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   In article ,   
    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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   So who is it that is blaming Hussein? News to me.   
      
   --   
   Barock Insane Obama: The greatest joke America ever played on itself.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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