescent reflector lamps unless the Comptroller General has transmitted to Congress within six months after this Act’s enactment a report that finds that: (1) consumers will obtain a net savings, in terms of dollars spent on monthly electric bills and expenses for new light fixtures to accommodate the use of the light bulbs required by such provisions, compared to dollars spent before their enactment; (2) the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs required by such provisions will reduce overall carbon dioxide emissions by 20% in the United States by 2025; and (3) such phase-out will not pose any health risks, including risks associated with mercury containment in certain light bulbs, to consumers or the general public, including health risks with respect to hospitals, schools, day care centers, mental health facilities, and nursing homes.

Requires the report to include monthly and yearly projections of expenses for electric bills and new light fixtures for January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2017.

Almost two years from the date of the original pitch, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has re-introduced the bill stating:

“The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy.”

The 2011 version is officially listed as H.R. 849, and targets the elimination of two specific parts of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 dealing with energy-efficiency standards for incandescent and fluorescent bulbs and labeling standards.  Bachmann’s bill would permit the 2007 standards to survive if the comptroller general is able to prove the estimated savings to consumers, reduced carbon-dioxide emissions and that the presence of mercury in the new bulbs poses no health risks to consumers.

That last item, the part about proving the presence of a neurotoxin like mercury poses no health risk, is going to be tough to get past.  When the law mandating the shift to the new bulbs was passed, even NPR took issue with the mercury problem.

Four other Republican Congressman have joined Ms. Bachmann as co-sponsors of the bill, including Ron Paul and Ted Poe of Texas, Paul Broun of Georgia and Doug Lamborn of Colorado.

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  • mickie4
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:54am

    Everyone, call your Representative in Congress to support HR-849……do it today…..please.

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    • Patriciade
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:07am

      Well yes those bulbs are poison period. But can we move on already..
      I mean if we abolish the EPA we may not need a million bills to cover all the b–t they are up too.
      Yes drill now, if not, when?
      Please we need to de-fund a ton of things, not be distracted by someone seeking brownie points…

      Sorry Michelle but put it in a bill with allot of other important things maybe but if you can look at the bigger picture this is nit picking and a big waste of what little time we have to turn this all around.

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:25am

      You and Bachmann clearly have WAY too much time on your hands. Jesus H Christ, get a life, people!

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    • mill
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:10pm

      PATRICIADE
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:07am

      Well yes those bulbs are poison period. But can we move on already..
      *****************

      I agree with most of this …however, it is a bit more important than most of us think.

      We do need to get many things at least started!!
      Bill Clinton said if we drilled at Anwr it would be 10 years before we had any results..that was 17 years ago.

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  • darlenekay
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:54am

    Thank You for your sanity!

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  • bkeely
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:51am

    Dear Nanny please let me choose what light bulb I use.. And please spank Obama and put him to bed without supper.
    ——————
    Buck
    Http://www.***************
    Heirloom seeds “how God plants His garden”

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  • tess q
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:51am

    i can’t stand these new hazmat lightbulbs. do you think when millions of these end up in the local dump the mercury in them will end up in the ground water? has there been any studies?

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:23am

      no, it is the only metal that evaporates at standard pressure and temperature. so as the metal (not a compound) you get to breathe it.

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  • KBLosAngeles
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:45am

    Anyone else see Representative Michelle Bachmann on Greta’s show on FOX last night, 03-02-11?

    She talked about the Obamacare bill that was passed by the last congress….the bill that Pelosi said they would have to pass to read? Well, apparently within the bill is a provision to begin funding of Obamacare with $105,465,000,000.00 (that’s $105+ Billion folks). She said she is taking it up with the house leadership to find ways to eliminate this funding.

    This is what happens when the people we elect to congress abrogate their responsibilities, and follow the tyrannical rantings of a socialist moron like Nancy Pelosi. The woman, and the rest of the Democratic leadership involved in this criminal act, should be brought up on charges of malfeasance, and impeached immediately!!!

