Utopia Talk / Politics / The feud over daylight saving time

murder Member	Wed Nov 10 07:25:51 Inside the bitter, nasty feud over making daylight saving time permanent Who knew there were such passions around falling back and springing forward? By HAILEY FUCHS When the clocks turned back on Sunday morning to end daylight saving time, hungover college kids cheered and parents of young kids lamented their fates. But for Jay Pea and Scott Yates, it was yet another volley in one of the weirder and more vengeful grudge matches currently taking place in the world of public advocacy. The two men are among the most prominent voices in the debate over how we structure the timing of our days. And they occupy opposite ends of the spectrum. Pea, 43, insists that standard time is the preferable option, and Yates, 56, argues that evidence points to permanent daylight saving time as the way to go (though, he adds, his movement is simply fighting for a no-change clock system). They’ve spoken with lawmakers’ offices, testified before government bodies, become go-to quotes for media stories and launched advocacy efforts to boot. Pea runs the group, Save Standard Time. Yates helms a movement he calls #LocktheClock. They also seemingly despise each other. Each suggests that the other is in the pocket of special interests. Yates has gone so far as to question whether Jay Pea is actually a real name (Pea showed POLITICO a California ID with his name on it) and accused Pea of operating several fake accounts on Twitter (Pea said he didn’t have time for fake accounts). Pea, meanwhile, believes Yates is a “wealthy powerful friend of Marco Rubio” (Yates said he did consult with Rubio’s office but has never had face time with a member of Congress on the issue). He accused Yates of calling him after dark to make threats, producing notes he wrote contemporaneously, in which Yates allegedly told him: “You're never going to write about me, reply to my tweets, or anything … or I'm going to make you so f---ing sorry. You don't even know. … You think this is libel? Then get a lawyer. But I will ruin you.” Read the rest here if you want to ... http://www...ylight-saving-time-feud-520561
Habebe Member	Wed Nov 10 09:21:36 Haley Fuchs.....oh ya;)
murder Member	Wed Nov 10 11:55:48 Seriously? No one is interested in 2 nerds who have never even met involved in a heated feud over daylight savings time vs standard time? I guess I just don't understand this audience. :o)
jergul large member	Wed Nov 10 13:22:34 Wait until Trump takes a position on the matter and MAGA turns it into a freedom versus tyranny debate.
murder Member	Wed Nov 10 13:52:48 Marco Rubio has tried, but no one listens to him.
kargen Member	Wed Nov 10 15:50:19 Daylight saving time year round is one of the very few things President Carter got right. Hated it walking to school though.
Paramount Member	Wed Nov 10 16:01:04 I thought only Europe had daylight saving time. It’s an annoyance to me. I would prefer if they let the time be. Let it be standard time all the time. But if we are gonna have daylight saving time, why just one hour? Why not two hours or three? The more daylight the better, right? While they are at it, why don’t they stop the Earth’s rotation so that we can have daylight all day long.
murder Member	Wed Nov 10 16:45:41 Good thing I didn't dump on the US for the daylight savings silliness. I thought we were the only one that did it. lol :o) Why doesn't everyone just pick their favorite time of day, and it can be that time 24 hours every day? Does anyone really know what time it is? What is time anyway?
Habebe Member	Wed Nov 10 20:23:15 How many holes does a straw have?
kargen Member	Wed Nov 10 22:57:48 time is what keeps everything from happening at once. That is one of the three rules of life. 2nd rule is eventually we are all food. 3rd rule is always try to smell as nice as possible.
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