Just Congress Trying To Be Helpful.
Mar 12, 2017 08:35:44 #
It was instituted as a 'temporary means' to enable the 'war effort', and afterward was extended to 'save energy'. It has been around for almost 100 years. ("But studies have generally failed to show significant energy savings associated with the shift". You! Shut up and go to the back of the class!)
According to studies, it prompts "an increase in heart attacks and strokes, cause[s] more car accidents and reduce[s] worker productivity" twice a year. (Studies, schmudies. What do they know?)
It "seems like a communist plot to get us all confused and tired and thinking the government wants to help us". There's those two words that are guaranteed to make any sentence completely oxymoronic; 'government' and 'help'.
Of the 50 States (yes, Barack, there's only 50, unless you're a Muslim, then you get 57), Arizona and Hawaii are the only ones to 'see the light' (geddit?) and leave their clocks alone year round, much to the benefit of those living within their borders. For the rest of us, well, not so much:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hate-daylight-saving-time-may-point-researchers-032609063.html
Historically, the Romans suffered a sort of pseudo-timeshift in their day because of the practical problems associated with the use of sundials. That, however, was gradual, was not a 'government interference' thing, and as a natural phenomenon was generally unnoticeable.
Our modern system has more familiar roots and is totally deliberate. Enter Benjamin Franklin, who, in 1784, wrote a 'letter to the editor' of The Journal of Paris called 'An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light'. He suggested, in a humorous way, that Parisians could economize candle usage by getting people out of bed earlier in the morning, making use of the natural morning light instead. The French thought that was a real hoot; after all, who would take such a suggestion seriously? Oh, that Benny, always making the plaisanteries. Now we know where the phrase 'burning daylight' comes from.
Fast-forward to 1918, and 'Fast Time' as it was called then, was first introduced when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law to support the war effort during World War I. It was repealed 7 months later, and the entire population breathed a collective sigh of relief (at the end of the war, of course). When President Franklin D. Roosevelt dragged the US, kicking and screaming, into the second global war in 1942, here was another opportunity to institute year-round DST in the United States. Legal implementation was passed on February 9, 1942, just 2 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This time it stuck, and people have tolerated it, with some minor adjustments (geddit?), ever since.
So next Sunday morning, when you arise to adjust your clocks at the appointed time (2am, for those who were wondering), take pause and thank your government for being so caring and thoughtful about regulating your every waking moment, and then pray you're not one of the unfortunates who falls victim to the increase in car accidents, strokes, and heart attacks brought about by the change.
Glaziers gotta work too, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3AKoL0vEs
According to studies, it prompts "an increase in heart attacks and strokes, cause[s] more car accidents and reduce[s] worker productivity" twice a year. (Studies, schmudies. What do they know?)
It "seems like a communist plot to get us all confused and tired and thinking the government wants to help us". There's those two words that are guaranteed to make any sentence completely oxymoronic; 'government' and 'help'.
Of the 50 States (yes, Barack, there's only 50, unless you're a Muslim, then you get 57), Arizona and Hawaii are the only ones to 'see the light' (geddit?) and leave their clocks alone year round, much to the benefit of those living within their borders. For the rest of us, well, not so much:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hate-daylight-saving-time-may-point-researchers-032609063.html
Historically, the Romans suffered a sort of pseudo-timeshift in their day because of the practical problems associated with the use of sundials. That, however, was gradual, was not a 'government interference' thing, and as a natural phenomenon was generally unnoticeable.
Our modern system has more familiar roots and is totally deliberate. Enter Benjamin Franklin, who, in 1784, wrote a 'letter to the editor' of The Journal of Paris called 'An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light'. He suggested, in a humorous way, that Parisians could economize candle usage by getting people out of bed earlier in the morning, making use of the natural morning light instead. The French thought that was a real hoot; after all, who would take such a suggestion seriously? Oh, that Benny, always making the plaisanteries. Now we know where the phrase 'burning daylight' comes from.
Fast-forward to 1918, and 'Fast Time' as it was called then, was first introduced when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law to support the war effort during World War I. It was repealed 7 months later, and the entire population breathed a collective sigh of relief (at the end of the war, of course). When President Franklin D. Roosevelt dragged the US, kicking and screaming, into the second global war in 1942, here was another opportunity to institute year-round DST in the United States. Legal implementation was passed on February 9, 1942, just 2 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This time it stuck, and people have tolerated it, with some minor adjustments (geddit?), ever since.
So next Sunday morning, when you arise to adjust your clocks at the appointed time (2am, for those who were wondering), take pause and thank your government for being so caring and thoughtful about regulating your every waking moment, and then pray you're not one of the unfortunates who falls victim to the increase in car accidents, strokes, and heart attacks brought about by the change.
Glaziers gotta work too, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3AKoL0vEs
Mar 12, 2017 09:04:43 #
[quote=Larry the Legend]It was instituted as a 'temporary means' to enable the 'war effort', and afterward was extended to 'save energy'. It has been around for almost 100 years. ("But studies have generally failed to show significant energy savings associated with the shift". You! Shut up and go to the back of the class!)
According to studies, it prompts "an increase in heart attacks and strokes, cause[s] more car accidents and reduce[s] worker productivity" twice a year. (Studies, schmudies. What do they know?)
It "seems like a communist plot to get us all confused and tired and thinking the government wants to help us". There's those two words that are guaranteed to make any sentence completely oxymoronic; 'government' and 'help'.
