It's the boxer rebellion of the You Tube generation.

New federal energy efficiency guidelines are requiring more washing machines to be front-loaded instead of top loaded.  And the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute -- the same group that launched an ad campaign praising carbon dioxide pollution as the stuff of life -- has now created a slick You Tube ad attacking all this government meddling in our laundry rooms.  They're urging outraged consumers to -- literally -- send their dirty underwear to the U.S. Undersecretary of Energy.

Here is a hilarious rebuttal to the CEI ad campaign on the blog Treehugger.com, where you can also link to and watch the You Tube ad.

Readers, what do you think of government regulations to require compact fluorescent lilghtbulbs, more fuel-efficient cars, more frugal toilets, etc?  Prudent public policy?  Or Big Brother?  

Whatever you think, DO NOT send your shorts to Rona and Me, your humble baybloggers.  We had nothing to do with the boxer rebellion plot.