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After the U.S. government put out a warning to owners of Toyota and Lexus vehicles about safety problems tied to removable floor mats, the Japanese automaker announced that it will recall 3.8 million vehicles sold since 2004. According to the consumer alert, the floor mats of the affected vehicles could interfere with the accelerator pedal and cause a crash.

Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil unit is voluntarily recalling 57 lots of infants’ and children’s liquid Tylenol products because of possible bacterial contamination. The products being recalled were made between April and June and include nearly two dozen varieties, including Children’s Tylenol Suspension 4 oz. Grape, Infants’ Tylenol Grape Suspension Drops 1/4 oz. and Children’s Tylenol Plus Cold/Allergy 4 oz. Bubble Gum.

A recall petition filed Tuesday against a member of Congress could end up being a test case for whether Arizonans have the power to dump federal lawmakers. Tucsonan Thomas D. Young is seeking the ouster of two-term Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, citing her support of federal legislation requiring increased use of electricity generated from renewable sources and new carbon emission standards for coal-fired power plants. Young complained those standards will raise the cost of materials by more than 30 percent.

Sometimes, We the People discover that we have made a serious mistake, and we don't want to wait for the next election to correct it. In some states, voters can correct their mistakes with a recall election, such as the 2003 recall of California Governor Gray Davis. The recall, however, is not available on the federal level. Federal officials are removed from office by either expulsion or impeachment. Congress uses expulsion. So, removal of bad actors in congress is a matter of elected officials ousting other elected officials; the electorate has no say in the matter. But is congress policing...

Heads up if anyone is using recently purchased green onions................ SALINAS, California — Two California produce shippers have recalled thousands of cases of green onions supplied by an onion farm in Mexicali, Mexico, over fears the onions could be contaminated with salmonella. U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors found salmonella in a routine test taken in New York last month. No illnesses have been reported. Officials notified the shipper, Salinas-based Steinbeck Country Produce. The company issued a voluntary recall Aug. 28 for 3,360 cartons. Steinbeck's produce was distributed in California, Massachusetts, Texas, Indiana, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Arizona.

This is what greeted Gov Granholm (Mi) when she finished her Bridge Walk today. These are State Union Employees who are not impressed with our Governor.

Recall a congressman?

Colt Manufacturing Company has announced a recall of six 1911-styled pistol models because parts were not manufactured to Colt specifications and could break, causing safety issues with the handguns. The following models sold after March 2007 are affected by the recall, which will require replacement of the Slide Lock Safety, the Recoil Spring Guide Pad or both: • 1911 WWI Replica (O1911) - 4597WMK to 5414WMK (safety) • 1918 WWI Replica (O1918) – 1001WWI to 3431WWI (safety) • Combat Elite (O7810D) – CG10000E to CG11293E (safety) • Defender (O7000D) – DR33036 to DR35948 (guide pad) • Talo Night Defender (O7000NDF)...

SIERRA VISTA — Festering anger over the national health care debate has some local protesters seeking the ouster of Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Experts say the effort is symbolic, though. Protesters have given Giffords an ultimatum to host a town hall meeting on health care reform or else resign. If she fails to meet their demands, the protesters want her forced out of office. On Aug. 8, nearly 150 people gathered for a protest outside her Sierra Vista office. Many signed what was labeled as a recall petition, although there was no statement on the petition why such an...

Health officials in three Western states said Friday at least 28 people have reported illnesses tied to recalled ground beef that may be tainted with salmonella. On Thursday, Fresno-based Beef Packers Inc. recalled nearly 826,000 pounds of ground beef produced from June 5-23. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service says the beef was sent to retail distribution centers in Arizona, California, Colorado and Utah, with some sold at Safeway Inc. and Sam's Club. Friday, the department confirmed that California, Colorado and Wyoming have reported illness linked to the recalled beef. Colorado health officials said 21 people...

I have a simple question I'd like to ask of my fellow FReepers. Has the time come for We, the Peiople, to recall EVERY Member of Congress? Should we then move also to IMPEACH President Barrach Hussein Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden? Taking a look at what this bunch has done to America in the last 6 months, can We, the People, wait another 18 months for the next election? Can America afford to wait?

