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Every week. it will be years before we know whether global warming is a threat. possibly by then if we havent crushed our economy with soup and regulation we will invent good enough technology to do something about it. we dont have in now. and the things we are doing are poujd r poumare pointless. >> act on climate change. >> these will not make any measurable difference. environmental activists say if we dont love their endless regulations with the light bulbs we dont care about the earth. we c...

Or a mans right to choose what kind of light bulb, what kind of dishwasher, what kind of washing machine. i really find it troubling this busy body nature. >> what light bulbs youre supposed to use. thats why i introduced the light bulb freedom of choice act. president bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want in the united states of america. >> the fazing out of the incandescent light bulb began in the bush administration. as technologies developed allowing us to get exactly the sa...

Wall street also a winner. the bill cuts regulatory funding. head start will get a boost, and even the incandescent light bulb won a kind of reprieve because the bill slashes funding to enforce the phase out of the old-fashioned bulbs. as for losers, there is a pay freeze for the vice presidents office. no money for joe bidens pet project, high-speed rail, and the tax man is a loser. money for the irs is more than half a billion dollars lower than what the president requested. i want to bring ...

I really find it troubling this busy body nature. >> what light bulbs youre supposed to use. thats why i introduced the light bulb freedom of choice act. president bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want in the united states of america. >> the fazing out of the incandescent light bulb began in the bush administration. as technologies developed allowing us to get exactly the same amount of light with anywhere between 1/30th and 1/3 of the power while also saving customers lots of m...

Theres one thing weve learned about the tea party congress is its not very good at governing. its not even very good at delivering on its main promises to its supporters. >> and youre here because now is the single best time we have to defund obamacare. >> what it is good at is screwing with peoples lives and delivering victories to the tiny subset of ideological -- case in point, the war to preserve the incandescent light bulb. oh, you havent heard of this? youre missing out. >> are you capable...

Language barring the obama administration from closing down the chancery and saving taxpayers money by consolidating two buildings. congratulations, "drudge report" this budget delivered for you. joining me, republican congressman tim huelskamp. explain to me the light bulb obsession. >> well, chris, that is not a major issue in the bill. actually, im still going through that. that is one of the things that i think conservatives can agree with with folks like yourself. we can agree with what is ...

Actually, this bill would add $1 billion in spending over the budget cut amount to head start programs across the country. adults are winners there as well. federal workers and active duty military would get a pay raise of 1%. first, heres a winner that a lot of people may not expect, old-school light bulbs. they are not that efficient but they are very popular. this bill would ban a program that was trying to sunset those light bulbs but, wolf, heres the deal about that. as much as the federal ...

>> really? >> it was pretty good. >> im the only one who hasnt gotten on to the bandwagon. don says dont do it. you dont want to know. from high-tech to low tech, people are light bulb hoarding. >> they are. there was an energy bill that switched over the u.s. to l.e.d.s and c.f.l.s, those bulbs with the spirals and things to try to save energy. that means a lot of incandescent bulb production is being phased out. initially, it was the 75 and 100-watt, the higher rate, now its 46 and 60-watt, so...

Talking, if he was really concerned and deeply troubled, there were other legitimate ways to raise these issues. not by stealing and dumping. >> susan estridge, wonderful column. everybody can check it out on-line. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you, gregg. always a pleasure. art? >> very good. thank you. so its lights out for those traditional light bulbs. what do you need to know before going buy some of the energy efficient bulbs? "consumer reports" with some bright ideas comi...

Bulb. so this right here, lets start with this. this is an led. >> this is also an led. leds are great because they use 80% less energy than an incandescent bulb. whats nice is they turn on instantly, full brightness. you get full brightness on them. and many of them are dimmable. and theyre also really very bright. the down side of them are not all of them emit light directionally. this one does. the ones we rate highly do. at this point, one of the biggest down sides of them is the cost. theyr...