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    • tess q
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:59am

      yes i did see the show. while i was listening to congresswomen bachmann i was wondering who wrote this health care bill and was able to hide a large amount of money in it. even though they were behind locked doors for a period of time, that dosen’t seem like it was enough time to write this huge bill. and besides i don’t see the players in this being smart enough to do this. plain and simple this stinks!!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:19am

      palosi is not a moron. she is certainly EVIL, nefarious, sinister, diabolical, devious, misleading, a liar, and a control freak.

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  • Andybetterideas
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:43am

    The title of this article cracks me up. Brilliant!

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  • Everett Bennett Jr
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:43am

    They can try to tell you what bulbs to buy, but, there is nothing like the Black Market!

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  • BBReggie
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:42am

    I hope it passes, but didn’t they close down the last factory making the good bulbs? Not that it matters to me because I am 59 years old and have a 50-year supply of the good bulbs in storage.

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  • Rob
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:34am

    I think this is a HUGE issue…. the nanny state removing more and more of our freedom under the guise of “its good for you.” I support her completely. Common sense.

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  • Perry
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:33am

    Maybe now I can stop stockpileing real light bulbs – you know the kind you can read with…

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  • Fun_jumper
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:32am

    This may sound trivial on the surface but really this is a very important law to change. Please contact your Congressman and push them to support this bill and any others like it.

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  • Fina Biscotti
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:29am

    Considering the injuries caused by exploding “energy efficient” Green bulbs,

    the Green bulbs should be banned.

    But that would screw w the obamas’ kick-backs…..

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  • jerryod1627
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:28am

    I bought 2 of the new flourescent bulbs and they don’t put out enough light to see anything. I then went out and bought enough regular bulbs to last me the rest of my life. Now the question is how to dispose of the flouescent ones that are full of mercury. Since my democratic Senator helped pass this bill I have decided to ship both of these bulbs to her office, with a letter explaining that I do not know how to properly dispose of these bulbs, and since she was so anxious to pass this bill, I am sure she will know how to dispose of it without doing any undue damage to the enviroment! This will cost me a few bucks but it will be well worth it! Wonder what these politicians would do if all of us did this?

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    • Hephzibah
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:29am

      I like the way you reason! I’m a hoarder, too, and loathe those curly monsters. When they first came out, ya had to pay to dispose of them. They are more expensive, they are ugly as sin, they don’t come on when you first flip the switch, they don’t put out enough light, they burn out quickly, they are a fire danger, they put Americans out of work, and they are dangerous for the environment. Another stupid, illogical Dem idea: “Let’s force everybody to use them.”

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    • GEW
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:35am

      I asked our environmental waste department in my city how to dispose of these bulbs. they said just carefully put it in a plastic bag and into the regular trash! I was a bit shocked to hear this, I then asked how can you do that what about the mercury buildup in the land fills, tons of these light bulbs over a period of time has got to have some effect on the land, water etc. She said no problem at all. I can not imagine this, also, how does one pick one of these things off the floor if broken, she tells me to just put a paper towel over it and carefully pick every piece of it up. CRAZY. I suppose I am not the take a breath at the same time of picking the pieces up and putting them into my plastic back and taking it out to the trash, yes CRAZY.

      2 upsides to this, more plastic bags will be sold and used to cause problems in our environment.
      and then of course the added need to have more paper towels which of course helps with the cutting of culling of our forest. Wonder if we could follow the money and find out who is benefiting from all this new regulation. Were are all the Environmentalist screaming about his one?

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    • rgranger
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:08am

      I would say send them to Shelia Jackson-Lee but you may be charged with a hate crime or attempted assault.

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  • EP46
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:25am

    I have been ‘hording’ light bulbs for about a year. I will not buy CLFs. I posted a link before about the “REGULATIONS” that are already law regarding the ‘disposal’ of, of ‘clean-up ” of broken NEW type bulbs.
    Mercury is an essential part of CFLs; it allows the bulb to be an efficient light source.
    This is what your tax dollar is spent on by the EPA

    Only takes about 8 hrs to meet the Regulations of clean-up and disposal of a new broken bulb. Check it out.

    http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html

    http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflrecycling.html

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    • Veritas vos liberabit
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:02am

      I am also a Hoarder! Yeah, it’s pathetic that Michelle has to waste time on the ridiculous issue (thanks to W) but I would like to us my storage for something other than light bulbs!!

