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Which again goes to show that while Mark Pryor may suck, he doth not sucketh as bad as an actual, self-proclaimed Republican.

Sure I'll give Mark some credit...as soon as he starts working to undue all the un-American crap that he helped monkeyboy shovel on the country. 'Little' things like torture, the trashing of habeas corpus and the continuation of this immoral, based-on-lies Iraq war will permanently define Mark Pryor as a Bush butt boy who lied his way into office by running as a Democrat. But as usual the Times is much nicer, more forgiving than me. Screw Mark Pryor...and all the traitorous Democratic Pryors...they can shove their 'Safety Commission' scraps...well, y'all know where.

Amen, zelda, amen.

We all know in DC it is all about power and getting more. The way to keep score is to get more funding and more staff.

When a Head fights getting more funding, corruption is present.

Who protects consumers from recalled items after they are recialled?

I'd like to know what happens to recalled items. When a BigShot CEO announces that BigShot Inc. has recalled a million toys, what happens to the recalled toys?

Does BigShot Inc. (or Mattel for example) liquidate those toys to a Barney's Bargain Basement to repackage and rebrand for sale under the radar? Are they exported to foreign markets?

Amen Zelda! In addition I would like to hear a few reviews of the actual text of the proposed legislation. The Wapo article once again gives the Bush bots far more attention than anything else. The Nora person sounds like a plant by Bushco to actually destroy the dept of which she is in charge. And why doesn't a large newspaper such as the NYT or WAPO link to the text of legislation covered in a story? Why don't they link to Bio's of people they are covering like Pryor and Nora in this particular article?. Also the proposal by Pryor seems a bit like some CYA cherry picking if you ask me. Nothing about it as described in the article seems like a comprehensive plan to actually provide thorough inspections.

This is an area (product inspections) that needs a lot of attention and enormous increases in staff with teeth. I say good for Pryor..only if the legislation is well written and only if we actually see him actually fight for something beyond what on the surface may look good for political points.. It's an easy subject to select, lets inspect the Pryor-beef before daring to trust this dismal failure of an anti-constitutional, inhumane, Senator on any issue.

(At my name) BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Nancy A. Nord, Acting Chairman - Consumer Product Safety Commission

Note in the WAPO article Eastman Kodak is the only company asked about the proposed legislation, yet, in Nancy's BIO she once worked as Director of Federal Affairs for the Eastman Kodak Company! Hello? Shouldn't the WAPO mention that little conflict of interest?

I have no idea how to track down the text of the legislation with the vague info provided in the WAPO article.

I'm with Zelda, you can believe that if pryor is involved, it will be written to somehow screw the consumer, frankly that has what he has done to the Democrats of our state. Just think about it has any piece of legislation benefited anyone except the neocons, exxon, haliburton, brown & root, the shrub family of nitwits and all the other repug cronies & hangers on.

Speaking of exxon, the supremes agreed to review exxon's appeal of a 5 billion dollar damage ruling, because of the Valdez ship wreck, which has been affirmed by the circut court. Betcha a dollar to a donut they overturn the ruling cause, a) they already been punished enough, b) they are too important to our economy, c) the state dept issued a grant of immunity, d) oil is good, wildlife is bad.

Every day when I go change the numbers on my fence to reflect the new death toll in Iraq...I'm always thinking...boy, I wish someone out there would be making sure my condoms don't leak. I live in fear that New Comet is going to scratch my new sink in the upstairs bathroom. And last night while I was using a new Barbi doll for a dildo....I got worried about lead poisoning.

This kind of stuff concerns me so much I'd probably still be thinking about it if I was an enemy combatant. Even in the middle of a harsh round of waterboarding....life goes on.....if you're lucky. And what good would it do to survive CIA torture if you're going to be killed by bad beef?

Oh what will Mark Pryor do about all the sick and dying people, including some of our own troops being killed by exploded US missiles that contain "depleted" uranium? Isn't that a little more worrisome than a Mattel toy?

I know! Let's gather up all the recalled lead painted toys and send them to the kids in Iraq who are dying from the effects of "depleted" uranium from our missiles! Boy...that's a win win if I ever saw one! Sick Toys For Dying Kids! Go ahead....you may use that free of charge, Senator Pryor.

I end my letters to our senators with: "...and PLEASE don't forget, if we'd wanted a Republican in your office we would have ELECTED one."

Is there ANYTHING that this administration has done that anyone here can describe positively? (chasv & AR Red need not apply... ;>) The only thing I can think of is Bush Lite doesn't use a seatbelt!