Mail 'em to your Congresscritter.

http://christopherfountain.com/2011/07/15/fire-away/

But after Senator Daschel's brush with Anthrax, I think it's probably
against some federal law to be mailing hazardous stuff to a federal
official.

On 07/16/11 11:54 am, HeyBub wrote:

Mail 'em to your Congresscritter.

http://christopherfountain.com/2011/07/15/fire-away/

But after Senator Daschel's brush with Anthrax, I think it's probably
against some federal law to be mailing hazardous stuff to a federal
official.

The procedure for dealing with broken CFLs is simple:

http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html

and probably the same for the fluorescent tubes we've been using for
decades.

Perce

On 7/16/2011 12:03 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 07/16/11 11:54 am, HeyBub wrote:

Mail 'em to your Congresscritter.

http://christopherfountain.com/2011/07/15/fire-away/

But after Senator Daschel's brush with Anthrax, I think it's probably
against some federal law to be mailing hazardous stuff to a federal
official.

The procedure for dealing with broken CFLs is simple:

http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html

and probably the same for the fluorescent tubes we've been using for
decades.

Perce

I just immerse my old cfl's in the used motor oil I throw in the trash.
That was the mercury can't escape. Occasionally, I'll seal them in old
paint, also trashed.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...

Mail 'em to your Congresscritter.

Given that our local hardware store collects them for proper disposal for
free, why would I want to mail them anywhere?

I got a kick out of reading how the bill than bans 100w bulbs was partly
written by a Republican member of Congress who was all in favor of the
energy savings back then, but now says he's opposed to the law (and not
because his party told him he's now opposed to the law, no way). I suppose
that's similar to all the times Republicans voted to raise the debt ceiling
during the Bush administration, but just recently realized how bad an idea
it is to raise the debt ceiling.

DGDevin wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...

Mail 'em to your Congresscritter.

Given that our local hardware store collects them for proper disposal
for free, why would I want to mail them anywhere?

I got a kick out of reading how the bill than bans 100w bulbs was
partly written by a Republican member of Congress who was all in
favor of the energy savings back then, but now says he's opposed to
the law (and not because his party told him he's now opposed to the
law, no way). I suppose that's similar to all the times Republicans
voted to raise the debt ceiling during the Bush administration, but
just recently realized how bad an idea it is to raise the debt
ceiling.

Your history lesson does demonstrate that Republicans, among none others,
can be influenced by the facts.

For example, just this past Thursday or Friday, the Republican House passed
a bill canceling the incandescent bulb phase-out. What the Democrat Senate
or Democrat President does with the bill remains to be determined.