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  • markamerica
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:25am

    GB talks about stocking up on food. I‘m stocking up on good ol’ incandescant bulbs. Flourescants cause me severe migraines, and for those of you who’ve suffered from migraines, you probably know what I mean. Forcing me to buy CF bulbs is akin to sentencing me to a lifetime of torture. Seriously. I realize that sounds dramatic for people who don’t suffer from migraines, and who don’t therefore know how lighting can act as a trigger, but for those of us who suffer from severe migraines, it’s frequently a trigger. Not one of these numbskulls in DC give the first consideration to this, or anything else. I‘m in my mid 40’s. Unfortunately, because I am literally the last home on a power grid, we get lots of power surges, so we go through roughly 3-4 bulbs per month. Therefore, I’m having to consider how many more months I intend to live, and multiplying that out, yes, I am stocking up.

    When I say big government gives me a headache, I mean it.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:06am

      i agree with your point, government and headaches. I for one, by CHOICE, have tried Edison style fluorescents since they first came out on the market . these bulbs have always been a disappointment for me. the cfl style now available are a wash compared to incandescent lamps. this is not considering the mercury.
      i am now re-lamping my home with the Edison style LED’s . For me they have the appeal of low energy usage and we will probably put them in our will for the children.

      Once again: this is MY CHOICE, the gov‘t has no business sticking it’s ‘nose’ in my affairs

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    • BruceB
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:41pm

      Sueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  • VLADTEPES
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:23am

    GE is a traitor, never buy from them again..

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:18am

    Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

    Is this really an issue to bring up now? The country is on the verge of economic collapse. Shouldn’t we be pushing to allow drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, open up AWAR??

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:22am

      Why not??? Obama is too busy partying in the White House to bother with any of those issues anyway. Why not work on something she can? I don’t have a problem with that do you??? Have you seen those crappy light bulbs??

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    • corchem
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:24am

      all of the above. With unrest in the Middle East you would think that there would be a push for drilling?

      All I hear is crickets! Then again what do you expect from our anti-capitalism president?

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    • seemsew
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:10pm

      Yes! It all needs to be addressed, and FAST. I do think that our Reps and Senators should be able to do some multi tasking. They have gotten us all into this giant mess, and, I don’t care if they have to stay on the floor 24/7. They need to get it all cleaned up.

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  • JesusFreak95
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:17am

    These fluorescent bulbs are dangerous. I had an older one blow out and catch fire in my basement last week. Add to that the mercury and other issues, and this is another scam that has been pushed upon us by the Government and retailers.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:33am

      You should apply for government assistance! Your house is an environmental disaster now.

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    • stitchak
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:28am

      Ditto. One could have started a fire in our garage but someone was there and smelled it. We have had a couple in the house start smoking then blow. Very scary. They do not last 5 or 10 years either. Their life is about the same as reg bulbs IMO. We have replaced most of the mercury bulbs with the reg bulbs & I am buying reg bulbs and “hoarding”…. :)

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    • seemsew
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:42am

      I, too, had one burn out and emit smelly fumes and smokey wisps right over my dining room table.
      didn’t know whether to eat the dinner or not. They are a real nightmare. Hope M Bachmann can get this through. I’m calling my rep to join in.

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    • teachermitch32
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:13pm

      stitchak

      You‘re right about the life span of the CFL’s. I have not had even one of them live up to the claims of the designer or manfr. They are bright to begin and then dim considerably after 200 or so hours. The bases all scorch or turn dark in about 300-500 hours. LED’s are a great way to go if you can afford to purchase them in the beginning. They just are not practical right now…and it will be quite some time before they become affordable.
      Our household choice is to return to incandecent for the lights where we need the most illumination…keep CFL’s in the lights we want to leave on for long periods of time or for when we are away from home. Keep our eyes peeled for good deals on LED’s and watch for price drops. Even LED‘s have a lower lifespan than the manfr’s say they do. One LED fails…then two…then three….then…well you see where this is going.

