CPSIA – Nord/Northup DB Proposal REVEALED

The embargoed counter-proposal on the public database published this week by Republican CPSC Commissioners Nancy Nord and Anne Northup was briefly available online. During its fleeting moment in the sunshine, we were able to capture it and make it avaiable for your reading pleasure now.

The apparent reason that the Powers-That-Be took this proposal down was that Nord and Northup asked you to give “comments” on their ideas. Whoa, that’s across the line, baby! Comments solicited from the public must be authorized by a vote of the Commission, especially if the proposal was not written by a Democrat.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to verify what kind of Commission vote is required to READ public comments.

I suggest you send comments in to Nord and Northup urgently. I think they might even read them!

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CPSIA – Nord/Northup DB Proposal REVEALED

CPSIA – Decorum

I have received some comments in the last 24 hours that I consider abusive and personal in nature. This blog space is intended to be a forum for discussion of a limited topic, the issues surrounding the CPSIA, its implementation and its administration. I do not attack people personally for their views, although I certainly reserve the right to disagree with the positions, tactics or methods of the various actors in this drama. This is not personal and will not become personal while I am on the watch.

Let’s keep it clean, guys. I do not filter comments to this blog and do not want to. To date, the only comments I have deleted are comments that promote other people’s businesses (generally, these comments promote “adult” businesses) and one comment that I felt was insulting to a Commissioner (a Democrat, as it turns out). Some things are just across the line. I do not want to restrain your ability to comment here BUT if you won’t obey the rules, I will turn on the filter and will shut you down.

Please don’t ruin this for everyone. I will not tolerate personal attacks or other violations of ordinary decorum in this space.

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CPSIA – Decorum