History for December 30 -Good buy, Bad "buy", So that's who he was, More $$ than a car, Head case

History for December 30 - On-This-Day.com
1853 - The United States bought about 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase. 






1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed. 







1924 - Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galactic systems. 







1953 - The first color TV sets went on sale for about $1,175. 

1978 - Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched Clemson University player Charlie Bauman during the Gator Bowl. Bauman had intercepted an Ohio pass. 

▶ BEST NEWS BLOOPERS 2013

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Ummm. Got more placenta, Mom?-------New laws in 2014: From tanning bed bans to 'lemon pets'

New laws in 2014: From tanning bed bans to 'lemon pets':
"• In Colorado, 16-year-olds will be able to pre-register to vote, but must still wait until they're 18 to vote.

• California students must be allowed to play school sports and use school bathrooms "consistent with their gender identity," regardless of their birth identity.

• In Oregon, new mothers will now be able to take their placentas home from the hospital — some experts say ingesting it has positive health benefits. Another new state law bans smoking in motor vehicles when children are present.

• Minimum-wage increases take effect in four northeastern states: Connecticut's rises to $8.70 an hour; New Jersey's to $8.25; and New York's and Rhode Island's to $8. In nine other states, the minimum wage rises automatically because it's indexed to inflation.

Perhaps most significantly, Colorado adults age 21 or older will be able on Wednesday to buy up to an ounce of marijuana for recreational use from a state-licensed retail store. Marijuana advocates expect many of the new stores to be up and running by then, and observers say the new Colorado regulations are a sign of things to come."

This virus is infecting local governments nation wide------Former part-time pols in Bay Area reap medical benefits at taxpayer expense

Former part-time pols in Bay Area reap medical benefits at taxpayer expense - San Jose Mercury News: "Virgil Gay, James Shattuck and Donald Bartels sat together on West Contra Costa Unified's school board way back when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon.

So why almost 45 years later are taxpayers still spending thousands of dollars a year on their health insurance?

The last of them left office in 1982, when Ronald Reagan was in his first term as president, but they are among more than 200 former officials in the Bay Area still benefiting years -- and sometimes decades -- later from what government watchdogs call a "dirty little secret'' of local elected office: taxpayer-funded medical coverage for life."

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Seniors Texting Codes-Remember them..... or something...... what were we talking about.......

Yup. He lied....... again.

These are evil people with enormous power. Life on GLAAD's Blacklist

This writer is gay.
He had the courage to speak out and this is the response from the thugs at GLAAD.
Do we really want to empower these bigots?
Articles: Life on GLAAD's Blacklist

In case you don't know the full extent of GLAAD's fascism, let me tell you what GLAAD did to me.

I won't hyperlink this, but if you go to GLAAD's website and seek out their "commentator accountability project," you will find my name.  
This is GLAAD's blacklist.  
Within hours of GLAAD's publication of my addition to the list, which amounts to an excommunication from polite society, an e-mail was sent to the president of my university, along with dozens of other high officials in California, with the announcement: ROBERT OSCAR LOPEZ PLACED ON GLAAD WATCH LIST.

The e-mail stated clearly that as a result of my being placed on this list, I would never get a direct interview in the United States.  
(Whoever "they" are, they made good on the threat, because when I was brought onto Al Jazeera, they made sure that I was the only one critical of gay adoption, versus two hosts and two other panelists who were for it, and the host cut my microphone.)

According to the press release sent to my university, any media outlet introducing me would be bound to introduce me as an "anti-gay activist" certified by GLAAD as a bigot.  
When I read the claims of this e-mail, I wondered if this would be true -- would media in the United States really introduce me by saying I was certified as "anti-gay" by GLAAD?

Politifact's "Lie of the Year" - Part Deux | The Volokh ConspiracyThe Volokh Conspiracy

Politifact’s “Lie of the Year” – Part Deux

by Jonathan H. Adler on December 29, 2013 8:55 am in Health Care

Avik Roy writes on how Politifact’s assessment of the “if you like your plan, you can keep it” promise went from 100% true to half-true to a “pants on fire” lie to the “lie of the year.”  

