daylight savings

normally, i have no problem with ben franklin. i actually kinda like him, with the exception of one week every spring. i HATE daylight savings.  benny came up with the plan as a way to save candles. i'm sure it was a great idea at the time, but it seems totally useless and rather irrelevant now, especially since we don't actually use candles as a light source unless there is a blackout. so, why do we still use it? anyone? anyone? bueller? bueller? see! no one knows! it's ridiculous!  okay, the government thinks they know.  daylight savings is supposedly part of an energy conservation thing.  the idea is, in the fall, if we go to bed an hour earlier we turn off our energy sucking lights and electronics an hour earlier too, thus saving scant amounts of electricity. we also get off the roads earlier, saving gasoline and oil. conversely, in the spring, if we get up an hour earlier as the days lengthen, we’ll be able to enjoy more daylight hours and won’t need as much electricity then, either, because we’ll, ideally, be outside working or playing as long as the sun lights the sky. this, my friends, is a load of crap.  off the roads earlier, sure, but also on the roads earlier.  sorry, but the time change does not make my commute any shorter, thus, i use the same amount of gas and oil.  also, it doesn't lengthen the day. we enjoy the same number of daylight hours just at a slightly different time.  for reals, i already struggle to feel rested and now i lose an hour of sleep, plus it takes at least a week (sometimes more) for my body to adjust. i can only imagine what it must be like for those of you with children. i vote we get rid of it. FOREVER!!! who's with me?