They don't have anything better to do???

I'm so "proud" of my Representative. Jane Harman, who is pretty good on defense and security, and not ashamed of the aerospace industry located in her district wants to play nanny 911 with us.

She has introduced a bill in Congress to BAN the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the US at some date in the future. So if this becomes law, at some point in the future (say January 1, 2009), stores won't be able to sell incandescent bulbs and will only be able to sell halogen and compact fluorescent bulbs. Yes boss, you read that right, you may need to head to Canada or Mexico to buy your bulbs and smuggle them into the country.

Of course its to save electricity (coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric generate over 95%) and prevent global warming.

One question, when the billions of compact fluorescent start ending up in the land fills, who can we sue for the mercury poisoning as each bulb has some of the stuff in it? That is hazardous waste.

Full disclosure, I currently use them in my house, but know the boss hates them.

Hat tip Lucianne