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Tough Safety Standards for Cribs Going into Effect
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| 6/28/11
| AP
Posted on 06/28/2011 8:33:47 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
So if an “unapproved” crib is offered at a yard sale, I assume Mom and Pop will be thrown to the ground, handcuffed, imprisoned for a few days and fined the value of their home?? Wouldn’t exactly be a surprise, would it!
To: Oldpuppymax
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:37:56 AM PDT
by
fooman
(Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
No offence to Mrs. Cirigliano, but her baby’s death is not a reason to slap diapers on the entire rest of the country.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:39:10 AM PDT
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
("Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home." - Cicero)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
With so many killer cribs lurking out there and no nanny-state to control them — up until now, thank goodness — it’s simply amazing that the population of the earth somehow reached six billion souls.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:39:31 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
They seem to issue new stadards every couple of years. What? Are cribs the leading cause of death in this country? Is there a problem that desperately needs a solution?
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:40:48 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: Oldpuppymax
So if an unapproved crib is offered at a yard sale, I assume Mom and Pop will be thrown to the ground, handcuffed, imprisoned for a few days and fined the value of their home?? Wouldnt exactly be a surprise, would it! Honestly, I know this *may* have been intended as hyperbole, but I can see just that sort of thing happening with our out of control government.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:43:22 AM PDT
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
("Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home." - Cicero)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
My heart goes out to this mother and all those who lost their children in these cribs. That being said, I find the fact that less than fifty deaths out of literally MILLIONS of cribs could even warrant a hearing in Congress much less a new industry changing law.
No governmant can mandate risk away! This is nanny statism to the max.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:43:40 AM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: Oldpuppymax
All this from a government which will lock you up for protesting the “retail” [there is not enough profit in “wholesale”] slaughter of babies in the womb.
A time of reckoning is coming.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:43:58 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know.)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
The industry says drop-sides that havent been recalled can be used safely as long as they are properly assembled and maintained to the manufacturers instructions.
Did you hear that Susan? Because you are a dim bulb, and too stupid to assemble a crib. The rest of us are going to be treated like criminals. I dropped a pretty penny on my kids crib and was planning on selling it since she stopped using it this spring. Looks like I would have an easier time selling crack on the street corner than getting some money out of this dreaded crib thanks to these unfit parents.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:46:46 AM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Blue Jays
There is a television program called MTV Cribs which is likely a show that is dedicated to this very serious issue facing our society.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:48:52 AM PDT
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
You can be sure that some crib manufacturer paid off some Washington swells to grant him a baby-crib monopoly.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:49:43 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Going beyond the details on this specific new set of regulations, here is yet another example of fiat regulations by the “Consumer Product Safety Commission”, as opposed to real legislation. There needs to be a BIG PUSH to de-regulate the economy to get it fully functional, and the candidates should be “educating” us about how they will go about unleashing the private sector.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:50:35 AM PDT
by
C210N
(0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
To: Jim from C-Town
I find the fact that less than fifty deaths out of literally MILLIONS of cribs could even warrant a hearing in Congress much less a new industry changing law. Back around 1980 or so, when AIDS came on the scene, some folks had crazy ideas:
Crazy Idea #1: Close the bath houses where men had promiscuous anonymous sex.
Crazy Idea #2: Mandatory testing of the partners of homosexuals with AIDS as a public health measure (we test married couples for syphilis).
Crazy Idea #3: Quarantine AIDS patients and keep them away from the general population.
These ideas would have saved many thousands of lives. But the Left opposed them all. They were all intrusive. They were all homophobic. They were all ideas of Hate.
But cribs? Sure! Let's put new laws in place! We could save 50 lives!!!!
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:53:05 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Drop-sides are blamed in the deaths of more than 30 infants and toddlers since 2000 and suspected in about a dozen other infant fatalities --- My condolences for those 30 infants and toddlers that died. All in all, a small number of deaths compared to the total population.
Having said that, what about the 'abortion mills' that murder with impunity on a daily basis?
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posted on
06/28/2011 9:00:27 AM PDT
by
Bockscar
(Thanks to the Freeper dogcaller for this tag line: --Muslims do not immigrate; they colonize--)
To: Jim from C-Town
“No governmant can mandate risk away!”
No. You are wrong. It is the imperial federal government’s job to ensure there are no risks to anything. All will be perfect once they are done. You will experience a new life free from any type of physical or mental harm. And so it is written........
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posted on
06/28/2011 9:04:50 AM PDT
by
animal172
(Does anyone even remember the USA of old?)
To: Bockscar
what about the 'abortion mills' that murder with impunity on a daily basis? Excellent question...
To: C210N
Going beyond the details on this specific new set of regulations, here is yet another example of fiat regulations by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, as opposed to real legislation. Good point...
To: Lazlo in PA
I dropped a pretty penny on my kids crib and was planning on selling it since she stopped using it this spring. I've got two in my house at this very moment.
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Question 1:
Where in the constitution does it say a federal government agency can prevent me from selling a piece of my personal property, assuming the transaction is local and not crossing state lines?
Question 2:
If the answer to number 1 is they can. What is to prevent them from preventing any and all individual resale transactions on the grounds that forcing customers to buy only new items from stores is good for the economy?
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posted on
06/28/2011 9:08:06 AM PDT
by
apillar
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