Comments on: China Halts "Date Rape Drug" Toy Exports

Toxic Chemical Recalled After "Aqua Dots" And "Bindeez" Sicken Children

[denn034]

I''m glad they were recalled.

[liberalme]

Bottom line is the Corporations!!

They "outsource" business for pennies on the dollar, rake in at least 300% per item being produced over there and not giving a RA how they''re made.

The corporations should be held responsible for their own lack of "oversite".

Fine the pants off them!!!

[cantshutup]

I HAVE NOT BOUGHT ANY FOOD, PERSONAL HYGIENE, OR ANY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN CHINA IN 6 MONTHS...IT IS DIFFICULT AS SO MUCH STUFF COMES FROM THERE...BUT YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT POISONED CHINESE PRODUCTS...DON"T BE LAZY, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE SOME HABITS OR TRY NEW PRODUCTS BUT YOUR LIVES AND THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF YOUR CHILDReN ARE WORTH IT...YOU WILL ALSO LOOSE WEIGHT WHEN YOUR FOOD CHOICES CHANGE OR ARE LIMITED...I DID...MY FAMILY IS HEALTHIER...ONE MORE THING, THE WRITERS STRIKE...BIG DEAL...MORE TIME FOR OTHER THINGS BESIDES TV...EVER HEAR OF THE TERM "BREAD AND CIRCUSES?" LOOK IT UP, AMERICAN''S NEED TO STOP BEING SO LAZY, STUPID, AND APATHETIC...WAKE UP FOOLS!!!! YOU ARE BEING PUNKED BIG TIME AND YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE THE ONES SUFFERING!!!!

[spope517]

Toxic Toys
Perhaps it is time for US business to realize that we entrust far too much in overseas manufacturing. With the US job market in the state that it is in, bringing manufacturing back home will create jobs...yes products will cost more but what is more important? The mental and physical health of the nations children or the "bottom line". Well, we as parents know the answer but corporate America does not. This maybe the perfect time, holiday season, for a good old fashion boycott of toys made in China. This didn''t just start, people. This has been going on since the first manufacturer took their operation off shore. Children have been getting exposed to lead and chocking hazards for an extremely long time. Let''s organize and save this country''s future.

[erasmus6]

"Show of hands... How many parents out there are buying toys made form China for their children this Christmas?" posted by lochlan

The question should be: How many stupid-*** people out there are still buying ANY products that are made in China?

[fibonacci_]

Michael Jackson had a whole truckload of those toys coming in.

[lochlan-2009]

Show of hands... How many parents out there are buying toys made form China for their children this Christmas?

[fibonacci_]

LMAO psy_war.

[fibonacci_]

I bet Michael Jackson is bummed that he can''t get a hold of these toys anymore.

[greeneyes222]

Is there any legitimate use for said toxic chemical?

The fact that the Chinese government could identify the companies using this product means they knew what was happening and had no problem with it until they got caught. This wasn''t a decision made at the factory level. Our own government should have known as well.

A pr campaign isn''t going to fix anyone''s image here.

[terrorislam5]

The Death of a University

how social progressives killed a great university

The University of Ingolstadt was founded in 1472 by Louis the Rich, the Duke of Bavaria at the time, and its first Chancellor was the Bishop of Eichstdtt. It consisted of five faculties: humanities, sciences, theology, law and medicine, all of which were contained in the Hoheschule (''''high school''''). The university was modeled after the University of Vienna, and its chief goal was the propagation of the Christian faith. The university closed its doors in May of 1800, by order of the Prince-elector Maximilian IV (later Maximilian I, King of Bavaria).
The 1700s gave rise to the Enlightenment, a movement that was opposed to the church-run universities of which Ingolstadt was a prime example. The Jesuits gradually left the university as it sought to change with the times, until the university finally had become so secular that the greatest influence in Ingolstadt was Adam Weishaupt, founder of the secret society of the Illuminati. On November 25, 1799, the elector Maximilian IV announced that the university''''s depleted finances had become too great a weight for him to bear: the university would be moved to Landshut as a result. The university finished that year''''s school term, and left Ingolstadt in May of 1800, bringing to a quiet end the school that had, at its peak, been one of the most influential and powerful institutes of higher learning in Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Ingolstadt

[sasi1-2009]

As long as we continue to outsource our labor, this will happen. It is time to decide whether we are willing to pay for quality, or suffer in order to save money.

[mitywhity]

When we were kids the only toy you had was sticks, string, rope and old tires. Until a child is old enough to stop putting everything in their mouths I would not buy them any small toy. Buy American - that includes electronics, cars, clothes, food, etc.

[hypnotoad72]

excelsior9 - thank you. I will look up that National Geographic issue ASAP.

[iceman_1960]

"China Halts "Date Rape Drug" Toy Exports"

This would probably be Number 1 on David Letterman"s "Top 10 Worst Ideas of 2007" list:

"Lets coat children"s toys with a date rape drug chemical..."

[mgpm-2009]

That''s a sick comment, Feelfree.

I can''t believe that there was no testing on this toy. We ought to stop ALL toys coming from China into this country.

America needs to learn a lesson from this. BUY AMERICAN. The Chinese do not care about human life. They mow down citizens who protest, they force abortions on women who don''t want them, and they make prisoners--political dissedents in many cases--and children work in sweatshops to make cheap products for export.

[phil-in-fin]

harp1963 meant to say,

"Dear USA,

Please grow up! Quit abusing your own people for the love of money and power. Do the right thing and be honorable. Set an example of helping the least of our brother."

[harp1963]

Dear China,

Please grow up! Quit abusing your own people for the love of money and power. Do the right thing and be honorable. Set an example of helping the least of our brother.

[jetranger7]

Well I''m Quite Sure Ol'' Wal-Mart will be so happy about this, since everyting in their store is almost made in or from China, I think they should change their name to "CHINA-MART" !!!!

[alphaa10-2009]

Ostensibly a communist state, the PRC has few controls on industry, with which it continues to experiment. The PRC brand of governmental control is a policy known as lessez faire-- or "leave alone".

Yet recent news makes clear lessez faire isn''t fair at all. industrialists left to their own designs and recognizance have no incentive to promote public health and safety anywhere.

In our own country, for example, the latter half of the 19th century saw horrendous abuses from American meat packers, whose practices were described in Sinclair''s The Jungle.

Eventually, after decades of American regulation in the 20th century, its industry became well aware of consumer issues, safety and health concerns. American industry began to offer much greater benefit to consumers than before. Today, we take our benefits for granted.

Now, running against the tide of history and politics, enter George Bush, who has tried for seven years to reintroduce his politically correct GOP ideology of lessez faire. As a globalist favoring multinational industry in his policies, Bush resists intelligent safeguards which protect our children and us, as well. Ironically, Bush and the good communists in Beijing share the same point of view.