Also, you guys know books are covered in the law too right? Those big bad dangerous books published before, what is it…1985 I believe? My kids are really bad about eating books. None of us dumb southerners can read.

“It is an expansive effort with the Rangers playing a more high-profile role than they’ve ever played before,” Perry said of the Department of Public Safety’s elite investigative unit.

The forces, dubbed “Ranger recon” teams, are the latest effort “to fill the gap that’s been left by the federal government’s ongoing failure to adequately secure our international border with Mexico,” he said.”

And yet, our benevolent federal government has the money for 500 toy police.
I wonder how many toddlers have been murdered by DUI illegal immigrants.

Consider the consequences. If all toys manufactured before 2008 are declared illegal (they are labeled illegal automatically unless you spend the $500 PER COMPONENT of the toy to test and make sure they’re not) all of these toys, clothes, shoes, bedding, furniture and equipment “intended for use by children under the age of 13″ must be disposed of. Of course, because they are now hazardous material you cannot just throw them in the dumpster…oh no! You must call Hazmat to have the stuff correctly disposed of. Where will all these dangerous items go? Landfills double wrapped in those bright orange bags!

Those footie pj’s your toddler loves…GONE. That miniature grand piano made by grandpa in 1969…GONE. That mobile purchased at Walmart five years ago for your first child that you’re pulling out of a box to use for your new baby…GONE. If you choose you could have it tested. Let’s see…there’s the string that holds the toys $500 to test, the music box $500, the plastic arching body $500, the screw-on back $500…there you go! $2000 has proven that the $20 mobile IS safe for use with your baby. Way to go, Congressman Waxman!

This law also makes it illegal to even give away Great Aunt Ida’s handmade baby quilt…nay, it makes it illegal to USE Aunt Ida’s baby quilt. Small toy and child product manufacturers around the country are going belly up because they cannot afford to comply with the law. And as we all know, hand carved maple train sets do indeed pose a significant threat to our nation’s children.

This law makes toys manufactured before 2008 illegal…in other words, since the beginning of time. If it’s not tested, it’s hazardous. Give it away, or God forbid try to sell it, and you’re facing a $100k fine and 5 yrs in prison.

Clothing banks, as in FREE giving away clothing charities, will have to SHUT DOWN or face those stiff penalties. Children’s resale stores across the nation have already started shutting down or shifting their product mix to adult items. There are people who depend on those stores to get by. It’s like the gov’t said, “Hey, we’re in a recession! Let’s kick ‘em while they’re down!”

Selling an antique or “collectible” does not get you off the hook according to the text of this law. If the item was INTENDED for use by a child under the age of 13 the law applies to the item.

If such an effort could be put into eliminating lead paint from HOMES across the nation (the leading cause BY FAR of lead poisoning in children) we’d be much better off and spending far less taxpayer money.

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