Smoking...foie gras...trans fats....light bulbs

legion · 09:45 AM

What do these all have in common?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070131/sc_nm/energy_california_lightbulbs_dc

on-ramp · 01-31-2007, 09:42 AM

it means the terrorists are laughing.

Jim Richards · 01-31-2007, 09:47 AM

CA

cowtown · 01-31-2007, 09:53 AM

Don't forget the:

-Attempt to limit the number of pages in school textbooks - because school bags are too heavy.

-Law that says you've got to have your headlights on when you have your windshield wipers on, or you're going to be pulled over and given a ticket.

-Law that says you're going to be pulled over and given a ticket if you turn on your fog lights during the day without your headlights.

-Promise to redistrict, then conveniently "forget" to redistrict, then again promise to redistrict, if it means term limits are repealed so 4-5 assembly people can keep their jobs. Now there's being a selfless politician, always looking out for the consitituents.

-Successful attempt to eliminate the rolling smog exemption, ensuring that your 1976 911 will always require thermal reactors and an air pump, even though you want to do an EFI + Cat update and make it run cleaner. And even though those parts aren't made any more.

But you can give them your car for $500 if you have a problem with that.

Colin
(Soon to be moving to Nevada)

Burnin' oil · 01-31-2007, 09:59 AM

Levine can kiss my ass. Friggin' jerk-offs with nothing better to do. Get a life, idiot. Ban this, ban that, blah, blah, blah. Argh!

legion · 01-31-2007, 10:04 AM

The Dailey-Blagoyevich-Obama trifecta are cut from the same cloth.

Jim Richards · 01-31-2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally posted by legion
The Dailey-Blagoyevich-Obama trifecta are cut from the same cloth.

So, no foie gras for you, too?

artplumber · 01-31-2007, 10:07 AM

Just got to get a house in Nevada. Then you can have some fun.

legion · 01-31-2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally posted by Jim Richards
So, no foie gras for you, too?

It's banned in Chicago, just like hand guns and smoking.

Only a matter of time before the morons-in-power around here want to be "just like Chicago".

Jim Richards · 01-31-2007, 10:14 AM

Dayum!@%^!

dd74 · 01-31-2007, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cowtown
Don't forget the:

You can't spank your own misbehaving child if the child is under three years old.

NICKG · 01-31-2007, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by legion
What do these all have in common?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070131/sc_nm/energy_california_lightbulbs_dc

what are ...things that california want to ban?

I'll take the rapist for 1000 alex! (in my best Sean Connery voice)

legion · 01-31-2007, 10:39 AM

Actually, I was going for things that legislatures had banned because they didn't like.

AFC-911 · 01-31-2007, 12:50 PM

Where can you buy some foie gras (pre-cooked)? I don't know if it's banned here in FL, but I've never seen it for sale.

therotman · 01-31-2007, 01:00 PM

While I agree with the notion of using CFLs they failed to mention that when they are in an enclosed light fixture the CFLs get to hot and fail much sooner than a normal bulb. I have CFLs in all of my non-enclosed fixtures, but making normal bulbs illegal is just retarded.

Our local gas & electric company has a point-of-purchase rebate so you can buy a 3 pack for $0.99 so there is no reason not to buy them, unless you have an enclosed fixture.

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

I didn't know the enclosed-fixture issue. I've been migrating to CFL's myself. I bought a bunch at the local supermarket a while back - it was $2.00 for a 5-pack, subsidized by the local power company - couldn't pass that up.