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  • quarter horseman
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:14am

    GO Bachmann 2012! she has my vote! and I bet she has a birth certificate and would show it.

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  • 13thGenerationAmerican
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:12am

    It’s nice to see the committed effort by the GOP concentrating on the economy and jobs rather than wasting time on meaningless legislation.

    13thGenerationAmerican  
    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:19am

      When incandescent light bulbs are off the market, all the producers of those bulbs in America are out of work. The new “Green” bulbs are all Chinese made. So, she is doing as you say.

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    • mamawalker
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:26am

      @13th That post just verifies your inability to see the truth – not related to the economy and jobs, really?

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    • Miami
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:53am

      Really 13 and you didn’t know that light bulbs are made in the US and fluorescence come from oversaes…

      Have all 13 generation been this clueless or are you the first?

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    • Darla_K
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:02am

      Any legislation that GOP works on is important, wheather it is important or not so important to you. We need to take this Country back and if we have to do it piece by piece so be it. Give us back our light bulbs!

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    • rgranger
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:06am

      Gonzo,
      I think that the last plant has already left the country….

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    • The Old Sage
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:01am

      You have to stop a runaway train a little at a time, by any means you can and anybody who believes Mother Earth is God, Green Energy is the future, Tree Hugging, Bleeding Hearts and Socialism is the answer to Capitalism has a screw loose, there loaf isn’t quiet done, have a few bricks shy of a load, a bridge to nowhere, Peta freaks, code pink and any other person who has been educated at our Universities by Liberal / Progressive Professors will one day reap what they sow and realize that Socialism / Communism has failed everywhere it has been tried.

      Oh yes; and don’t believe me do your own research on Socialism, Marxism, Communism, Liberalism are Progressives…… you have a computer as everyone else does. Do your homework and then pick your side once again and I think you will see things just a little different than you see them now if you are able to think out of the box to the next step you are taking. Only then when you have no freedoms will you truly understand Capitalism and what it gives you the right to say now and then read The Constitution, The Bill of Rights and The Declaration of Independence for only in America do you now at this time have the right to do and say anything you want. Why do you think everyone wants to come to this country for and do anything to get here?Do you think it is the freedoms we have now are what we are going to become. We are still The Beacon of the Free World and when that light goes out there will be no more hope for the world. What do you think holds this world together and when anything goes wrong who do they look too. I don’t think it is China, Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Kuwait, Iraq, Switzerland, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, Africa and the list is endless but I do know who they know they can count on for the next few days possibly The Good Old United States of America and you had better think and research that before you start blowing your horn so loud. And if you don’t like America and her laws try living somewhere else in the world and try doing what you are attempting to do here and see how far you get. Let us now look at Libya and any of the Middle Eastern countries and see how it turns out in the long run. I will bet like Iran did.

      Enough said for now!!!!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:37am

      concentrating on the economy and jobs rather than wasting time on meaningless legislation.
      *********************
      There’ll be a whole lot more jobs, once American business’ realize that half the worthless regulations which cost $bn’s to comply with are being repealed. Freedom is neither meaningless, nor wasting time, and the economy runs much better whenever someone can simply start a business at their kitchen table, or in their garage, without hiring 10 lawyers, 2 tax accountants (to see if they agree & keep from being auditid. ) filing 50 pages of business plans, in triplicate and attending 2-5 yrs of seminars by the small business admin. on how to legally do so. I love it when the local paper headlines a business coming into our area because of local tax deals, (why they don‘t just reduce them for everyone I’ll never understand.) and the story ends with … by _(3-5 yrs away) they will employ 9-17 people.

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  • corchem
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:11am

    We are no longer a constitutional republic, this was signed by George Bush. Throw out the rhynos and the Demmunist! James Madison where are you now?

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  • ricrhino
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:10am

    Lets light them up!!! you go Michele

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    • beebacksoon
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:05am

      Michelle for President!
      GE (and the exec recently appointed by BHO) has gotten filthy rich off the curley bulbs. Freedom of choice, I say, regardless of the service, supply, or bulb.

