In any case, about the post - I’m just opening my eyes to what the mass media is spoon feeding us relaying the information. Great comments from all.

Adil, if you don’t want to start a blog, you’re welcome to guest post here
And Frank, some would say they are conserving energy and being green

“I’m writing you this email to tell you something which I find pretty disturbing. USDA is the second largest federal office building in D.C. It is massive, with hallways that stretch for three city blocks on seven floors, and one block the other way on each floor. For the last few months, every other overhead light in the halls has had their bulbs removed. Sometimes, two lights in a row are dark. It’s bright enough to walk down, no doubt, but still noticeably darker. Moreoever, each floor has two banks of elevators at each end, with three elevators per bank. For the last few months, one elevator at each bank has been put out of commission. Further, employees are now forbidden from putting space heaters in their offices, which many have done because the heating in the building has been turned down to a level where even I, a descendant of hardy Russian peasants, feel cold.

“What does this tell me? It tells me that the government of the United States of America is having difficulty paying its utility bills. Think about that. Federal offices cannot keep all the lights on, or keep the heat sufficiently high. (We’ll see what the air conditioning is like in a few months, when D.C. turns into a humid swamp). This is what one expects of Third World governments, not the USA.”