A couple of months ago, I was doing an on-air interview with KPFA radio about the state budget and found myself saying out loud "I never thought I'd ever say this, but I want Pete Wilson back." The interviewer burst out laughing. Yes, Governor Pete Wilson did things I strongly disagreed with when he vetoed a bill on employment discrimination against gay people and when he frequently chose business over environmental protection - but he knew how to be Governor. If you have to have a Republican Governor, it would at least be nice to have one who didn't have...

A Nestle plant linked to an outbreak of illness has been shut temporarily, and the company said Monday that it expects to lay off more than 200 workers as a result. Preliminary results "indicate a strong association with eating raw prepackaged cookie dough," the CDC says. "It's likely that we're going to have some temporary layoffs at that facility," Nestle spokeswoman Roz O'Hearn said of the Danville, Virginia, facility that was churning out refrigerated cookie-dough products until Thursday. About 550 people work at the factory, but only about half of them work on cookie dough, she said. The rest work...

(There's a toll to eating raw cookie dough.) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told consumers today not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough because the products could be contaminated with a potentially deadly form of E. coli. Since March, at least 66 people from 28 states have gotten sick after eating the dough. Of those, 25 people were hospitalized and seven developed a severe complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome, which leads to kidney damage and lifetime health issues and is often responsible for E. coli...

SIGN THE PETITION!!!!! May 15, 2009 - Sacramento, CA Taxpayers United to Recall Governor Schwarzenegger received official notice from The Secretary of State's Office at 11:00am that our Petition to Recall Governor Schwarzenegger has been approved!!! The clock is now ticking... In order to bring the actual election to fruition, over 1 Million valid signatures will be required. We have an immediate need for volunteers to help gather signatures. We also have an immediate need for additional funding to cover the expense of organizing and housing the petitions. Please visit the Get Involved Area for more information. DOWNLOAD THE PETITION...

UPDATED AT 5:20 P.M. Secretary of State Debra Bowen today certified the fifth recall bid seeking to oust Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. A group called Taxpayers United to Recall Governor Schwarzenegger -- headed by John D. Fusek of La Habra -- now has until Oct. 22 to obtain 1,041,530 valid voter signatures, or 12 percent of the electorate, to qualify the measure for the ballot. It won't be easy. Gray Davis became the first California governor to be recalled in 2003, but four other recall drives against Schwarzenegger -- one in 2004, two in 2005 and one in 2008 -- have...

An effort to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger moved ahead Thursday when Secretary of State Debra Bowen certified an organizer's recall petition. The campaign to unseat the governor is being waged by Edwin Snell, a San Bernardino County resident who runs a political action committee called Recalls California. The recall petition claims Schwarzenegger "no longer represent(s) the interest of the people and has betrayed the trust of the voters." Proponents of the recall drive now have 160 days to gather signatures of 12 percent of the state's 8,679,416 registered voters, with a final filing date of Oct. 14. Once the signatures...

What a great way to continue the TAX DAY TEA PARYT; and show the media What strengh we have..the recall of state legislators! WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT WAY TO SHOW THE 'MEDIA' WE MATTER; and Recall some problem legislator's to boot; WHY NOT SEND YOUR 'Villiage Idiot' back home?? What a great way to continue on the 'momentum' of the Tea Party too, and actually use that energy to get something done, rather than waste it!!.. I mean I know ya'll (with good reason) are complaining about the Democrat's strength in your own state,..and that you (I) have to wait...

May 1, 2009 -- Fourteen Hydroxycut products, marketed as fat burners, low-cost diet aids, and energy enhancers, are being recalled voluntarily by the manufacturer after the FDA received 23 reports of serious liver injuries ranging from jaundice to death. The FDA announced the recall today at a news conference. The recalled products include: * Hydroxycut Regular Rapid Release Caplets * Hydroxycut Caffeine-Free Rapid Release Caplets * Hydroxycut Hardcore Liquid Caplets * Hydroxycut Max Liquid Caplets * Hydroxycut Regular Drink Packets * Hydroxycut Caffeine-Free Drink Packets * Hydroxycut Hardcore Drink Packets (Ignition Stix) * Hydroxycut Max Drink Packets * Hydroxycut Liquid...

CALEXICO, Calif. — A food distribution company in Calexico is recalling candy imported from Mexico because it contains high levels of lead. King Midas Inc. said Friday it is warning stores to stop selling Hola Pop, a caramel lollipop with a salted apricot in the center. The candy also comes in other fruit flavors.