The column is fairly devastating by itself, but then Politifact’s Angie Holan, who authored some of the relevant evaluations, tried to defend Politifact with a tweet:

The mind reels.  

Then-Senator Obama’s 2008 health care plan had numerous elements that were sure to disrupt health insurance markets, as Roy noted in the column.  

(If, on the other hand, Politifact wants to argue that the initial promise was “true” because it represented then-candidate Obama’s honest intent in 2008, then there was no point in fact-checking it at all.)  

More importantly, insofar as one wants to argue that the 2008 plan and the PPACA are sufficiently different to justify different assessments of the claim, the individual mandate is largely irrelevant — and this is the first time someone from Politifact has tried to suggest otherwise.  

(For instance, there’s no mention of the mandate in Ms. Holan’s “Lie of the Year” post.)  

The individual mandate is not what is causing individuals to lose their health insurance.  

If anything, it has the opposite effect by reducing the effect of other PPACA requirements.  

It’s as if Politifact “fact-checkers” don’t know very much about the subjects of their “fact checks.”

If any further proof were needed of the absurdity of our self-appointed political “fact-checkers” this is it.

Remember the MSM's obsession with the term "Jobless Recovery"? The worst year under W was 6%---- The current state of the US economy explained in one chart

The current state of the US economy explained in one chart | AEIdeas: 
"3. The fact that the US economy is producing 5.6% more output now than in 2007 with 2 million fewer workers would explain why corporate profits are at record levels and more than 40% above the pre-recession peak (not adjusted for inflation).

4. The chart above also illustrates the fact that the US economy is in another “jobless recovery,” with a full economic recovery when measured by real output, but with a weak recovery when measured by employment levels, with a stubbornly high jobless rate and sluggish job growth."

The 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places On Earth. For Some Reason, I Can’t Look Away…

The 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places On Earth. For Some Reason, I Can’t Look Away… | Distractify: "33. Częstochowa Train Depot - Poland"

The unions and liberal pressure groups LOVE this. As do RINOs-------Snyder signs law that boosts campaign spending limits, but keeps issue ad donors secret

If we reelect these scum, we deserve our fate.
Snyder signs law that boosts campaign spending limits, but keeps issue ad donors secret | Crain's Detroit Business:

In a reversal of his position as a gubernatorial candidate, Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law Friday a campaign finance bill that will continue to keep secret the names of donors who pay for issue ads.

...Under current law, those who pay for such ads do not have to be disclosed.

...In a statement Friday, Snyder hailed the campaign finance bill for providing an "unprecedented level of transparency," as the bill will require, for the first time, organizations responsible for election-related robocalls to be disclosed.

...Rich Robinson, of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, panned the robocall disclosure provision as weak.

"Michigan voters can look forward to hearing that they have been called by the Committee for God and Country, Commonsense Advocates, or some equally benign-sounding and meaningless committee names," Robinson said in a statement. "Most disclaimers will reveal nothing about who is sponsoring the electioneering messages we get by phone - just as the disclaimers on phony TV issue ads reveal nothing about the funders' identities."

The bill also doubles the amount individuals can donate to political candidates. Contribution limits to statewide offices such as governor and university regents will increase from $3,400 to $6,800. Senate and House limits will double to $2,000 and $1,000, respectively.

The bill also increases from $100 to $1,000 the amount of free food and drinks a lawmaker can receive from an individual before having to report it as a contribution on his or her campaign finance report.

Amazing T-Rex Illusion!

Amazing!
But you gotta watch all the way to the end! (2 minutes)
▶ Amazing T-Rex Illusion! - YouTube: "

Obama's america-------------Hundreds of teens trash mall in wild flash mob

Have you heard ANY black leader condemn this behavior?
Will ANYONE, anywhere comment that this is becoming accepted behavior in the urban community in a growing list of American cities?
Hundreds of teens trash mall in wild flash mob | New York Post:

"A wild flash mob stormed and trashed a Brooklyn mall, causing so much chaos that the shopping center was forced to close during post-Christmas sales, sources said Friday.

More than 400 crazed teens — who mistakenly thought the rapper Fabolous would perform — erupted into brawls all over Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Mill Basin on Thursday at 5 p.m., sources said.

