You Can't Prove Lead Paint is Harmful!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21698637

Yet another lead-paint, shoddy toy recall. But mind you, there are NO reported injuries. You know, 175,000 toys recalled in *this* recall, maybe a few hundred thousand more here and a hundred thousand there... and pretty soon we're talking about a substantial number of toys!!

Just imagine somebody trying to report an injury and suing in court. Ha! The defense would only have to ask if the child had any of these other recalled products (you did? Well, it wasn't *our* product, then, it was theirs!!) or whether the child had been out of the house during the last five years. If she has, of *course* there would be no way to prove that the child hadn't played with some other recalled item, or been inside a house built before 1978, or breathed the air within 50 miles of a coal-powered plant, or taken more than three whiffs of new-car smell in an automobile showroom.

Think about it: the more CRAP that's out there, the less likely it is that anyone is going to go sue YOU for your negligence.

Just saying.

I went out shopping for a birthday present for J in Target. EVERY TOY and I mean EVERY single one, was either cheapy plastic, or made in China, or was a stuffed animal (Patrick is allergic to dust mites!!). Not one single toy could I find in the whole store that was suitable. I saw one cute thing made of wood that specifically tells me it's for children over 2. I didn't want to have to go home and $pecial order anything organic from Eco-Nazis who are proudly gay-friendly in their catalogue...

So I wound up getting him a Wiggles DVD collection instead. So the kid will play with old Made-in-China toys from his older brothers and watch relatively mindless Australian acting on tv.