Bob McCarty Writes

Kids across the United States would be cheering if they paid any attention to the news coming out of the nation’s capitol.  “What news would they be cheering?” you ask.  Here it is:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a two-year stay of enforcement of the lead content provisions of section 101(a) of the Consumer Product [...]

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This morning’s headlines offer a strange blend of news and advice.
Falling into the “news” category, “Green Ammunition” is the order of the day for the U.S. Army’s National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.
In the “advice” category, I found two pearls of wisdom:

First, never stop at Starbucks when you’re carrying $300,000 worth of dog jewelry [...]

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Unlike the lead poisoning most often associated with toxic paint on toys and other made-in-China products, another type of lead (sounds like “reed”) poisoning never surfaced as a tactic in Hillary Clinton’s so-called “kitchen sink” strategy aimed at cutting Barack Obama’s lead in the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. And for good [...]

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