Dear FRiends, I have been thinking of a way to keep momentum up, right away (and get some real political hay behind the movement): I do not live in any of these 19 or so states, but some of you do (and it could be worthwhile and channel the tea party energy into them): ESPECIALLY IN STATES LIKE California or New Jersey, which some of you live in.. Here goes: WHY NOT "recall" some of your more problem legislators, creation of petition drives to recally your villiage idiots would go a long way toward remedying our problems as a nation:...

Total Recall 2009 - Is Schwarzenegger On the Way Out?by Skip Press I walked my precinct for Arnold Schwarzenegger. I’d never done that for anyone, but I knocked on every single door, determined that the replacement for recalled Governor Gray Davis would not be Democrat Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante because, well, the Democrats in the California legislature and misrepresenting us in Washington give new definition every day to the word “idiot.” And that was before I had much of an inkling about the wickedness of Nancy Pelosi, whom we must remember represents the Haight-Ashbury district of Baghdad by the...

WASHINGTON – General Motors Corp. is recalling 1.5 million vehicles because of potential engine fires. GM says there have been no reports of any fires or injuries. Some of the recalled vehicles are no longer in production. The recall includes the 1998-1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue, the 1997-2003 Pontiac Grand Prix, 1997-2003 Buick Regal, and the 1998-2003 Chevrolet Lumina, Monte Carlo and Impala.

Article published April 10, 2009 Take Back Toledo turns in petitions to remove mayor Group says it collected 45,500 signatures Photo Tom Schlachter, left, and Andy Stuart, principals in Take Back Toledo, a group seeking the recall of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, carry boxes of petitions to the Lucas County Board of Elections. ( THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH ) Zoom | Photo Reprints By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Organizers of the effort to recall Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday turned in what they said were 45,500 signatures - more than twice the number needed to put the recall question on the Sept....

PORTLAND, Ore. — Kroger supermarkets is recalling 10-ounce packages of pistachios sold in Texas and 30 other states over fears of possible salmonella contamination.

OK, sorry for this little (possibly) silly vanity post, but about 2 months ago I purchased a package of "Austin" brand "Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter" from a vending machine at work, just before the recall thing was starting to make headlines ... never ate them, just let 'em sit in the drawer until I could check out if they were on the recall list. Today I checked the FDA site and sure enough these are on the list. Upon checking the FAQ at FDA, it says to 'destroy them in a manner such as that they cannot be consumed',...

Tax Revolt and Recall Protest draws 15,000 Fullerton – An estimated crowd of 15,000 people showed up at a tax revolt and recall protest hosted by The John & Ken Show of radio station KFI 640. The hyperactive John Kobylt and immaculately groomed Ken Chiampou prodded the crowd into chants of "heads on a stick" and "off with their heads" several times during the three hour event, referring to lazy legislators and the lying governor. Some people brought bloody effigy heads of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and stuck them on the end of a pike, while the crowd joined their hosts...

They're revolting. Families with children, bikers, seniors, pirates - by the thousands descended on a Fullerton bar Saturday to join talk show hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou of KFI in protesting tax increases recently approved in Sacramento. Police estimated that some 8,000 people came to the Slidebar Café in downtown Fullerton to listen to The John & Ken Show. "I expected a lot and it was way more than I expected," said co-host John Kobylt. The talk show hosts put forward an ambitious goal for their Tax Revolt 2009 live broadcast that ran for more than three hours. "The...

New Orleans ministers say Louisiana Attorney General has ruled that state law does not allow recall of federal officials Wednesday, March 4, 2009 The New Orleans ministers who launched a recall effort against 2nd District Congressman Joseph Cao last month say they've now been told by Louisiana's Attorney General that state law does not allow the recall of federal officials. The advisory opinion had been sought by Secretary of State Jay Dardenne who presides over elections. The campaign was launched after the newly elected Congressman who succeeded Bill Jefferson, voted twice with his fellow Republicans in the House against an...

They may need a support group before the month is out. They could gather in New York or Washington where many victims reside. The meetings would start: “I’m Maureen [or David]. I’m a duped Barack voter. And I’m mad.” The ranks indeed are filling with the disaffected and the disappointed — Chris Buckley, Maureen Dowd, David Brooks, David Gergen, and even that gynecological sleuth and blogger Andrew Sullivan. And then there is the very angry Marty Peretz. Their complaints are varied but expressed with equal amounts of remorse and bitterness. They all have been done wrong by Barack.

