Bush's Parting Gift Ticks Under the Desk

http://kylesmithonline.com/?p=8147

by Kyle Smith

The more I think about it, the more brilliant it seems to me that George 
W. Bush banned light bulbs -- not right away but starting in what one 
hopes will be the final year of Obama's term. January 1 will bring us a 
Dim New World in which cars cruise slowly around shadowy neighborhoods 
hoping to make eye contact with a dealer so they can get their 
incandescent fix. Undercover federales posing as light-bulb men will 
stroll around Washington Square Park hoping to ensnare the unwary. "Bulbs? 
Bulbs? What you need, man?" To paraphrase the Wall Street Journal: Who 
says liberals don't care what you screw (in) in the privacy of your own 
bedroom?

It was Bush's very special parting gift to sabotage Obama's chances. 
Little things that really annoy people can make a difference, and next 
year people are going to be complaining endlessly about the light-bulb 
situation. They'll blame Obama for it too, because a) Obama didn't do 
anything to stop it; b) it's exactly the kind of loony overreach that 
characterizes the entire Obama presidency and c) Obama totally supports 
the bonkers thinking behind the ban ("kill light bulbs, stop global 
warming!"), and has said so. Wall St. Journal has more.

Well played, George, well played. It cost you nothing and could cost your 
successor a great deal.

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