teamosil
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I can play that card too. I didn't spend all that time in the military defending the rights of others to have them stripped away.
when I see an issue that is actually eroding a freedom, I will protest.
Lightbulbs ain't it....
I didn't spend all that time in the military defending the rights of others to trivialize over lightbulbs...there are important issues to consider...try spending time on something important for a change...
RIGHTS! Come on man. Get real. What "right" do you think you have to buy crappy lightbulbs?
Why do you even care? The new ones are cheaper. The even have old fashioned incandescent lightbulbs that meet the standards now. The only reason left to want the old ones is if you actually WANT to destroy the environment and waste energy to prove some misguided point...
good, you fight for this issue, I'll wait til my govt tries to force me to waste money and pollute, instead of saving money and the environment at the same time.....:2wave:
I would tell her, since she can save money over the long run by buying more efficient bulbs now.
Why do wingnuts hate poor people so much?
good, you fight for this issue, I'll wait til my govt tries to force me to waste money and pollute, instead of saving money and the environment at the same time.....:2wave:
My list of "IT", for starters...for you, which ones "are it?"
send her address, I'll send her a box of light bulbs....Sure that's no problem. The kids won't mind missing a few meals.
send her address, I'll send her a box of light bulbs....
It isn't like we spend a lot of money on light bulbs. Look at where we spend a lot and ask what we can do to reduce that load.
Heating and air conditioning are big loads, drying clothes is a big load, as is hot water.
Light bulbs don't burn out that often, compared to our big loads, light bulbs are peanuts...
when I see an issue that is actually eroding a freedom, I will protest.
Lightbulbs ain't it....
I didn't spend all that time in the military defending the rights of others to trivialize over lightbulbs...there are important issues to consider...try spending time on something important for a change...
You are now inventing things, aka LYING.....This isn't even a good argument, in fact, its pathetic. You don't defend rights by picking and choosing which is important and which is worth giving away. A defender of rights defends all rights, not those decided as important to that individual. Don't even pretend you are a protector of rights again. You have shown over and over again, in thread after thread, you care little for just about all of them.
good, you fight for this issue, I'll wait til my govt tries to force me to waste money and pollute, instead of saving money and the environment at the same time.....:2wave:
You are now inventing things, aka LYING.....
I don't agree with you, so you bring out the labels. OK, you are more patriotic than me, feel better? If not, take a laxative because you are full of $%IT...
My list of "IT", for starters...
GWB, Dick Cheney starting the Iraq war and killing off thousands of our own with nothing to show for it.
Our congresspersons personally enriching themselves at the expense of the rest of us.
Wall street being the new face of organized crime with congress ignoring the crimes.
Congress not securing our borders, allowing the hiring of illegal aliens, thus increasing our unemployment.
The corporate world that sends jobs overseas.
Foreign aid in the billions which is simply taking money from our poor and middle class of our rich country, and giving it to the rich in poor countries.
The GOP which can't seem to come up with an electable candidate, or manage to have one but still choose someone else...
and we have people worrying about LIGHT BULBS ???
Why should you or the government care what I do?
Because we all share the same pool of energy and the same environment. If you use up more energy that impacts all of us. If you harm the environment, that impacts all of us...
It seems that some people are unsuited for freedom and liberty. We call those people liberals.What could possibly trivialize freedom more than equating it to wanting to use out of date lightbulbs?
So you want to regulate my consumption? Hello comrade.
Who gets to decide what the "overall well being of society" is? You?So are you an anarchist? Or what is your standard exactly for when individual preference gives way to the overall well being of society?
Because we all share the same pool of energy and the same environment. If you use up more energy that impacts all of us.
If you harm the environment, that impacts all of us...
It seems that some people are unsuited for freedom and liberty. We call those people liberals.
Well of course. You think you can just screw up everybody's environment? What gives you the right to do that to other people? You don't own the environment...
Who gets to decide what the "overall well being of society" is? You?
How about I decide what is best for me and you decide what is best for you?
None. Screwing up light bulbs is a job for General Electric and the Congress.How many tea partiers does it take to screw up a light bulb?
Well of course. You think you can just screw up everybody's environment? What gives you the right to do that to other people? You don't own the environment...
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