In February, I warned that President Bush's failure to fill a vacancy on the three-person Consumer Product Safety Commission created a potentially dangerous situation for the public. Without a full slate, the commission is unable to levy fines or force a recall.
And now, with the vacancy still unfilled and no nominee in sight, the worst-case scenario has arisen.
The commission says that a Texas company called Kazuma Pacific is importing from China a defective all-terrain vehicle for kids and that the company has refused to cooperate in voluntarily pulling the product from the market.
Without a quorum, or all three commissioners, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is virtually powerless to take action in the case.Read the whole article - especially the section about the corpo-cronies who have been proposed for the Commission.
Have I mentioned lately how fucking sick I am of these goddamn 'culture of life' criminals?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/18/BUGOSR22R21.DTL&tsp=1
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