“Our small agency has been ignored by the Congress and the public for way too long,” said the acting chairman, Nancy A. Nord. “Our laboratory desperately needs to be modernized.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3626045

“Lead, The Other White Meat”

The criminals currently in charge of our government (you remember OUR government, the one OF the PEOPLE, BY the PEOPLE, FOR the PEOPLE) have appointed such poison pills in EVERY federal agency that might hold those who control the wealth in this country from EVER being held accountable for ANYTHING they do to harm the rest of the people in the country.

Remove Pelosi, Impeach Cheney

How to Declare the Speaker Seat Vacant.

http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/how-to-declare-the-speaker-seat-vacant/

Democracy is not having a microwave dinner while watching American Idol and downloading music from iTunes. It’s active participation, demanding accountability.

Our roads, our boarders, our schools, our water, our sanitation and more is regulated because we see the need for standards for the common good of all people.

For this lady to oppose tougher consumer protections is partisan and not in the publics interests.

To oppose a ban on lead in all toys, and then refuse to explain yourself (the chairwoman refused to comment about this per the NYT article), is criminal, IMO, especially when so many children are at risk.

What was it we were saying about the Bush administration being concerned about children only from conception to birth?

So your solution is that people die because of defective products and sue the company to make them do the right thing. That’s pretty sick. How about people not die in the first place. Besides, as the auto industry and others have proven, an awful lot of people need to die and sue the company before it is financially feasable for them to do the right thing. Since we have become the United Corporations of America, the least we can do is to have our government be a layer of protection between us and the greedy corporations who put profits before human lives.

Perhaps he’s decided that you don’t dictate his schedule as well…

vs.

“Today, the AP provides further evidence of the administration’s efforts to shield the firm, reporting that the State Department “promised” legal immunity to Blackwater guards after the shooting incident…”

Well, this f—g administration is consistent, if nothing else.

Comment by The Fly-Man — October 30, 2007 @ 7:38 am

Wow. I had not heard this before. It makes perfect sense, of course, but I hadn’t yet connected the dots. Thank you!

Comment by Keith — October 29, 2007 @ 10:59 pm

Beg? I think we can do more than that.

Nobody is forcing us to buy their products. Nobody is forcing Sam Walton to put them on the shelves. We may not have the right to habeas corpus or representative government anymore, but we do still have the power of the purse.

We can quit buying Chinese products that are produced with toxic substances, or Indian products produced by child labor, or Cambodian products produced by people unable to organize for better working conditions, or Brazilian products produced on former rainforests.

We can tell our stores to stop stocking these products. We can demand it, in fact.

This is taking the phrase, “Get the lead out…” to new extremes… NO?

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Second, the part about being critical of banning lead is ridiculous. If it’s harmful it should be illegal to use, or it could be handled by suits. Being critical of things is never wrong, no matter how “sacred” the issue, however in this case the person does come off as a tad ludicrous.

However the last part is a great criticism. “She opposed making it easier to bring criminal prosecutions of companies that knowingly sell defective products and also criticized a measure that would make it easier for the commission to publicly disclose reports of faulty products.” That could cause a lot of trouble, and is loosely defined, so I could see why that would be cause to not support this piece of legislation. How can it be decided that company A released defective products on purpose, while company B released defective products on accident? It seems to create a large bureaucratic blackhole that can just be handled with suits.

Finally, I don’t understand why a lot of self-proclaimed “progressives” are so against Ron Paul. He’s for liberty, the Constitution, protecting our rights, stopping the imperialism that will tear down the country, etc. etc. He has some economic policies that you all disagree on for sure, but that’s all for debate and discussion. The one thing the President has direct power over is the military and he is the only one who will correct the mistakes of this branch of Government. His other policies would have to be debated and discussed with Congress – he’s not running for dictator like some of these other hacks.

I just subscribe to this blog’s RSS feed so I likely won’t ever see this particular article again if you feel like responding. I’m not sure if there is a private message system here or not…