Would it Be So Bad?

1. tanyetta said:

   great blog!!! izzy sent me, and she’s good people

2. Kris said:

   Hey, the US is cheap. We live in that bigger better faster type of world (and apparently cheaper) that wants things now-now-now; and cheaper is faster. Not necessarily better and faster, obviously.
   In addition to your statement about -How can our government allow Mattell to do this-how is it that our government (the FDA who’s supposed to be looking out for the citizens of this grand country) allows all these perscription drugs to pass federal regulations when they apparently should not?

   Just the other day, I saw a commercial for Lunesta (and about 15 others in a day) saying it may cause *sleepwalking*. That’s a little bit of old news, but still….

   Speaking of, I found this interesting, concerning Lunesta-a chart of why people have taken Lunesta, what side effects they experienced and any comments they had.

   http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=21476&name=LUNESTA

   The drug/FDA thing could be a whole other post!!

   Great post, Izzy!

3. Kris said:

   But, the worst commercial I see for perscription drugs (and by far the most unnecessary one) is Viagra. Makes me sick to my stomach. Cialis and Lavitra too.

   And, while we’re on the subject…Erectile Dysfunction?? Perhaps it’s just called ‘you’re getting a little bit older and things don’t work like they used to’.

   Hmmm…how did I get on this subject? Oh yes… the FDA and its shoddy, dare I say, reckless drug approval.

4. Amanda said:

   It’s interesting, because when I wrote that post I feared that it might not be well-received as it were more passion than fact. Then I got to thinking, my childhood was so much more imagination than bins of shiny toys. I hauled dirt and talked to flowers, I looked for fairies and raced superballs down the street. I think if we were all just able to embrace the intangible a little more, than we wouldn’t get so hung up and dependent upon things, and then the mass production frenzy might ebb ever so slightly.

   I’m glad we have this forum and I am glad we are speaking up. Thanks, Izzy.

5. Kris said:

   Amanda-I was just thinking as I read your comment here-that my childhood was about the same-I had cardboard boxes that served as houses or kitchens or forts, blankets and chairs that served as castles and the sandbox out back-that was the treasure trove, pirate style. It was also a place where we would ‘dig to China’ on the other side of the world. I find this particularly funny these days considering…..

   I, too, am glad for this forum. It has opened up so much in terms of a place to vent, inform and connect.

6. Jenny said:

   Amen.

   Ever since these scares started I’ve been terrified to by toys and that’s actually a really good thing.

   Pathetic, huh?

7. Jill said:

   Companies outsource to China since it is too expensive to manufacture items in the USA. When factory assembly line workers expect to make $20-30 per hour here, it is easy to understand why companies make more profit by using other labor forces in other countries. This is a fact, however sad it may be.

8. Izzy said:

   Yes, I’m aware that it’s a lot cheaper to manufacture in China and that profits are the driving force for companies to choose that route but in depressed areas in the US, I’m fairly certain a potential factory worker would be willing to work for $12-15/hr which is a very fair and respectable salary range of $24,000 to 31,000 per year.

   Frankly, I have a feeling it’s going to come to that at some point anyway if things don’t change ASAP with foreign manufacturing. People are quickly losing faith in our government or in anyone else to look after our interests. Buying American is one way to buy some peace of mind (or the illusion of it anyway).

9. dorothy said:

   I said this a few times this week to my beloved - why can’t stuff just cost more and be better? I’d rather have fewer, higher-quality things. I can’t even find high quality things. Bah.

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