MARCH 13 IS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
AGAIN!!!!
Yes, brothers and sisters, we are STILL fighting this fight.
But now I fight from Texas ... a feisty, patriotic, big, well-populated state that sometimes produces Presidents.
I emailed half a dozen Texan Government Guys and a Lady Politician. And Ron Paul (cuz he's famous right? I don't
And this is what I said:
I need YOUR help!
This time of year (and once again later in the year) government and big businesses have decided to make the citizens of this free country collectively change time.
Why do we do this, with all we know about circadian rhythms, sleep patterns, and especially with how much mothers and fathers struggle to get our kids sleeping on a schedule? Why, in the name of all that is NOBLE would we VOLUNTARILY muck around with that by LOSING an hour of sleep?
I don't want to wake my kids up for school early on March 14th, I want to let them get the sleep they need and wake naturally at their usual time.
Do YOU want to give up an hour of YOUR precious sleep? You know you never get enough anyway? Neither do I.
Why do we do it, year after year? Because a bunch of guys a HUNDRED YEARS AGO thought it would help us decrease incandescent bulb usage. I switched to florescent bulbs this year. (un)SCREW INCANDESCENT BULBS and do away with DST! The idea that DST saves energy was debunked in Indiana years ago.
Make this happen, [beloved congressman]. Do the will of the people! You can decide on this before Sunday, March 13th. Cancel DST forever, and let us SLEEP! Think of the children! We only have 8 days to get this done. I am ready for change, ready to do away with the antiquated system and step proudly into the future. How, if you won't listen and act on a small but personally impacting issues, how can I expect you to listen to me when it's huge?
We can do it! I know we can.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY!!!
TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!
NO MORE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!!!
Sincerely yours,
Brandy Roth
Austin, TX
www.mrsbroth.blogspot.com
I highly recommend you find out who your reps are (so I am not alone when D.C. rounds up the "crazies".) and feel free to cut and paste my letter if you don't have time to compose your thoughts on the matter (I copied myself from 2 years ago anyway). Please? Please please please. It only took me 15 minutes. I don't wanna lose an hour of sleep! I love LOVE waking up early and being productive. You get 92% of your best work done before noon and that's a fact. We don't need to change the time to stay up late if we want to. We can just stay up. PLEASE. Begging you. There are only a few things I HATE - and DLS is the only one I can KILL without going to jail. So PLEASE! Help.
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I love how passionate you are about this. I need a cause. But seriously, I didn't get why DST sucked until I saw what it did to bedtime at my sister's house. The kids took WEEKS to adjust to the time change, different light, etc.
AMEN, share the message of how our gov't terrorizes its tired mothers!
Hiya mom......... PLEASE don't swear because you know I read this blog thing-a-mo-bob.....Whatever anyways I also hate DLS.
Would the government ACTUALLY take the email(s) (how many did you send >:( ) seriously?????????????
If I put a line thru the word it doesn't count.
I sent 7 emails. Of course they take the emails. At least, I think they do.
Feel free to contact Governor Rick Perry - he's the guy in charge of Texas. You can tell him how you hate DLS, too.
http://governor.state.tx.us/contact/
Done and done in Idaho and Cali!! Thanks for spearheading the cause!! Now, it's time to call the TV stations and get some airtime!!
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