Glenn Beck is a boob

Glenn Beck is a boob.

The reasons are too numerous to mention, and I'll admit that he's well-read in terms of American History, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a boob.

He recently spouted in his regular oblique way that he was pissed that incandescent bulbs may soon stop being manufactured in favor of Fluorescent bulbs (compact fluorescent light bulbs, commonly known as CFLs). He cited that he doesn't LIKE fluorescent bulbs. WAAAAAAAA!

Well, Glenn, I'll tell you that CFLs are not like the fluorescent bulbs of old at all. They emit light right away, and under normal circumstances, they will actually be *brighter* than their counterparts at only about 1/7 the electrical cost. I haven't liked fluorescent lighting either, but CFLs are not the old elongated tube-like bulbs we all know. They're already in 2010 as normal as any incandescent. I save around $60 to $120 per year using CFLs and they've already paid for themselves several times over.

I suppose if an automobile fuel came out that was only 1/7th the cost of gasoline and only 1/7th the harm to the environment, you'd insist on using the old stuff. If a new kind of chocolate came out that was just 1/7th the amount of sugar, calories, and fat, you'd still buy the old stuff too. I guess when you make 100 times the average salary in the US that you can afford to do that, and that's fine. I predict that die-hards like you will continue to be able to buy incandescent light bulbs well into the future.

BTW, Glenn: I have a horse and buggy for sale, an old telegraph unit, and a TV made out of vacuum tubes. I assume you're interested in purchasing all of these things for your personal use; please contact me for pricing.

And oh, yeah: when you and I both reach the pearly gates together, how will you respond when you learn that global warming was for real and that you were a boob for preaching otherwise?

--SDP

* NOTA BENE: Other boobs: George W. Bush, Jim Florio, and many many other politicians.