illegal to buy light bulbs...

[franklinstreetwest]

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It's pretty spectacular in a scary way! Though I did see some being marketed as shop lights that are coated with something like clear rubber. Those looked like they would be less explosive.

 

[Moabite]

Speaking of conspiracies, Who wants to conspire to make a national turn of all gadgets day? A whole day of using as little power as absolutely needed, turning off computers, phones, ipods, ipads, etc. Who is with me?

 

[TigerLilly]

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I'm with ya--I'll just spend more time with my critters!

 

[Ec_Prokta]

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While this may sound like a good idea, I must ask, what will happen to the economy?

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

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While this may sound like a good idea, I must ask, what will happen to the economy?

Nothing will happen to the economy. When the day of no gadgets is up and everyone turns them back on any positive effects will be lost with the sudden demand for more power.

 

[Moabite]

It will boost the economy by sudden splurge in BBQ briquettes, lamp oil, candles, stake and beer.

All in all it isn't so much "sticken it to the Man" as it is "camping at home". Think of it as practice for a natural disaster or as paying tribute to your recent ancestors. Don't get me wrong, I love living in the future (aka the present) but for just one day a year we can do things like it was 100 years ago. I've been thinking about how much the world has changed since cell phones and computers have become such a part of the daily routine. How about Oct 10th, 10-10-2010?

 

[Skittlez]

The new bulbs will save you money as they use a quarter of the power of an incandescent lamp to produce the same amount of light. You shouldn't expect to see a large difference in your power bill though, as lighting is typically only a small portion of a household power bill. The largest draws are going be home heating and air conditioning and electric water heaters. The draw from an electric fence is almost negligible. It may cost you a couple of dollars a month, if that.

Were you using more air conditioning or hot water? Any new appliances? Running an extra refrigerator or freezer this year? Did you have guests that used more hot water? Do you have a hot water leak? Something is going on on if you are seeing much higher than normal bills.

Actually I have not used any air, no extra appliance, nothing. I have cut down on using stuff drastically, but my bill jumped anyway. I found out, not only did my rate go up, but the meter reader has not been coming. My bills are now estimates. They have cut more jobs in my town. I have to read my meter and send it in. I will have a nice sized credit. Just another no choice situation.​

 

[Q9]

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Uh, no. They get it better than you do, actually. The government works for the people, or at least, that's the way it was supposed to be. If you have the cash for it, you should be able to buy it. The government has no Constitutional right to do this, so their actions are ILLEGAL. Hopefully that word will have more of an effect on you than "unconstitutional."

Q' I highly doubt you have any idea of what I get and don't get.

As for it being illegal it isn't. It can also be debated that it is Constitutional. If it wasn't it wouldn't be law. If you actually look at everything that goes to court it is based on precedent or Constitutional law. Depending upon who the judge is and what their political leanings are the decision is made if it is Constitutional or not. So the Constitution is not black or white. Just because your interpretation of what those words mean is one way doesn't mean there is not another meaning for it. The world is not black and white. It is many shades of gray. So please lets drop the Constitutional stuff. It's not a winnable argument. It's a matter if who has the most valued opinion. Look at the Supreme Court. When it votes for something that the left likes. The right claims activist judges. When it votes for something the right wants it's activist judges.

You sound pretty smart. Just young and inexperienced. You should go in to law. It will give you a taste of what grey is all about.

"[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril that their acquiescence shall be construed into an intention to surrender those rights." --Thomas Jefferson

"I consider the foundation of the [Federal] Constitution as laid on this ground: That "all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people." [10th Amendment] To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specifically drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition." --Thomas Jefferson

"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government." --James Madison


The Constitution IS black-and-white. It's not MY interpretation, it's Thomas Jefferson's and James Madison's. Something tells me they have a better idea of what was meant than our lying Supreme Court justices do. Yes, I just insulted the mighty black-robed arbiters of right and wrong. They're human, and they're corrupt, and they're Constitutionally clueless. I'll stick with the Founders rather than the fox that guards the chicken coop.

Checks and balances my foot.

ETA: Your claim that it wouldn't be law if it were unconstitutional has to be one of the most naive things I've ever heard.

 

[Chic-Zebo Girl]

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I like your style!

10-10-2010 LOD (Lights Out Day)!

Let there be no electrical light!

Who's with us?!

 

[Schultz]

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