From the Washington Post:
“…What is the Consumer Product Safety Commission doing? According to recent news reports, the agency is “negotiating” a plan with the toy industry to keep dangerous toys out of stores. Not bringing action to enforce the law, not assessing penalties, not writing regulations. Negotiating, because it is too small and underfunded and because it lacks the will to do much else.

The commission has no chairman and has lacked a quorum for months. Without a quorum, it cannot bring a lawsuit, assess a penalty or enact new regulations to address hazards in the marketplace. Congress recently passed legislation to give it a quorum for six months, but after that, if no chairman has been approved, the commission will again be effectively unable to act.

Now is the time to revitalize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. … Judging from the dangerous foods and products that have made their way to consumers, industry is doing an unacceptable job of policing itself. That government regulation is necessary has already been accepted — tainted pet food and pharmaceuticals from China prompted legislation to strengthen the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to keep dangerous items from being imported. Product safety regulation needs similar measures.

First, President Bush should immediately nominate, and Congress should confirm, a chairman with a background in product safety and a commitment to consumer protection.

Second, Congress should pass emergency legislation to ban lead in children’s products. There is no reason to tolerate even a small amount of lead in any product intended for use by children. It should also require pre-market testing of all children’s products before they can be sold in the United States, making those that sell products in this country responsible for ensuring compliance with safety standards….”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....01975.html

That’s why I watch CNN, they don’t put stupid people on the air.

I have an idea.

There are sites on the net where people ask for donations (for all sorts of things), I think we need to make a BIG one and have everyone with outstanding vet bills tell their story and we can ask for the help we are just not getting from the companies that sickened and killed our pets!
It will embarrass them a lot, could get us some press and might do some good.

The amount of money this has cost pet owners is staggering and I think we should USE that fact. We are sure paying the damned bills and the pet food companies are blowing us off- I say we USE it.

What do you think?

PS and I want to have a running total going at the site of all the unpaid bills because that is gonna be BIG.

Hey!

I can do that, too!

I will do that, too!

And nobody can make me buy things :)

Do you drink at a bar, or bars, on Saturday night? Have you told your drinking buddies about the poison pet food for sale at Walmart? Talk about the knockers on the new waitress later but for 5 minutes you can talk about getting away with murder because you know, we ALL know a killer, it squats there on the corner and KILLS and if you buy a single item from Walmart then you are PAYING them to KILL!

Walmart is begging you, much like a deranged serial killer, STOP ME BEFORE I KILL AGAIN. So I will.

In fact, I am so tired of this crap that I think we ought to stop buying EVERYTHING, from ANY store, for a WEEK, shut down the economy for ONE week, nothing but food and damned little of that. No gas, no NOTHING, just stop, sit home and see if THAT makes the TV news!!
If all I am is a consumer to be fleeced like a sheep to these a$$holes then I can STOP CONSUMING.

From August 30 to September 6 I will spend NOTHING. I have food that is getting older in my cabinets and freezer as it is, this will teach me to buy only what I NEED. I NEED a vacation from spending more than I need anything else.
This is gonna be fun!
More homecooked food, more TIME, cleaner house, husband smiling big for reasons that are not your business, big smile on my face for reasons also not your concern, less traffic stress, I am looking forward to THIS next week!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/.....index.html