Some of the teens — who had planned the rowdy meet-up on social media — later took to Facebook to brag about it.
“[Kings Plaza] was on tilt today but n-ggas wasn’t catching me,” Ray Ray Sextana posted on Facebook.

Another teen, Mark Wallace, posted, “S–t was crazy at Kings Plaza. So the security started shutting down the mall and kicking all teens out but it was so much of us they couldn’t get control.”

He added,“F–ked up my middle finger tryna fight them bitch ass security guards.”"

An argument could be made that Obamacare is Obama's most successful debacle--------All Iowans Who Applied For ObamaCare Asked to Reapply at State Website Due to Ongoing Glitches

All Iowans Who Applied For ObamaCare Asked to Reapply at State Website Due to Ongoing Glitches | NewsBusters:

"The White House and its media minions want you to believe that everything is going swimmingly with ObamaCare since repairs were made to Healthcare.gov.

Quite the contrary, Iowa's KCCI TV reported Friday that the 16,000 people in that state who applied for health insurance via that website need to reapply due to a delay in paperwork (video follows with transcript and commentary):

"We are working hard to ensure that Iowans who applied through HealthCare.gov will be enrolled in health coverage. We are encouraging Iowans who applied at the federal portal to reapply through our state website and call center," said DHS Director Charles M. Palmer. "We will make every effort to process applications in a timely manner so that these Iowans can have certainty about their health care coverage."

DHS said it is sending emails and letters to the nearly 16,000 Iowans whose applications are held at the federal hub.

What's interesting is these folks are being told to reapply at Iowa's website not at Healthcare.gov.

Goes quite counter to the media's meme that everything's going smoothly since website repairs were completed, doesn't it?"

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These RINOs are the reason the Republican brand has morphed into "Democrat-lite". And their clones are in every state in the country. Go RINO hunting! --------------- Sen. Hansen's voting record has always been inconsistent with Republican thought

A "republican" who votes more liberal than EVERY democrat is ........ a ....... FREAKIN DEMOCRAT!
A good man/woman does not necessarily make a good politician.

Politicians of high character are clear and honest about their ideology and their voting record.

When liberals are elected as Republicans, everyone loses.

Out them and throw them out!






Click this link to see "Republican" Sen. Hansen's tawdry voting record :  http://www.michiganvotes.org/VotingIndex.aspx?ID=842

Letters: Sen. Hansen's voting record has always been inconsistent with Republican thought | MLive.com

In David Kolb's Dec. 17 column, “A splash of moderation might spell trouble for Republican from Hart,” he says that Sen. Goeff Hansen, R-Hart, has moderated quite a bit since being elected to the state House in 2004. 

Mr. Hansen hasn’t changed in any way. 

His voting record has never been consistent with the mainstream of Republican thought. 

Mr. Hansen votes consistently for corporate welfare programs that never seem to produce the jobs they promise. 

This is not embraced in the Republican Party platform and it is not something any of the common sense conservatives I know would support. 

In fact on a recent Mackinac Center scorecard Mr. Hansen scored 11 percent that is lower than all of the other senators including the democrats.

The Republican Party platform is quite emphatic in its opposition to socialized medicine. 

While some might quibble that the ACA is not socialized medicine, it is a distinction without a difference. 

Mr. Hansen voted to give all of Michigan’s citizens Obama-Care, not just the 10,000 people in the district Mr. Hansen estimates will benefit from his generosity.

If fiscal responsibility and voting based on the principles laid out in the Republican Party platform is now regarded as weird and extreme, perhaps Mr. Hansen would be happier in the democrat party.

NICK SUNDQUIST/Republican Candidate for Michigan’s 34th Senate District

Another WW2 comparison between obama's america and the United States of America we grew up with.

"During the 3-1/2 years of World War 2 that started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and ended with the Surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, the U.S. produced:
22 aircraft carriers, 
8 battleships, 
48 cruisers, 
349 destroyers, 
420 destroyer escorts, 
203 submarines, 
34 million tons of merchant ships, 
100,000 fighter aircraft, 
98,000 bombers, 
24,000 transport aircraft, 
58,000 training aircraft, 
93,000 tanks, 
257,000 artillery pieces, 
105,000 mortars, 
3,000,000 machine guns, and 
2,500,000 military trucks.

