The finger pointing has to stop and someone needs to take accountability for the situation. Many of us have contacted Public Citizen only to be disappointed with the outcome. Apparently they say we misunderstand the law. If we do, I am still waiting for an explanation from someone.

We have many face-to-face meetings before and after the rally.

Second, yes it was not clear where the “censorship” originated.

However, it also seems obvious that a little bit more information about some aspects of this would be helpful.

1.The CPSC, which implements the laws for consumer protection, is supposed to be a three member commission.It has had two members since 2006. Nord appointed by Bush and Moore appointed by Clinton and reappointed by Bush. The third position has been vacant since 2006. The result of this lack of a third member is many 1-1 votes which make the commission ineffectual in implementing real change.

2. The groups who worked for this law are citizen interest groups- they do not represent special interests such as manufacturers. If you are interested in learning of their concern for small businesses, hand crafters etc. and their suggestions for fixing the law you can view their statement at the Public Citizen website http://www.citizen.org.

3. If I was involved in organizing this I would do two things: push the Obama administration to appoint a third member of the CPSC and work to have some say as to who that person is and 2. after the rally have as many people as possible visit the offices of their congress(wo)man or senators to tell them their concerns. An elected official may ignore a rally but they have a harder time ignoring voters from their district who are sitting in their office.

Good Luck to all of you for a very successful and effective rally.

Just to clarify, this is an OPEN rally and members of both parties have been invited. The Repulicans,SO FAR, seem to be only members willing to contribute.

Eventhough this law was signed in under Bush – both sides signed this into law BUT they forgot to read it! And as bad as Bush was – we wasn’t going to vote against child “safety”.

This law was actually created by Democratics and special interest groups (PIRG, Consumers Union, etc.) and so far they haven’t been willing to admit changes are needed TO THE LAW and are instead blaming Nancy Nord (A Bush Appointee) at the CPSC. Moore, her peer, (appointed by Clinton) doesn’t see eye-to-eye with her. This isn’t rocket science.

You can read more about the politics of CPSIA here…

http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2009/03/cpsia-rally-and-censorship.html

I think these lines shout out our major problem we’re all facing:

“In the private sector we often have to work in
imperfect environments. If we don’t design, create, solve problems and
implement, we don’t produce products, money, or jobs.”

Well done. We all would love to know what type of response YOU get back!