Don't hand me your pollyanna-bs "OOOO, we get more sunlight".
HEY EINSTEIN - we're going to get more sunlight anyway. The earth's turning in such a manner that the amount of daylight we'll get, will INCREASE anyway.
DST has NOTHING to do with it.
DST is a bunch of hokum that only serves to increase energy usage - don't believe me? Here's the proof, Puddin':
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120406767043794825-UOLcfJA8x9Gw9ozbCz77MiLmtaE_20080327.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top#
oh... and this one:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/03/05/daylight-saving-time-is-supposed-to-save-energy--does-it-the-answer-is-mixed.html
Does the eensy-bitsy-teensy-weensy bit of energy conserved make up for the # of people who experience cardiac events and car crashes as a result of the DST change?
Skeptical? Check it out: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29583077/
Blame it on Bush.
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My daylight savings has been cut in half due to this crappy economy...
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
Maybe you can apply for some of the $7billion to help with that?
Energy is an invention of The Man and his desire to keep us down!
ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA!
(I like DST)
Something that DST could stand for but does not:
--Daily Seasoning Trauma (DST), a disease in which you are unsure whether you should sprinkle thyme or oregano on your slice o' pizza
I hate DST because I always have a vague sense that I'm running behind schedule. A sense that the clock is always racing ahead of me. A feeling of "oh, it's still only 10:30 am," but upon a glance at a clock or watch, suddenly becomes "damn, it's already lunch time!?" That feeling never goes away, even right up to the last day of DST.
Just the opposite is the case with standard time, which is why I feel less hurried and rushed during the months (now all too few of them) when DST isn't being observed.
That's why I say that DST is for people who generally don't feel their time on Earth already is far too fleeting, and perhaps aren't that bothered about getting nearer to the moment right before they're 6 feet under.
Incidentally, the stupid legislation that expanded the months of DST actually was opposed by George Bush, but pushed into a portion of a Congressional energy bill by a duo of Democratic and Republican Congressmen. So you can blame DST on bipartisan idiocy.
I blame everything on bipartisan idiocy.
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