We put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, 
invaded Sicily and Italy, 
won the battle for the Atlantic, 
planned and executed D-Day, 
marched across the Pacific and Europe, 
developed the atomic bomb 
and ultimately conquered Japan and Germany.

It's worth noting that during almost the exact same amount of time, the Obama administration couldn't build a functioning web site."

Where is the outrage? -----------Sickening fact: Only three Camden students had ‘college ready’ SAT test scores

An even bigger failure than Obamacare, yet little outrage.
Or even interest.
Gifted to our once great country by the democrat party, teacher unions and idiots who equate money given to teachers with education given to children.

Sickening fact: Only three Camden students had ‘college ready’ SAT test scores - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:
"CAMDEN, N.J. – Paymon Rouhanifard, the new superintendent of the troubled Camden, New Jersey school district, said he experienced a “kick-in-the-stomach” moment when he recently learned that only three students who took the SAT test in the 2011-12 school year scored “college ready,” according to ABC News."

Is there NO hope for Africa? The Failed States Index 2013

The Failed States Index 2013 | The Fund for Peace:
"We are pleased to present the ninth annual Failed States Index. The FSI focuses on the indicators of risk and is based on thousands of articles and reports that are processed by our CAST Software from electronically available sources.

We encourage others to utilize the Failed States Index to develop ideas for promoting greater stability worldwide. We hope the Index will spur conversations, encourage debate, and most of all help guide strategies for sustainable security."

When black leaders, black clergy and the entire democrat party endlessly tell young blacks that whites have unfairly profited on their backs, what do you expect?------------------THUG LIFE: Punk Kills Boss's Wife and Daughter with Cement Block Because He Got Fired

I suspect this monster would've been Barry Obama too-----
THUG LIFE: Punk Kills Boss's Wife and Daughter with Cement Block Because He Got Fired | Clash Daily: "A 20-year-old allegedly went to the Indianapolis home of his former boss during the middle of the day and murdered the man’s wife and daughter after getting fired from his job, court documents claim.

Christian Rene Haley was identified on Thursday as the suspect in the gruesome murder of Marylyn Erb, 52, and Kelley Erb, 23, on Friday December 20 at their house in Westfield.

The two women were found dead in the basement near a pool of blood, according to a probable cause affidavit, with the time of death said to be between noon and 1pm, reported MyDesert.com.

Haley had worked for Todd Erb at the family business Sundown Gardens, a nursery and gardening facility, for about three months.

However he had been fired in June for ‘attendance problems’.

The court documents claim Haley bragged to a friend that he ‘bashed (the victims’) heads in with some cement or something’ and that he was angry for getting fired."

George F. Will: 2013’s lesson for conservatives

George F. Will: 2013’s lesson for conservatives - The Washington Post:
"In 2013, the face of progressivism became Pajama Boy, the supercilious, semi-smirking, hot-chocolate-sipping faux-adult who embodies progressives’ belief that life should be all politics all the time — come on, everybody, spend your holidays talking about health care.
He is who progressives are.
They are tone-deaf in expressing bottomless condescension toward the public and limitless faith in their own cleverness. "

History for December 29 -

History for December 29 - On-This-Day.com
1800- Charles Goodyear founder of Goodyear Tire was born 









1845 - U.S. President James Polk and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state of the United States. 














1911 - Sun Yat-sen became the first president of a republican China.






1972 - Following 36 years of publication, the last weekly issue of "LIFE" magazine hit the newsstands. The magazine later became a monthly publication.










1997 - Hong Kong began killing 1.25 million chickens, the entire population, for fear of the spread of 'bird flu'. 

The Truth About Media

The Truth About Media | Media Research Center

This is in just 5 years of Obama's rule--------Reports of sexual assaults in military on rise

I'm thinkin' if W was President, the reportage might be a bit different.
Ya think?
Reports of sexual assaults in military on rise | Pacific Daily News | guampdn.com:

"According to the latest numbers, the increase in reports across the services ranges from a low of about 45 percent for the Air Force to a high of 86 percent for the Marines, the smallest service. The Navy had an increase of 46 percent and the Army, by far the largest military service, had a 50 percent jump.

