#103 shows a classic distortion, namely a claim that books printed prior to 1986 could be banned because of lead content.

Hyperbole is my friend. It helps me ward off evil liberals, politicians and do-gooders and their nefarious intents.

“Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society.”
Thomas Szas

First this “Lead Content Law” is applied to products intended for children under age 12.

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 requires all children’s clothing and toys to have less than 600 parts per million (ppm) lead content in order to be sold the United States.
The bill states that the lead limit will be lowered to 300 ppm in August and 100 ppm in three years.

The kind of books most subject to censorship by so-called “Liberals” tend to be aimed at a mature audience over 12 years of age.

However this law IS causing some grief for second-hand stores and eBay “power sellers” as the law appears to require some sort of lead test for each item, which makes it uneconomic to resell used children’s items.

Meanwhile I have seen news items to the effect that some candy imported from Mexico and sold to Latino and other immigrant minorities by the slum stores was found to have been sweetened with lead acetate (sugar of lead), a practice which was outlawed in the early 1600s by Plymouth Plantation.

On both sides of the aisle I see a need to pick one’s battles more carefully.

For example those who sincerely believe lead poisoning of children, especially poor black and latino kids, is a major problem in the USA should be pushing for more aggressive testing of products sold in those neighborhoods.
Stores and their distributors found selling products containing lead and other harmful adjuncts should be put out of business.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040402921.html

Due to the Lead Content Law passed by Congress in 2008, books printed before 1986 could be banned from being sold in used book stores or thrift stores and banned from being loaned out by libraries.

The reason? The lead content in the ink used in books published before 1986.

Among the books that would be banned: “1984″ by George Orwell and “Fahrenheit 451″ by Ray Bradbury.

Congress.Is.So.Stupid.

or are they?

They dont even send books home here.

It’s up to us as parents/grandparents to get hold of the books our children are being exposed to. If they don’t send them home, then go to the school and ask to borrow a copy of it to read. If they refuse, then there is something terribly wrong and you will need to find out what. Of course, the parents would need to know history themselves in order to know what is right and what is wrong in the books. That can be a challenge too! I don’t pretend to know everything about history, but I know liberal BS when I see it!

The more ignorant victims they create, the more voters they’ll have for the party of class warfare. When there’s a choice between party politics and education, the party comes first. Similarly, when there’s a choice between helping the student or benefiting the union, the union comes first. They don’t care that vouchers benefit students. Their policies make it clear that schools exist for the benefit of the union, not the student

So, one more generation of that kind of “education” and there will be NO ONE left to generate capital. Where will the money come from to take care of all the ignorant, lazy jerks that will be turned out from these schools? That scenario is too frightening to contemplate. I always thought that the liberals at least had brains, even though they had no common sense. But you would have to be brain dead to not realize the harm these policies will do to our children and our country!

Somehow, the results of the study conducted last spring didn’t surface until now. And that’s a damned shame.

More proof the democraps and liberals are in office for the power, not to serve. To purposefully harm our children by “hiding” the results of studies is a sin against their oath to uphold our Constitution.

It’s no surprise that the Democrats could care less about the people they say they support. They want the victimhood for politcal and economic use but not the remedies to fix the victims plight.

It’s just so hard to understand why so many sheeple can’t see this and call the Dems to account.

Its not hard to understand, the parents are products of the public school system.

On April 7th, 2009 at 12:45 pm, Send_Me said:

Another question: where in the Constitution is the government charged with developing an education system? I don’t recall seeing it in the enumerated powers.

Government Violating constitution ? That ship sadly sailed long long time ago …