Day Light Savings Time

Day light savings time was created during World War One with the idea of saving energy and money that was necessary for the war effort.  Back then, most people worked in the day time, they either farmed or had factory jobs that involved day time work hours.  It worked and a lot of energy was saved.  That energy was in turn funneled into the war effort, and you know how that turned out. 
In 2013 we are not anything like what we were in 1911.  The ensuing one hundred years has brought many changes, not the least of which is three full shifts of work.  Wal-Mart is not the only business that keeps its doors open all day, every day.  Most factories in this area, in most areas, have three shifts of work if they can support the need for it.
I myself prefer third shift.  I am a night owl by nature, getting up in the morning is an annoyance I have yet to master.  My dog, Caliope, however, is a born early bird.  She loves to stand over me and drool me awake (don't ask, it's disgusting) so that she can begin her day.  That means eat.  But my business dictates that I am open early, so an early bird I have become.  To be clear, I just don't like it.
The state of Indiana used to be one of the few that didn't change their clocks.  It seemed to be getting by okay, the state managed to get a surplus-of course, that was when they bucked their trend and hired a fiscal conservative- but they were paving the roads and keeping the lights on.
Then they decided that the thing this state really needed was to change their clocks and consolidate the entire area into one time zone.  Can you say debacle?  It didn't quite work out that way,  there are several counties that either don't change their  clocks or they are in a different time zone than the rest.  Doesn't matter.
The point I am making, is that bright and early this morning, I came to work in the dark.  Thank you time change.  I watched as very small children-five and six years old- stood in the dark, not dusk, dark- and waited for their school buses. I prayed that some idiot wasn't running behind because of the time change and plowed into a child that was standing on the corner waiting for a bus in the dark.
I know that happens, I have looked up the statistics.  It's a shame.  More than that, it's stupid.  There is a joke about only some people would be dumb enough to cut the top of a blanket off and sew it onto the bottom and think that they had a longer blanket.  That describes the time change perfectly.
It took several votes in this state before they were finally able to shove through the clock changing plan.  First they sold the idea on people having more time to play golf after work.(That should tell you their political mind set.)  When people pointed out that they couldn't really afford golf- the political class quickly changed the message to more time for yard work.  People still didn't want the time change.  In a true burst of doing what they were going to do anyway, the state politicians voted to have small children stand in the dark and wait for the school bus every Spring.  They also moved the date up, perhaps they are impatient for that tragedy, who knows? 
Dress your children in very bright, light reflective clothes until the sun is actually up when they wait for the buses.  You'll thank me later.