Jill Loftus, director of the Navy's sexual assault program, which also includes the Marine Corps, said the increase in reporting also suggests that more service members are starting to understand what types of behavior constitute harassment or assault."

They hate the fact we have electricity. They really do-----Fewer than 32K still without power in Michigan

Fewer than 32K still without power in Michigan | The Detroit News:
"Detroit — Fewer than 6,500 homes and businesses in Metro Detroit remain without power a week after a massive ice storm swept across parts of Michigan.

Detroit-based DTE Energy reports Saturday morning that about 97 percent of the more than 210,000 who suffered outages following the storm and harsh weather Christmas week have had their power restored.

Jackson-based Consumers Energy reported Friday night that outages were down to 25,000 from 399,000 customers who lost power beginning last Saturday.

The Lansing Board of Water & Light reports on its website that 2,600 customers still have no service. The utility says about 40,000 of its customers had power knocked out."

The most popular TV shows set in each state.

Map: The most popular TV shows set in each state

Lots more photos in the links------Lake Michigan Park - Now Pere Marquette Park - Muskegon, MI

Lake Michigan Park - Now Pere Marquette Park - Muskegon, MI:

I spent time at the tire store and read my Kindle on my Galaxy S3 while waiting. Very cool-------50 Essential Android Apps

50 Essential Android Apps - Datamation:
"7) Amazon Kindle for Android
Want to read an electronic book, newspaper or magazine but don't have your Kindle with you?
Or don't have a Kindle at all?
It's not a problem with this app, which allows you to read any of 900,000 Kindle-formatted books with your Android device.
And Amazon's Whispersync that your last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights will sync across your various devices.
Free."

More government. More expense. More bu!!sh!t-----------Health law to put calorie info on vending machines

Shock!
Using the "cost to the health care system" as a ruse to demand more ridiculous laws "for our benefit".
But the lawyers love 'em!
And that's what this is all about.
My Way News - Health law to put calorie info on vending machines:

Office workers in search of snacks will be counting calories along with their change under new labeling regulations for vending machines included in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law.

Requiring calorie information to be displayed on roughly 5 million vending machines nationwide will help consumers make healthier choices, says the Food and Drug Administration, which is expected to release final rules early next year. It estimates the cost to the vending machine industry at $25.8 million initially and $24 million per year after that, but says if just .02 percent of obese adults ate 100 fewer calories a week, the savings to the health care system would be at least that great.

The rules will apply to about 10,800 companies that operate 20 or more machines. Nearly three quarters of those companies have three or fewer employees, and their profit margin is extremely low, according to the National Automatic Merchandising Association. An initial investment of $2,400 plus $2,200 in annual costs is a lot of money for a small company that only clears a few thousand dollars a year, said Eric Dell, the group's vice president for government affairs.

"The money that would be spent to comply with this - there's no return on the investment," he said.

Here is the email I read on the air tonight

"Here is the email I read on the air tonight" | Special Report | Bret Baier | Fox News Channel:
"Here is the email I read on the air tonight

This message came to us from Bill in Kentucky.

"Putting things in perspective:
March 21st 2010 to October 1 2013 is 3 years, 6 months, 10 days.

December 7, 1941 to May 8, 1945 is 3 years, 5 months, 1 day.

What this means is that in the time we were attacked at Pearl Harbor to the day Germany surrendered is not enough time for this progressive federal government to build a working webpage.  
Mobilization of millions, building tens of thousands of tanks,  planes, jeeps, subs, cruisers, destroyers, torpedoes, millions upon millions of guns, bombs, ammo, etc.
Turning the tide in North Africa,  Invading Italy, D-Day,  Battle of the Bulge, Race to Berlin - all while we were also fighting the Japanese in the Pacific!!
And in that amount of time - this administration can't build a working webpage.""

If Obama fails, it will because we are racists?-------------The Great Race Hoax

Articles: The Great Race Hoax

The injection of race into the political debate serves two fundamental purposes that go beyond merely smearing political opponents. 