Despite the fact that he might have wished he had been the man who just finished his first address to a joint session of Congress as president, Sen. John McCain had kind words for President Obama's address this evening. "The president gave a very effective speech," McCain told Katie Couric on CBSNews.com's presidential webcast following Mr. Obama’s address. "His delivery and the theme of the speech was excellent."Still, McCain said, "now I would like to know how we are going to implement it." "I don't know where Social Security was,” McCain said. “I don't know how you increase all of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain said on Tuesday night he believed an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system was possible this year after President Barack Obama called for such a timetable. In his speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, Obama said that due to rising costs, revamping the healthcare system "must not wait, and it will not wait another year." McCain, who is a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, said in an interview after the speech that he felt an accord was reachable this year. "I do think it's...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) moved even closer toward President Obama on Sunday, calling on Republicans in Washington to try to work with the Democratic administration. GOP leaders "should make an effort to work together and to find what is best for the people, because by derailing everything, it's not going to help anybody, and it creates instability and insecurity," Schwarzenegger said on ABC's "This Week." The centrist governor had supported Obama's $787 billion stimulus package that nearly all Republicans in Congress opposed. Schwarzenegger on Sunday heaped praise upon the new administration. He said that he has "total confidence" in...

You have got to believe that the California Republican base is dispirited when a delegate at this weekend's state party convention is circulating a resolution to apologize to former Democratic Gov. Gray Davis for recalling him from office. But that is exactly what party delegate Alex Burrola is suggesting. The resolution, underscoring some party activists' seething displeasure with "post-partisan" GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, reads as follows: "Whereas, in 2003 a grassroots effort was begun to recall then-Governor Gray Davis from office on grounds which included gross mismanagement of the budget and finances of the State of California; "...Whereas, candidate Arnold...

NEW ORLEANS – Legal roadblocks will likely doom an effort launched this week to recall U.S. Rep. Ahn "Joseph" Cao, the Vietnamese Republican who scored a surprise December victory in a predominantly black, mostly Democratic New Orleans congressional district. Still, the petition drive, started by two black ministers only weeks after Cao took office, demonstrates the challenges he'll face if he seeks a second term in 2010. "At this point it's going to be more symbolic than substantive," pollster and political consultant Silas Lee said Friday of the recall effort, ostensibly launched to protest Cao's vote against the federal stimulus...

Ministers in New Orleans kick off recall campaign Wednesday, February 18, 2009 A group of black ministers in New Orleans is kicking off a campaign to recall newly elected 2nd District Congressman Joseph Cao. An organization called the Louisiana Ministerial Alliance of Churches says it will file papers with the Secretary of State to begin the process of seeking the signatures needed to force a recall election. The group is upset over Cao's two votes against an economic stimulus package which Cao said would mean little in terms of job creation to his district. Cao joined fellow GOP members of...

What is the possibility that Maine Freepers and their responsible neighbors could begin a viable recall effort for Snowe and Collins ? Walk softly and carry a big stick !!

These socialists are not representing their base and therefore not doing the job of the people.  It is our duty to remove them from office immediately.  I have a table below that shows us what congressional members can be legally recalled from office.  Let us not wait until 2010.  Let us remove them now!   How the Recall Process Works Grounds for Recall Specific grounds for recall are required in only seven states:   Alaska: lack of fitness, incompetence, neglect of duties or corruption (AS §15.45.510) Georgia: act of malfeasance or misconduct while in office; violation of oath of office;...

A combination of epidemiological analysis and laboratory testing by state officials in Minnesota and Connecticut, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have enabled FDA to confirm that the sources of the outbreak of illnesses caused by Salmonella Typhimurium are peanut butter and peanut paste produced by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at its Blakely, Georgia processing plant. Peanut butter is sold by PCA in bulk containers ranging in size from five (5) to 1,700 pounds. The peanut paste is sold in sizes ranging from 35-pound containers to product sold by...

A California labor leader warned Thursday that unions will consider recalling from office any state legislator who votes to roll back workplace regulations as part of a budget compromise. "We have to consider moving against anyone who would support a change in these conditions, these standards for workers in California, whether it be a Democrat or a Republican," said Chuck Mack, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 70, which represents Bay Area private-sector workers. Labor unions donate heavily to Democratic campaigns each election cycle. An International Brotherhood of Teamsters account, for instance, donated $234,000 to state Assembly and Senate candidates in 2007-08....

