Comments on: Dangerous Until Proven Safe

By: L.J. Brooks

L.J. Brooks — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:52:14 +0000

Heck, when I was going to school in the early ’70s during science class we would play around with mercury like it was play dough! We had big globs of it rolling around on our bare hands and no one died of mercury poisoning!!

By: The other coyote

The other coyote — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:32:15 +0000

When I read this stuff, I feel like I’ve entered a parallel universe. What is really making me insane, though, is how nobody else I come in contact with seems to notice. I WORK for an oil & gas E&P company and nobody but the senior execs seems to have noticed that Obama plans to pay for his budget out of our intangible drilling costs deductions. Most days in this country, I feel like I’m spitting into the wind.

By: Henry Bowman

Henry Bowman — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:37:00 +0000

I think that the reason that the country cannot seem to rationally assess risks is because (a) a very significant fraction of the population is incapable of critical thinking and (b) a large fraction, perhaps one-third, of Democrats are literally insane. Item (a) is party-independent, as it simply reflects the ongoing failure of the school system. I suspect that item (b) is due to group-think for the most part.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:50:13 +0000

My question is: With all these hazards, how in God’s name did the human race survive this long? The answer, of course, is that while the risks are miniscule, but the cost of addressing them is borne by somebody else.

By: deputyheadmistress

deputyheadmistress — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:46:24 +0000

My library is pulling books and boxing them in response to the law as well (and the ALA knows this, I’ve told them).
Valerie Jacobs has a long list of the statements coming out of the CPSC that contradict their recent ‘retraction.’
http://bookroomblog.com/2009/03/18/cpsc-retracts/

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:23:22 +0000

The Head Librarian at our local Public Library has been heard saying that she can finally purge the Children and Young Adult section of all of those “politically incorrect” books because of this BS law. She is also trying to get “emergency funding” from our County, so that these books can be replaced. Some of the titles on their way out are “The Hardy Boys”,”Nancy Drew” and ” Bobsey Twins” series.