If there was ever a reason to trash the United States government and start over again it's this:

South Carolina Taking Light Bulb Ban into Its Own Hands
By Nicolas Loris, Heritage Foundation

Fed up with the federal government’s ban of the traditional incandescent light bulb, state representatives in South Carolina are pushing for the state to produce and use incandescents solely for its state.

The Incandescent Light Bulb Freedom Act, which unanimously passed South Carolina’s Senate panel, would allow South Carolina manufacturers to continue to sell incandescent bulbs so long as they have “Made in South Carolina” on them and are sold only within the state. Other states have floated the idea, and last year Arizona passed a bill that would have done the same thing, but Governor Jan Brewer (R) vetoed the legislation.

Whether the legislation becomes law remains to be seen, and even if it does become law, lawsuits will likely ensue. Regardless, South Carolina’s efforts demonstrate the will to remove the federal government’s ability to restrict individual choice. If the compact florescent light bulb (CFL) is a better choice, consumers will make that choice without the government’s push. [link]

I wonder: since the government of the United States of America will soon forbid me to buy a freaking 40 watt incandescent light bulb at the local Kmart, could some entrepreneur here in Virginia make one for me?

For the love of God.  I feel like I'm Equality 7-2521 in Ayn Rand's Anthem,  a man who discovers that thousands of years before his time, a time before which civilization had descended into totalitarian drudgery, poverty, degradation and equality, human beings had actually invented this little glass bulb with wires inside that, when given an injection of current, would glow.  A discovery from which wonderment and joy sprang forth in Equality 7-2521's heart.

We're forbidden to buy light bulbs.  Perhaps, some day, a thousand years from now ....