Re: How we know the lightbulb ban is a bad idea...
Wow, you really twisted that one all out of shape.
The article doesn't blame Bush for anything. It merely mentions the fact that he had a legislative hand in this.
It is amusing to watch, though, as potential bans on abortion and gay marriage (which would be profoundly deep intrusions into personal lives) are dismissed as "the full measure of conservative social engineering," but a move to enforce greater energy efficiency is repeatedly touted as the work of the devil.
For conservatives, apparently, there's no need to be smart about America's energy future...there's just a need to "drill baby drill."