Of the 50 States (yes, Barack, there's only 50, unless you're a Muslim, then you get 57), Arizona and Hawaii are the only ones to 'see the light' (geddit?) and leave their clocks alone year round, much to the benefit of those living within their borders. For the rest of us, well, not so much:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hate-daylight-saving-time-may-point-researchers-032609063.html
Historically, the Romans suffered a sort of pseudo-timeshift in their day because of the practical problems associated with the use of sundials. That, however, was gradual, was not a 'government interference' thing, and as a natural phenomenon was generally unnoticeable.
Our modern system has more familiar roots and is totally deliberate. Enter Benjamin Franklin, who, in 1784, wrote a 'letter to the editor' of The Journal of Paris called 'An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light'. He suggested, in a humorous way, that Parisians could economize candle usage by getting people out of bed earlier in the morning, making use of the natural morning light instead. The French thought that was a real hoot; after all, who would take such a suggestion seriously? Oh, that Benny, always making the plaisanteries. Now we know where the phrase 'burning daylight' comes from.
Fast-forward to 1918, and 'Fast Time' as it was called then, was first introduced when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law to support the war effort during World War I. It was repealed 7 months later, and the entire population breathed a collective sigh of relief (at the end of the war, of course). When President Franklin D. Roosevelt dragged the US, kicking and screaming, into the second global war in 1942, here was another opportunity to institute year-round DST in the United States. Legal implementation was passed on February 9, 1942, just 2 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This time it stuck, and people have tolerated it, with some minor adjustments (geddit?), ever since.
So next Sunday morning, when you arise to adjust your clocks at the appointed time (2am, for those who were wondering), take pause and thank your government for being so caring and thoughtful about regulating your every waking moment, and then pray you're not one of the unfortunates who falls victim to the increase in car accidents, strokes, and heart attacks brought about by the change.
Glaziers gotta work too, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3AKoL0vEs[/quote]
It was Japan that dragged us into WW II.
And you would have probably enjoyed the alternative: hegemony of brutes enslaving the rest of us decent people.
According to studies, it prompts "an increase in heart attacks and strokes, cause[s] more car accidents and reduce[s] worker productivity" twice a year. (Studies, schmudies. What do they know?)
It "seems like a communist plot to get us all confused and tired and thinking the government wants to help us". There's those two words that are guaranteed to make any sentence completely oxymoronic; 'government' and 'help'.
Of the 50 States (yes, Barack, there's only 50, unless you're a Muslim, then you get 57), Arizona and Hawaii are the only ones to 'see the light' (geddit?) and leave their clocks alone year round, much to the benefit of those living within their borders. For the rest of us, well, not so much:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hate-daylight-saving-time-may-point-researchers-032609063.html
Historically, the Romans suffered a sort of pseudo-timeshift in their day because of the practical problems associated with the use of sundials. That, however, was gradual, was not a 'government interference' thing, and as a natural phenomenon was generally unnoticeable.
Our modern system has more familiar roots and is totally deliberate. Enter Benjamin Franklin, who, in 1784, wrote a 'letter to the editor' of The Journal of Paris called 'An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light'. He suggested, in a humorous way, that Parisians could economize candle usage by getting people out of bed earlier in the morning, making use of the natural morning light instead. The French thought that was a real hoot; after all, who would take such a suggestion seriously? Oh, that Benny, always making the plaisanteries. Now we know where the phrase 'burning daylight' comes from.
Fast-forward to 1918, and 'Fast Time' as it was called then, was first introduced when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law to support the war effort during World War I. It was repealed 7 months later, and the entire population breathed a collective sigh of relief (at the end of the war, of course). When President Franklin D. Roosevelt dragged the US, kicking and screaming, into the second global war in 1942, here was another opportunity to institute year-round DST in the United States. Legal implementation was passed on February 9, 1942, just 2 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This time it stuck, and people have tolerated it, with some minor adjustments (geddit?), ever since.
So next Sunday morning, when you arise to adjust your clocks at the appointed time (2am, for those who were wondering), take pause and thank your government for being so caring and thoughtful about regulating your every waking moment, and then pray you're not one of the unfortunates who falls victim to the increase in car accidents, strokes, and heart attacks brought about by the change.
Glaziers gotta work too, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3AKoL0vEs[/quote]
It was Japan that dragged us into WW II.
And you would have probably enjoyed the alternative: hegemony of brutes enslaving the rest of us decent people.
Mar 12, 2017 11:43:20 #
MarvinSussman wrote:
It was Japan that dragged us into WW II.
And you would have probably enjoyed the alternative: hegemony of brutes enslaving the rest of us decent people.
And you would have probably enjoyed the alternative: hegemony of brutes enslaving the rest of us decent people.
Shooting down straw men again Marv? You ignore a lot of history when you make blanket statements, which are true only in the proximate sense. The true causes of the second world war are still being uncovered but one thing is certain, Pearl harbor was a contrived trigger. The hegemony of brutes is never pleasant for decent people, the only problem is in defining who is the brute and who are the decent people. Chauvinism aside, we do not have clean hands.
Mar 12, 2017 12:49:45 #
MarvinSussman wrote:
It was Japan that dragged us into WW II.
And you would have probably enjoyed the alternative: hegemony of brutes enslaving the rest of us decent people.
And you would have probably enjoyed the alternative: hegemony of brutes enslaving the rest of us decent people.
Don't know much about it, do you? The Japanese never wanted to invade the US. They were far more interested in their own back yard.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/real-reason-japanese-attacked-pearl-harbor/
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