First, it perpetuates the myths of white privilege and rampant institutional racism. 

And second, it lays the foundation for rewriting history to conform to the racialists' agenda.

How do the racialists want history to judge President Obama's term in office? Do they want to see it primarily as an epic collision between progressivism and conservatism or do they want to see it as a collision between an African-American president and the racist ruling elite?

Make no mistake about it: the far left intends to write the history of Obama's presidency with the racial theme as the centerpiece. Whether it will work is unknown. One must also differentiate between short-term and long-term history. Historical revisionism that treats the president's race as the dominant aspect of his term might pervade pop-history in the short term, but it might be soundly rejected by historians and popular culture 50-100 years from now.

Nevertheless, historical revisionism is the intent of the racialists. If Obamacare collapses in two years, they will point to the president's race. If he leaves office an unpopular president who failed to achieve anything of substance, they will blame race.

By legitimizing the race debate, the mainstream media has in effect enabled this forthcoming perversion of history. It will happen. The only question is whether the racial theme will be absorbed into the historical record or whether history will expose it for what it is: the great race hoax.

A tawdry list that still has three years to grow--------Obama supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 487 examples of his lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, etc.

Read 'em all and fear for the next 3 years.
Obama supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 487 examples of his lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, etc. | Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog:
"Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies and engages in acts of hypocrisy. 
But Barack Obama does these things to a far greater degree than anyone else that I have ever known of.
....2) Gave a no-bid contract to Halliburton – just like Bush did

In May 2010, it was reported that the Obama administration had selected KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton, for a no-bid contract worth as much as $568 million through 2011, just hours after the Justice Department had said it would pursue a lawsuit accusing the Houston-based company of using kickbacks to get foreign contracts.

3) Has an administration full of lobbyists, after promising he wouldn’t have any

While running for President, Obama had promised that, unlike Bush, he would not have any lobbyists working in his administration. However, by February 2010, he had more than 40 lobbyists working in his administration.

10 Funniest Photos of Billboards Gone Wrong

10 Funniest Photos of Billboards Gone Wrong - Oddee.com

You won't believe these US statistics from 2013 (83 of them)!

You won't believe these US statistics from 2013 (83 of them)!:
#1 Most people that hear this statistic do not believe that it is actually true, but right now an all-time record 102 million working age Americans do not have a job.  
That number has risen by about 27 million since the year 2000. 

#2 Because of the lack of jobs, poverty is spreading like wildfire in the United States.  
According to the most recent numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, an all-time record 49.2 percent of all Americans are receiving benefits from at least one government program each month. 

#3 As society breaks down, the government feels a greater need than ever before to watch, monitor and track the population.  
For example, every single day the NSA intercepts and permanently stores close to 2 billion emails and phone calls in addition to a whole host of other data. 

#4 The Bank for International Settlements says that total public and private debt levels around the globe are now 30 percent higher than they were back during the financial crisis of 2008. 

#5 According to a recent World Bank report, private domestic debt in China has grown from 9 trillion dollars in 2008 to 23 trillion dollars today.

#6 In 1985, there were more than 18,000 banks in the United States.  Today, there are only 6,891 left. 

#7 The six largest banks in the United States (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley) have collectively gotten 37 percent larger over the past five years. 

It's about power. The government kind of power. Edison Bulb Band Takes Full Effect In 2014 — Lights Out For Freedom

Edison Bulb Band Takes Full Effect In 2014 — Lights Out For Freedom - Investors.com:

Bulb Ban: 

As of Wednesday, the manufacture and import of 60- and 40-watt incandescent light bulbs will be illegal — one more setback in the fight against government interference into the daily lives of the American people.

First they came for our light bulbs.

Before the onset of ObamaCare and its mandate to buy health insurance as a condition of citizenship, there was the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), one of the first things Democrats took up on retaking the House of Representatives in the 2006 elections.

....it was a precursor to the power grab that ensued on President Obama's election in 2008, the beginning of the total war on fossil fuels and consumer choice where government, not the free market, would tell us everything from what energy we could use to what cars we should drive.

... As with electric cars and solar energy, the new bulbs were so beneficial consumers had to be forced to use them.