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  • GeneralBeasley
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:09am

    you see we still have a choice, just less options.

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  • Lesterp
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:08am

    So this is what The United States has come to!!

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    • RN MOM
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:39am

      This is what we are being nudged to… wait for the push. I’m ready to push back, are you?

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:02pm

      Yes

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:13pm

      RN MOM, yes ma’am I am! BTW, I’m still upset from you calling me a DemocRAT! You could put someone’s eye out. That hurt!

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  • maumau
    Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:07am

    yes

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:25am

      We are in trouble when we start needing laws to tell us what kind of light bulbs we should use. Those new bulbs suck. They are also an environmental hazard.

      http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Society in Decline video

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    • lillianrose
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:26am

      I am so over those screwy little bulbs!

       
    • slimkendall
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:27am

      it’s not a “light bulb”, it’s just a bundle of glass, wires and soldering.

      slimkendall  
    • Miami
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:28am

      Fine but the future is LED less power than fluorescence, without the danger of mercury. Its not about saving the planet, it does not need saving. It about saving our pocketbook, with all the morons around the world jacking up the cost of oil and we idiots that can’t approve drill permits.

      Not the whole answer but cuts the lighting bill by 80%

      Miami  
    • 912er
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:35am

      Lets take a page from the Left. Anyone who has the CFL bulbs MUST register and pay a fee every year to use the bulbs because they are dangerous if broken and we must know where all the bulbs are. Lets treat the bulb ownership like they treat gun ownership.

      912er  
    • corchem
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:46am

      CNSRVTVJ We are past trouble, the Demmunist have destroyed our Republic that Madison and those other great men created for us. Very Sad

      xtranormal video on this very thing:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc26gQ8iktw

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:05am

      @corchem – Agreed.

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    • Ironmaan
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:07am

      You can always go to Canada and pick yourself up some light bulbs and a 4 gallon per flush toilet. I did. Then you should celebrate by having a couple of beers around a tire fire in the backyard.

      http://guerillatics.com

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    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:17am

      The reason they’re forcing you to use these bulbs is because the FEDS can SURVEIL you with these bulbs.

      There is technology existing that can transfer data across your power lines. The bulbs can essentialy listen to you by your sound waves vibrating the molecules in the vaporized gas that is ionized in order for the bulb to produce light. Those vibrating molecules can be “listened” to with microelecronics and that data sent over your power lines back to some surveillance program.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:19am

      Like all the other damage done by this administration, this bill will get repealed or modified, however, the last light-bulb manufacturing company here in the US just recently closed its’ doors and moved south to MEXICO! Mission ACCOMPLISHED OBAMA!

      AzDebi  
    • grandmaof5
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:27am

      Thank you, thank you! There are days when I would love to be invisible and sweep those mercury bulbs off a shelf causing a hazmat team to have to come clean up. People just don’t realize there is mercury in them and they are toxic. Who do you go after if one of your animals ingests mercury and gets sick or worse? Of course I would never do anything like that being of sound mind, a Conservative and Tea Party member. IKEA will soon only carry these bulbs – no choice at all. Are they going to come to your house and clean up?

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    • rodamaa
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:35am

      It just more proof that government has no business dictating what we should buy, eat or wear. Stay the hell out of our lives

       
    • tenring
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:46am

      Big Brother is not always right but can twist your arm until you scream Uncle Sam.

      http://www.wattworks.com/CFL%20Hazards.htm

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:48am

      I believe the government should be the ones to tell you what light bulbs to use, what type of toilet you need, how many squares of paper can be used, and when or if you really need to use the bathroom.
      Obliviously I am joking, however, if we do not keep the vigilance up this is where it will come to.

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    • Libertyluvnmomma
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:49am

      But I just 10,000 incandescent bulbs. I was ready for tyranny.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:55am

      1.5 trillion ib cebt and we are arguing light bulbs…sigh

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    • obfuscatenot
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:06am

      912er-
      Right on, register the CFL’s just like firearms. Bravo!

