tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post1035173637915505520..comments2023-10-16T04:34:45.322-05:00Comments on CPSIA - Comments & Observations: CPSIA - Perpetrators of CPSIA Feel the HeatRick Woldenberg, Chairman - Learning Resources Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10399747363670184131noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-39628521656971148232010-08-13T18:12:20.074-05:002010-08-13T18:12:20.074-05:00I am a lifelong Democrat in Barbara Boxers distric...I am a lifelong Democrat in Barbara Boxers district. Though not a big fan of hers I have always voted for her in the past. NEVER AGAIN! Nor will I vote for Jerry Brown. And though I used to like Diane Feinstein I could not vote for her now either. <br /><br />The kicker for me, a Democrat for over 30 years, is that the Democrat backers of the CPSIA have not had the spine or integrity to actually face the criticisms of this law. They don't seem so much to be standing behind this law as hiding behind it - hiding behind "it's for the children". If they truly believe in this law then why do they not have the wherewithal to face its critics directly.<br /><br />I think the reason is obvious - the CPSIA cannot be supported by rational argument, it simply wouldn't stand up to it.<br /><br />How can it make sense that brass is toxic to children while no one can point to a single case of lead poisoning caused by it. And yet having decided that brass is toxic to children how can they then allow the exemption of children's brass instruments based on the pretend reason that, supposedly, children don't actually use them much! My brother-in-law is a grade school music teacher and I've seen his kids march - they did not learn to play like that by not using those instruments.<br /><br />So which do suppose it is? Brass IS toxic to children but we have Congresses blessing to poison our children with musical instruments. Or brass IS NOT toxic to children? In which case the CPSIA is largely a sham.<br /><br />Monty Python could not come up with such absurdity!Mars Feeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07076141663628831160noreply@blogger.com