tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post9071005780209578489..comments2023-10-16T04:34:45.322-05:00Comments on CPSIA - Comments & Observations: CPSIA - The Chicago Tribune is Making Fun of You (How'd You Manage to Lose THEIR Support?)Rick Woldenberg, Chairman - Learning Resources Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10399747363670184131noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-62992168687869361262009-03-02T22:54:00.000-06:002009-03-02T22:54:00.000-06:00Carol, the long list of email addresses I use are ...Carol, the long list of email addresses I use are a compilation of addresses I use to communicate my messages broadly. Admittedly, they probably aren't interested in seeing everyone's emails. Then again, perhaps the emails would die down if they would DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS LAW. If you can specify what you want precisely, I can send you an email list (give me your email address). The To email addresses are the most important. RickRick Woldenberg, Chairman - Learning Resources Inc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10399747363670184131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-81133231871234521472009-03-02T07:18:00.000-06:002009-03-02T07:18:00.000-06:00Thanks Rick for your continuing excellent coverage...Thanks Rick for your continuing excellent coverage of this law. My local paper in Pittsburgh also ran an article this weekend on how CPSIA hurts the youth motorcycle market with the same angle "Kids, Don't Lick Your Dirt Bikes" (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09060/952272-155.stm). <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the column is full of misinformation, thanks in part to an aide for Representative Mike Doyle, who told the reporter several incorrect things, including: "Earlier this year, the commission decided that thrift stores and other sellers of used children's products didn't need to certify that their wares 'meet the new lead limits ... or new toy standards.' And if a manufacturer makes a reasonable determination that a lead-containing part is inaccessible to a child, that's OK, too." There's also this quote from the article: "A spokeswoman for the safety commission said it hopes 'to provide some guidance in the very near future. We're talking weeks here, not months.'"<BR/>Rep. Doyle blames the problems on the agency and its understaffing under Bush.<BR/><BR/>I'm calling the columnist this morning and following up with an email providing links to your blog, overlawyered.com and a host of other good sites. Hope all these articles start increasing the pressure on congress to make some real changes.<BR/><BR/>One more request: any chance you can provide us with a list of email addresses to address (or cc) every time we want to send something new? I'm afraid to simply cut and paste your email list because I don't know how many of those people don't deserve to have their inboxes clogged. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm a relative blogging neophyte. Can someone tell me how to make a hyperlink in comments?Carol Baicker-McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190497340312463771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-28757411590432963232009-03-01T17:24:00.000-06:002009-03-01T17:24:00.000-06:00My father gave our son & daughter an out of pr...My father gave our son & daughter an out of print "Rupert" book on his visit this weekend. As I was reading it I noticed it was printed in 1976 (in the range that thrift stores are not selling due to this law). Knowing the ridiculous concern about children's books printed before 1986, I smiled and asked my 2 1/2 and 5 year old children to promise not to eat the book. They looked at me as though I was from mars, and we continued reading.challengeandfunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724878227038238177noreply@blogger.com