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Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Thursday 13 July 2006 12:11, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Paul Johnson wrote:
>>> On Thursday 13 July 2006 10:32, Jerry DuVal wrote:
>>>> I am trying to determine if the timezone data in libc6 has
>>>> been updated already for next years extension of daylight
>>>> savings time in the United States.
>>> Not that this surprises me given the current administration,
>>> but the US extended a bad policy without informing the public
>>> when it happened? WTF? Should be getting rid of DST, not
>>> extending it... the half the justification for DST shot
>>> himself in the head somewhere in Europe in 1945, and we nuked
>>> the other half...so why do we still have our clocks fighting
>>> World War II?
>> I've heard people blame Bush for a lot, but unilaterally
>> changing DST? Get a grip, and do some Googling.
>>
>> http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html
>
> On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy
> Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for
> Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will
> begin on the second Sunday of March and end the first Sunday of
> November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this
> change to Congress. Congress retains the right to revert the
> Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedule once the
> Department of Energy study is complete.
>
> Sounds unilateral to me. Besides, like I said, what good does it
> do? None. What harm does it do? 3000 traffic fatalities in the
> first 7 days following every time change caused by jet-lag-like
> fatigue. If you liked 9/11, you'll love DST.
Then you'd better go back to junior high and learn civics again.
Energy Policy Act of 2005
^^^
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005#Legislative_process
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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