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:23am

      Has nothing to do with cost savings or being GREEN. Its all about CONTROL and payback of a liberal progressive manufacturer who will be producing the spaghetti bulbs. Easy solution…Ignore this BS and stock up on Incandescent light bulbs. Worse case is this BS never sees the light of day, you have a nice supply of bulbs which means fewer trips to the store. If this stupid law does continue..well then…you just might prosper by making preparations. Practive self-reliance. Makes life a lot easier when you take matters in your own hands and prepare. Try it! You might just like it.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:34am

      I call for a new National organization. The National Incandescent and Light-Reproductive Rights Action League

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:40am

      TexasCommonSense

      That’s the ticket. N.I.L.R.R.A.L. for short…LOL! Rock on.

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    • APatriotFirst
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:56am

      Sinista Mace
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:17am
      The reason they’re forcing you to use these bulbs is because the FEDS can SURVEIL you with these bulbs.

      ————————————————————————
      The reason is because GE brought these bulbs out and Obama loves GE

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:10am

      Where are the environmental groups in these CFLs. The mercury contained in these bulbs is surely dangerous. Hypocrites.

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    • hifi74
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:20am

      I’m with Miami on this one. Led’s, they are brighter, last longer, and use less energy to light. Look at the new low profile light bars on police squads. They are extraordinarily bright, very slick and aerodynamic, and use next to nothing to power and are LED’s. Or you can look at new led flashlights vs older fluorescent or even incandescent.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:37am

      It’s a sad state of affairs when we have to get legislature introduced to allow us to choose what light bulbs we buy and use on our own private property.

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    • Miguelito
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:31am

      Its a GE think. The Dems are in bed with GE. The bulbs stink and are dangereous. We must wake up and see what the Dems and doing to this country. We are loosing our freedom bit by bit. I hate the term “new normal” We need leaders!

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    • drphil69
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:53am

      I love the curly Q mercury filled light bulbs! But I also like CHOICE! Those bulbs look like crap in an exposed fixture (chandelier, ceiling fan fixtures, bathroom fixtures, etc). The “specialty” compact fluorscents (Torpedo, globe, etc.) take a long time to reach full brightness, and are expensive!! I bought a case of incandescents for my hanging fixtures as well as my bathrooms.

      Don‘t count on Bachmann’s bill passing. If you like incandescents, stock up NOW.

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    • marine249
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:39pm

      if LED’s are the ans. yham it is up to me to use them or not.

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    • Rightsofman
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:42pm

      And the damned things are OF COURSE made in CHINA!!!

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Yes … let the market and the CONSUMER (me!) decide what I want/can purchase. Leave my LIGHTBULBS ALONE! LIBERTY!

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    • alvino
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 1:33pm

      I spent the weekend (3 nights) in a Howard Johnson which had completely converted over to CFL’s. The lighting sucked and hurt my eyes. One quick trip to Wal-mart saved my weekend, I bought 8 NORMAL light bulbs and replaced everything in my room for the 3 days I stayed there. Upon leaving, I informed management that I would never book another room at their establishment until they got rid of the Clown-Fun-Lighting… it was NOT my idea of comfort or home.

      I have purchased 4 cases of normal light bulbs. A life-time supply. The who set of bulbs cost me about $50. I will not use any light bulb which does not has a true black-body curve. Gas bulbs suck.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 1:36pm

      Gov can take these new type bulbs and stick them where the sun don’t shine and have a butt light!

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:53pm

      Wish they would hurry up.. I just bought another 24 regular bulbs.. LOL..well either way I will have a lifetime supply…

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    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:25pm

      APatriotFirst

      “The reason is because GE brought these bulbs out and Obama loves GE”

      Simply a means to an end, which is to SURVEIL YOU and to screw around with your bodily functions by using frequency pulses to induce electric current in your body.

      Light is electromagnetic radiation.

      It is electromagnetism.

      Electromagnetic induction can happen using light.

      You can also use a laser-induced plasma channel to create virtual wires for electric current conduction.

