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Comment on CPSIA’s ban on brass by Christ on a Cracker

Christ on a Cracker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:26:55 +0000

Frank,

We can only hope this means the end of middle-school band concerts.

Comment on CPSIA’s ban on brass by Frank

Frank — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:20:32 +0000

Does anyone have an idea on how this impacts “brass” musical instruments which are marketed to children?

Comment on CPSIA’s ban on brass by Vader

Vader — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:07:42 +0000

“Are schools now going to be forced to remove all brass …”

Of *course*.

“… and if so, who will bear this financial burden?”

Most likely property owners in the school districts.

Comment on “Lawyer Says Televangelist’s No-Divorce Policy May Have Led to Killing” by A.W.

A.W. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:54:07 +0000

I think we call this the Henry VIII defense.

I will point out that they have a better claim saying that they should have investigated email complaints to the family that they knew of.

Comment on “Lawyer Says Televangelist’s No-Divorce Policy May Have Led to Killing” by nevins

nevins — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:07:27 +0000

Her family is entitled to grieving in their own fashion. But they don’t need to drag everyone else down into their wallowing self pity and money grubbing. There is no directly damaged party left unfortunately, for he killed his wife and children. Her parents never had a financial claim in their daughter as if she were some sort of insurance policy for them.
While Joyce Meyers ministries is a thinly veiled scam, there is no reason for them to be the deep pocket here.
No one or no organization forbade divorce. There might have been a morals clause that would require him to be separated from his job, but that’s not to be unexpected or unreasonable in a libertarian association and free ability of people to contract for employment. A divorce to this employer is likely just as much a problem as it would be if he got caught with a girlfriend (as was subsequently revealed). So arguing that the divorce clause was the cause of his mass murder is rediculous because he had already violated his employment morals clause (most likely) when diddling his girlfriend.

Comment on CPSIA’s ban on brass by rxc

rxc — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:14:29 +0000

I wonder how they test wooden baseball bats for children. Given that each one comes from a different tree, I would think they would have to test each bat and provide a certificate of compliance. And then all of the other toys/objects made from substances which can vary from piece to piece. Essentially everything made from wood or other natural materials that does not come out of a factory in a large batch.

What a mess!

Comment on CPSIA’s ban on brass by Larry Sheldon

Larry Sheldon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:20:05 +0000

Let us look at the bright side–getting rid of most of the school brass is a very good thing.

What we don’t pay in salaries to Supervisors, Administrators, and on and on, we can give back to the taxpayers, or use to buy equipment, or ……

Comment on CPSIA’s ban on brass by VMS

VMS — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:52:15 +0000

Congress gets an “F” in metallurgy and basic common sense! Lead (~2%) is added to brass (a zinc/copper alloy) to make it “free-machining” (i.e. optimal cuttability at high speeds with machine tools). Leaded brass is not dangerous, even to children. Even leaded water supply parts and fittings which some say should probably be made from lead-free brass (no greater than 0.25% Pb) present no problems especially if the first second’s worth of water from the faucet is not used for potable purposes. Most brass purchased by specification is not “leaded brass.” In other words, if you specify what’s in it you get what you order. If one buys “junk brass,” he gets an unspecified alloy likely to contain some lead, since leaded brass isb inevitably included in the melt.
This “junk brass” is used in appliations where strength, corrosion resistance and other properties do not need to be tightly controlled. Keys and outdoor padlocks are such applications. Most people in-the-know thought California went off the deep end when they banned keys made from leaded brass or junk brass. For some reason, CA now requires brass keys to have less than 1.5% lead.

Comment on CPSIA’s ban on brass by Wacky Hermit

Wacky Hermit — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:30:40 +0000

I have to admit GregS has a very good point. The problem isn’t so much with CPSIA as with a Congress so arrogant and removed from real life as to think that either this law actually does keep children safe without harming any business that wasn’t already doing evil, or that the burdens it places on ordinary men and women aren’t so large as to do damage that other, smaller people can’t clean up for them. Congressmen and women that truly believe these things will never act to help us plebes. What else can we do but remove them from office?

Comment on CPSIA’s ban on brass by Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:19:49 +0000

This is crazy. Do these people have any understanding of science? What will the government do next, ban CO2? Oh, wait!