{"id":214,"date":"2005-12-04T05:01:20","date_gmt":"2005-12-04T10:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/abolish-so-called-daylight-saving-time"},"modified":"2013-03-09T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T15:42:20","slug":"abolish-so-called-daylight-saving-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/abolish-so-called-daylight-saving-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Abolish so-called “Daylight Saving Time”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So-called “Daylight Saving Time” is a conspiracy to waste hundreds of millions of US man-hours every years, setting and re-setting clocks and missing and re-scheduling appointments.<\/p>\n

Who came up with this? Was it the Japanese? They seem to want to put clocks in every piece of electronics they make. The Swiss? They are clockmakers, after all, and they’ve been jealous of the USA for years. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the idea, but I think that’s propaganda. No one as wise as Franklin would conceive of such a ludicrous, wasteful notion. Maybe he suggested it as a joke<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The quantity of sunlight shed upon the earth does not change, regardless of what number the clock says. So-called “Daylight Saving Time” accomplishes nothing positive whatsoever. It’s a ridiculous, archaic drain on our entire society, and it ought to be abolished<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Write the President, your Senators, and your Representatives. We can eliminate this nuisance in our lifetime.<\/p>\n

(No, I do not seriously think it was a plot by the Japanese or the Swiss. Get real.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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