The list, ping
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.................
Damn......now I’m stuck with 2000 sets of lawn darts ! In more ways than I would like.
It is getting to where you can’t do any former activity without breaking some law. A friend of mine who lived under communism paraphrased to me what Ayn Rand wrote, that totalitarians make criminals of us to justify controlling us.
If a law should be placed on the books; wouldn’t this law be part of a State’s responsibility? Don’t states have the right to regulate commerce within their state? Why is President Zero upsurping his authority, without a challenge?
But then again, I’m apparently just a trouble-making rascist.
I don't believe for a second that it's just for the chillun's things. It would also go for kitchen appliances and the like. I wouldn't put it past these Feebs to try to do "stings" by deliberately donating such items to church bazaars then seeing if they show up.
Darn it! I was going to hit some Garage Sales hoping to score a set of Lawn Darts.
Why in the H E double L can’t our so called elected government just leave people alone and stop being the overbearing tyrants they’ve become?
And for Pete’s sake! Don’t let your kids sell lemonade or kool-aid in the front yard!!! The koolaid gestapo will be all over them like stink on ****!!!! This isn’t America anymore IT’S AMERIKA!!! HAIL TO DER FUHRER!!! It’s time to get rid of that E Pluribus Unum motto and change it to “If the government doesn’t get their cut, your ass is grass.”
We’ll soon be watching video of mom, dad and little Nellie handcuffed and thrown on the lawn by the Tyco Train Set police!! Isn’t it great to live in a formerly free country!
It’s not that bad. I talked to a local second-hand store owner. She said you don’t have to worry as long as you do due diligence (google “recall [toyname]”).
I understand that some people didn’t turn their recalled products in for replacement, and a buyer even at a garage sale would want to know the toys aren’t death traps.
Of course I’ve seen dumb recalls. There was one for a lighter. “Do not use it until you have remediated the safety problem.” I thought, “Uh-oh, it’s going to blow up on me.” Turns out the “problem” was that they didn’t put the stupid warning sticker on. Yes, you were expected to contact them and have them ship a warning sticker for you to stick on before you use it.
Too many of these recalls are performed in paranoia of ambulance chasers.
I don’t like Federal workers. Always bothering people when they should not be
Fire half the Federal workers and we’ll do just fine. Let them find employment in the dreaded private sector
Oh, my.
Everything.
FedZilla run amuck.
Well Hell !! Where am I going to get my “Readers Digest Condensed Books” if they go through with this. ??
Bastards just won’t let you live.
So is O sending his brownshirts out to every garage sale?
What a bunch of jerks.
My non PC childrens books I just give away for the good of mankind.
Could this be an excuse for the Feds to snoop through our possessions?
Toy-related accidents killed 18 children in 2007
November 13, 2008
Reporting from Washington — At least 18 children younger than 15 died in toy-related accidents in 2007.
Most of the deaths were caused by blocked airways, drowning or accidents involving motor vehicles, according to Consumer Product Safety Commission data. Many of the incidents were not caused by the toys but occurred while the children were playing.
Fourteen of the 18 children were boys.
Five children were killed in tricycle-related incidents — one from a fall, one from a motor vehicle accident and three from drowning after falling into pools while riding.
Another child died from complications after falling into a pool while riding a battery-powered vehicle. Two drowned while playing near water — one with an inflatable toy and another with a toy boat.
Four children choked on rubber balls and two on uninflated balloons. One boy died after he inhaled a rubber dart, and a 6-month-old suffocated when he fell off a bed onto a stuffed toy.
“Got to read a ways through the story to find this, but this is one of Bush’s follies”
The Resale Roundup is being enforced under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed into law last year.
You'll have to pry my lawn darts from my cold dead hands.