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    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:32pm

      The mercury laced bulbs are designed as scalar transmitters, which are structured in a solenoid vortex container, accelerated using electromagnetic fields to relativistic speeds, which in turn vaporize, turns into a mercury plasma, generating photons which reflect off of titanium dioxide dopants, mixed with phosphorus.

      A scalar transmitter can send and receive holographic data to any point in space.

      That holographic data can be sinked or pumped with so much electromagnetic energy that it becomes a tangible object.

      It can essentially act as an eye or an ear.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:07pm

      I agree with the Congresswoman. Any law based on the FALSE Global Warming scam should be reversed. CFL’s are more expensive, yet don’t seem to last any longer than incandescent, and the mercury they contain make them more of a hazard. Who the heck is going to call the EPA to clean up a broken CFL? Not me. I might put it in a ziplock, inside of a ziplock, but I am not going to pay to have it cleaned up. It was a silly law, thought up by silly people, who let an even sillier man, scam them.

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    • Uncle Crusty
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:08pm

      Where and when do I sign up for this? Good for Michelle! Re-open the Winchester, Va plant!

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:09pm

      Beam me up, Sinista Mace. No intelligent government on this planet.

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    • avenger
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:25pm

      absolutely YES …screw GE !

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    • makeemstop
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:48pm

      I think we need less less less regulations… but it will bring to light all the misconceptions the liberal Greeneys don’t want you to know.

      So in this case, I’m almost willing to except a in your face truth vs. more bureaucracy.

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    • anunyapete
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:52pm

      MIAMI — Dead on the money…!!!

      If “WE THE PEOPLE” CHOOSE to phase out incandescent bulbs, LED is the way to go.

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    • yourpantsonfire
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:06pm

      Note:
      Did ya notice that Congressman UPTON, was not named among those who believe in common sense?

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    • HaroldS
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:07pm

      Darn. We have stockpiled enough incandescent bulbs to last us beyond the grave.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:51am

      Congresswoman Bachmann is fast becoming my heroine! Only reason I wouldn’t want her running for POTUS in 2012 is we need her leadership so dearly in the House. (Boehner‘s doing ok as long as the conserv’s have kindling available!)

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:20am

      @hifi74
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:20am
      I’m with Miami on this one. Led’s, they are brighter, last longer, and use less energy to light.
      **************
      Sure, last’s longer……I bought a mess of them because they were advertised to last 5 yrs. when first out. The first lasted about 1 1/2 yrs, the second 2 mo’s, the next 3 burnt out within a week, I had one that lasted until I walked out of the room. Don’t believe everything you read.

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    • watchmany2k
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:23am

      While Lighting is perhaps 10% of your electrical load, the type bulb you choose does impact efficiency. The Bulb you choose should be task specific, and you should understand the factors effecting the quality of light. The incandescent while basically providing adequate light is very inefficient as most of the energy consumed is converted to heat. This adds heat load in Air conditioning costs. For the factors that effect quality of light: http://www.watchman2012.com/spout15.html
      For cost comparison of the three main types of light bulb:
      http://www.watchman2012.com/watch/store1led.html#costinfo
      Decide well grasshopper….

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    • Vunderkint
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:56am

      Don’t like the global warming defeating environmentally friendly lightbulbs to save the planet? Then you must be against the children and for those moneygrubbing rich people!

      Yada yada yada! I think the jig is up with this bogus politically driven junk science of man-made global warming, the whole premise is flawed that being that CO2 causes warming, even Al Gore had to admit publicly that CO2 doesn’t drive temperature it follows. So all of those schemes and legislation/regulation asserting lowering CO2 levels to fix a nonexistent problem is bogus on its face, I think a majority of the people are on to the scam and the law designed to phase out incandescent bulbs need to be tossed on the trash heap with Obama care and the recent banking reform.

      This is insane, just this week there was a report about overlapping government agencies costing the taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars and were told that they’re having difficulty finding what can be cut from the federal budget? We did lose one third of the federal government and the only effect it will probably have is an increase in efficiency and a lower cost to us!

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