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To: i-node who wrote (618970)	7/12/2011 12:06:22 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1580615

That IN NO WAY suggests, nor can you infer from it, that the amount of money in unemployment benefits is LESS than before. Keeping in mind that they're ALREADY extended benefits to 10x the original intent of the program (it started at 13 weeks). Spin it anyway you want....you have no choice......its a winger talent but that doesn't changed the fact that Rs cut off spending to the states. I cited just one of several examples. You come up with more. They're out there......do a search. It is nothing short of absurd to suggest that our country, which is already broke, should be borrowing money FROM OUR CHILDREN to pay people NOT TO WORK. Still, we are doing it at unprecedented levels. Oh spare me your silly drivel. Rs finally get religion after two incredibly expensive wars and giving tax cuts to the wealthy. BS. No one's buying your sudden piety.....least of all me. I asked you to provide some kind of proof for your statement. At this point, given your failure to do so, I would have just declare you to be a liar. Oh, crap. Big surprise. Another liberal liar? I gave you the proof. Per usual, its not what you want to hear. Typical Bush lover. You people are destroying the country and that truth is becoming apparent to more and more people. You will be remembered for your arrogance, corruption, incompetence and dishonesty.

To: i-node who wrote (618970)	7/12/2011 12:12:58 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580615

More winger errant behavior trying to destroy this country. You all should be brought to trial for treason. OPINION: BULB Act is dim-witted By Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) - 07/11/11 05:35 AM ET In 1879, Thomas Edison invented a way to create light by heating up a thin strip of material (called a filament) until it was hot enough to glow. This was the incandescent light bulb. Since then, Americans and people all over the world have been using these same light bulbs that produce 90% heat and only 10% light. I think Thomas Edison, being a man ahead of his time, would agree this makes little sense today. I believe that one of our premier American innovators would be supportive of American innovation making his revolutionary invention just a bit more efficient. It took us over a century, but a few years ago Congress realized that a simple efficiency standard could spur innovation to make incandescent light bulbs that create less heat and more light while using less energy. In 2007, members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, on which I serve, passed a bill to set an energy-efficiency standard for incandescent light bulbs. President George W. Bush later signed that bill into law. Neither President Bush nor any other Member of Congress banned the incandescent light bulb. Instead, we passed a law to promote energy efficiency. The incandescent light bulb isn’t banned – it’s just better. Having lived in Pittsburgh, PA my whole life I’ve seen how energy efficiency can revolutionize an industry and revitalize a city. In the 1970’s I worked in the Jones and Laughlin steel mill on Pittsburgh’s South Side. The steel industry was strong, and Pittsburgh was a company town. But in just a few years, the industry came to a screeching halt. International competitors were making steel using new technologies and more efficient processes, allowing them to undercut the price of U.S. steel. But the steel industry didn’t leave the United States, and it didn’t leave Pittsburgh. It re-invented itself. It got smarter and leaner and more energy efficient. U.S. steelmakers started using more efficient furnaces than old open hearth furnaces. They started using continuous casting rather than ingots and moulds that required re-heating. They started using waste heat recovery and energy monitoring and management technologies. As a result, the U.S. steel industry has reduced the amount of energy needed to produce a ton of steel by 33 percent since 1990. We can all learn from Pittsburgh’s experience, and the lighting industry is doing just that. By agreeing on efficiency standards and supporting their passage in Congress, the industry has developed new ways to make lighting more efficient. These innovations allow households to save nearly $100 a year and the country to save over $10 billion a year. And the best part? These newly efficient incandescent light bulbs are being made in my home state of Pennsylvania. Other energy-efficient light bulbs – CFL’s and LED’s - are being made in North Carolina, California, and Florida and soon in Ohio. New innovation in energy efficiency has brought jobs to this country at a time when we need it the most. And it can bring more jobs, but not if we roll back the clock on energy efficiency. This used to be something we all agreed on. Beginning with President Reagan in 1987, Congress and the White House have enacted federal energy efficiency standards five times – each time with bipartisan support. But now it’s being used to score cheap political points for those on the far right. This week, the House will be voting on the “BULB Act” a bill to repeal the bipartisan energy efficiency standards that have helped create jobs here in America and save energy and money for families. This is as common sense as it gets and it’s hard to believe that we’re fighting over it. I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing this bill. We’ve got big fights ahead, with real disagreements that will require us to find some common ground – like how to get our financial house in order, how to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, and how to reform our education system. If Republicans and Democrats can’t come together on more efficient light bulbs, I have little hope of us tackling the bigger issues. thehill.com