Remember back when I told y'all about Consumer Protection Safety
Improvement Act and how this piece of legislation was going to affect
everything from tag sales to...well, everything?

And y'all told me that I was full of what makes the hay grow green
(that would be bull$hit for those of you who don't like in farm
country).

Guess what...

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/74102.html

"Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the agency, said it wouldn't be
dispatching bureaucratic storm troopers into private homes to see
whether people were selling recalled products from their garages,
yards or churches.

"We're not looking to come across as being heavy-handed," he said. "We
want to make sure that everybody knows what the rules of engagement
are to help spur greater compliance, so that enforcement becomes less
of an issue. But we're still going to enforce."

Double speak for - well, we're not quite there yet, but we will be.

Oh - the best part?

The company which started this whole mess in the first place, Mattel,
gets a waiver from CPSIA. Where are the labs that Mattel will use?
Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China — and China is where the
dangerous toys originated.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090827/...testing_mattel

It’s the era of Hope and Change! We’re all idiots! And that’s why
the government is here to help.