BEIJING – Toyota Motor Corp. has issued a recall for more than 120,000 cars in China to fix a problem that could result in loss of steering control, China's quality watchdog said Thursday in the latest piece of bad news for the Japanese automaker. Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co., a joint venture between Toyota and China's FAW Group, will recall 121,930 vehicles beginning Friday, according to a notice on the Web site of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. The notice said the recalled models include Crown and Reiz luxury sedans produced between 2005 and 2006, and...

Don't know if this has been posted recently, but since its almost Christmas, here's the most recent list of toy recalls: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/toy.html

Finkbeiner lashes out at recall drive organizersArticle published Monday, December 8, 2008 Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner lashed back at the backers of a recall effort Monday, accusing them of seeking to gain more power and wealth, but of not having Toledo's best interests at heart. The mayor said most of the people involved in Take Back Toledo are not Toledo residents. **SNIP** Mr. Finkbeiner accused WSPD-AM, 1370, of violating the Fairness Doctrine in not allowing him to respond to what he said were "vicious, one-sided diatribes" over the last three years, and said he would ask Congress to investigate WSPD....

Child's Death Prompts Roman Blinds RecallBlinds Sold Exclusively At IKEA POSTED: 9:21 am EST November 20, 2008 About 670,000 blinds are being recalled after a child was strangled in their cords. IRIS and ALVINE Roman blinds, sold exclusively at IKEA Home Furnishings, can strangle children if they place their necks in an exposed inner cord on the backside of the Roman blinds. On April 4, a 1-year-old girl in Greenwich, Conn., became entangled in the inner cord of an IKEA Roman blind and strangled. The child was in a portable playpen that was located underneath a fully lowered Roman blind....

The California Supreme Court is being asked by Proposition 8 backers to do something extreme -– to overturn the will of voters who earlier this month banned gay marriage. It’s a choice fraught with potential political ramifications for the justices -- including threats of recall. “It is a time of lots of crocodiles in the bathtub,” said Santa Clara University law professor Gerald Uelmen, who has followed the court for decades. "Their oath requires them to ignore these kinds of political threats. But the threat of having to face a contested election is a significant one.”

The California Supreme Court's surprising announcement that it will quickly review the legality of Proposition 8, banning gay marriage, has prompted growing speculation that the four judges who found a right to gay marriage in the state Constitution in a May ruling will quickly throw Prop. 8 out. If that happens, watch out for a "barn-burner of an election -- the biggest thing this state has ever seen," says recall election guru Ted Costa. Costa says he's already been contacted by some of the folks who would seek to recall Ronald George, Joyce Kennard, Kathryn Werdegar and Carlos Moreno if...

TOKYO — Nissin Food Products Co said Friday it was recalling half a million cups of instant noodles over fears of insecticide contamination in the latest food safety scare to rock the country’s consumers. A 67-year-old woman vomited and felt numbness on her tongue after eating Nissin’s Cup Noodle this week in the Tokyo suburb of Fujisawa, the city’s health office said. The product was made at a Nissin factory in Japan. A series of previous scares have involved food imported from China. The health office said on inspecting the Cup Noodle they had discovered paradichlorobenzene, the key chemical in...

The students of American River College turned back an effort to recall nine campus leaders in response to their support of Proposition 8, the statewide ballot measure banning same-sex marriage. Results of the vote were released by ARC officials this afternoon. . . .Individual results differed among the recall targets, but they all cleared the recall by a 200-300 vote margin out of the 3531 votes cast Tuesday and Wednesday. Students backing the unsuccessful recall say the Proposition 8 vote wasn't the only reason for the recall, but did helped galvanize opposition.

Sony's Little Big Planet is one of the most high-profile releases of this holiday season. Developer Media Molecule has seen its game go from indie darling to AAA system-seller in the past year, thanks to the many appearances that the game has made at trade shows and events. However, fans of the game are going to have to wait slightly longer to get it. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it is recalling the game from retailers after it learned that the soundtrack featured some Arabic-language lines from the Qur'an backed with music. A SCEE representative also confirmed to...

Sacramento PETITION TO RECALL governor DENIED: California Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Tuesday rejected a petition submitted by the state prison guards union for a recall campaign against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, saying it did not meet legal requirements.