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   From: dead@gone.com   
      
   On Wed, 18 May 2011 03:29:06 +0100, Michael Steele wrote:   
      
   > Now they're claiming that Obama has mandated $50 Light Bulbs!    More   
   > proof that without lies, the regressive insane right has nothing to say.   
      
   Drudge was running that crazy headline in red on his site this morning.   
   There was a story yesterday that some LED bulbs are coming to market next   
   year that will be 60w worth of light on 4w actual energy.  The outfit   
   making them said they would cost $50 now, but they hope to have them in   
   the ten dollar range by next year.   
      
   And of course, you can still buy "twisties" for $4 at your local   
   supermarket.   
      
   Incandescent bulbs of 100w and up are exempt, and won't be subject to   
   energy rules until 2014. He still has the dishonest headline, further   
   down the page and in black now: "New, federally-mandated light bulbs will   
   cost $50 -- each..."   
      
   His latest red headline reads, "RON PAUL: SELL THE GOLD IN FORT KNOX..."   
      
   That leaves me wondering if Paul has really grasped the concept of what a   
   "gold-backed currency" really entails...   
      
   > The Energy Independence and National Security Act was signed into law,   
   > not by the "nanny state loving socialist Obama," but by Republican free   
   > market champion George W. Bush. When President Bush signed the bill into   
   > law on December 19, 2007, he praised the energy efficiency standards,   
   > "The bill also includes revisions to improve energy efficiency in   
   > lighting and appliances. It adopts elements of the executive order I   
   > signed requiring federal agencies to lead by example in efficiency and   
   > renewable energy use." This bill came into being as the legislative   
   > response to George W. Bush's Twenty in Ten challenge during his 2007   
   > State of the Union. In the address, Bush called on the United States to   
   > improve fuel economy, and increase alternative fuels. His goal was to   
   > cut gasoline consumption by 20% in 10 years. All of the current right   
   > wing outrage over light bulbs is due to a proposal by their own   
   > Republican president. It was their idea. Instead of trying to pass this   
   > plan off as Democratic big government, they need to look in the mirror.   
   > If they don't like the new bulbs, they should be blaming themselves, not   
   > Obama or the Democrats.   
   > Republicans say that Obama and the Democrats are to blame why the   
   > Republican dominated Congress, Senate and Bush signed the biofuel act   
   > into law back in 2005.   Republicans say that it's all about personal   
   > accountability and how the Dems refuse to be held accountable for   
   > Republican mistakes and largess towards the corn growing lobby.   
   > Rightists are pathologically insane, mentally ill habitual liars who   
   > attempt in vain to tell you the opposite, but the fact remains that   
   > rightists (including Bush) are to blame for the Biofuel fiasco that has   
   > caused food shortages and prices to soar!   All the fascist right wing   
   > has left are their lies to cover their litany of mistakes and greed   
   > motivated fiascos.   
   > Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub.L. 109-058) is a statute that was passed   
   > by the United States Congress on July 29, 2005 and signed into law by   
   > President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005 at Sandia National   
   > Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Act, described by   
   > proponents as an attempt to combat growing energy problems, provides tax   
   > incentives and loan guarantees for energy production of various types.   
   > Contents   
   > The bill has had the unintended effect of causing shortages of E85, an   
   > ethanol and gasoline blend of fuel, in many parts of the country.   
   > Section 701 of the bill requires US Federal fleet flex-fuel vehicles   
   > (FFVs) to operate on alternative fuels 100% of the time. Formerly, such   
   > FFVs were required to be operated by the end of 2005 on alternative   
   > fuels only 51% (i.e., the majority of the time) by Executive Order   
   > 13149.[11]. This effectively means that the US Government's use of E85   
   > has been doubled, with the unintended results of limiting public   
   > availability of E85 fuel and increasing its price. The price of corn has   
   > since increased dramatically, from which ethanol fuel is derived, and   
   > the shortage has removed the price incentive to switch to alternative   
   > fuel.   
      
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