when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
Actually, that appears to be the plan.
From the NYT.
August 15, 2007
Mattel Recalls 19 Million Toys Sent From China
By LOUISE STORY and DAVID BARBOZA
Mattel, the world’s largest toy company, yesterday announced the biggest recall in its history.
In a double-barreled announcement, the company said it was recalling 436,000 Chinese-made die-cast toy cars depicting the character Sarge from the animated film “Cars” because they are covered with lead paint.
At the same time, the toy maker said it was recalling 18.2 million other toys because their small, powerful magnets could harm children if swallowed. The magnetized toys were also made in China, but they followed a Mattel design specification.
About half of the toys in each recall were distributed in the United States.
Amid a wave of increasing safety concerns about products made in China, the recall threatened to set the toy industry on its heels — just as companies are beginning to ship toys to stores for the holiday shopping season, when half of all toy purchases are made.
Separately, laboratory tests have found that some Chinese-made vinyl baby bibs sold at Toys “R” Us stores appear to be contaminated with lead.
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And so because of a few bugs and glitches we are now faced with the prospect of yet another Liberal, Socialist toy recall.
Another unwanted, Big Government, Nanny State intrusion into the private sector by Washington bureaucrats who think they know how to spend your money better than you do.
And the result?
That while perhaps this will postpone the inevitable weeding-out of a few of the feebler and less fit-to-survive children, we are now faced with the very real threat of an entire generation of American youth being left dangerously under-leaded and demagnetized.
And at Christmas no less!
5 comments:
You know Drifty, in a sense, there is more to this rather Dickensian situation than even you're noting.
To wit; look, the children of the elite don't play with cheap, Chinese toys slathered lead paint. No, the offspring our of ruling class play with finely made German toys. Toys made of wood and surgical steel. They don't, even by accident, find themselves surrounded with toxic materials unless they manage to break into mom and dad's secret stash spot.
No, the world needs young minds dimmed and blurred by base metal contamination. Just ask the libertarians and the bug gubmint rethugs.
China is free market heaven, and a perfect example of why many of us like having a "bug gubmint" to protect us from greed-heads and rethugs. Thing is it has to be run in a functional way, not drowned in a bathtub by a rethug weasel named after a Sesame Street character.
...we are now faced with the very real threat of an entire generation of American youth being left dangerously under-leaded and demagnetized.
Under-leaded and demagnetized youth are prone to vote for the Democratic candidates, i.e. support terrorism.
This is a fine illustration of how the free market fairy dies if the U.S. does not clap loudly enough.
/Grover Norquist
P.S. I'll get you and your little dog, too, U.S. Blues!
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Ya know,China is a perfect example of why we need government regulations. What can we do, at least until we get a President who actually cares about strong regulations? Boycott everything made in China. And then boycott the upcoming summer olympics, ibcluding not watching any of it on the teevees, or supporting the sponsors of it.
And Drifty, hon, you do need to comment on the CNBC chick that Tweety was learing at and sexually harrassing last Fri. She was saying why it's ok if we lose a few pets or kids, we can't go after China because it'll be bad for Wall Street and WallMart.
Dee
"Lead Taint, and the Happy Fun Balls"
WBAGNFARB
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