Having owned a used bookshop with a children's section, who knows how many children I put in danger. Will those kids who got an old copy of Dick and Jane ever recover? Poor children. They may just turn into a bunch of dicks like their predecessors. And to think, I just thought I was giving the parents a great deal on a book for their kids while helping to recycle. I'm so pleased to be aware of the dangers my good deads were doing.

THIRTEEN Republican Senators voted no on the first version. On the final version where his vote really counted- Ron Paul did *not vote at all* and only three Republican Senators stuck to their guns and voted no. Senators Demint, Kyl, and some guy whose name starts with a C voted against the bill EVERY time.

DeMint not only voted against it, he circulated (at the time) a talking points list of a lot of the problems with it, for which he was pretty much crucified by the consumer groups pushing it. DeMint not only did NOT help create this problem, he's been the sole politician who has worked hardest to fix it.

They're no longer accepting stuff for kids. So the poor kids whose parents have to buy stuff from thrift stores get nothing, and the treatment options for people with drug problems are cut back, at least in my community.

All so that Congress can avoid owning up to a mistake, and a few lawyers can make money to which they're not entitled, and a few Naderite groups like NRDC and Public Citizen can keep getting donations from lawyers.

I'm not a fan of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, or of South Carolina, or of Republicans, and especially not of South Carolina Republicans, but I give DeMint credit for trying to fix the problem. A problem, I'll note, that he helped create. He voted for this bill. Only Ron Paul is without blame on this law.

Still, at least DeMint's trying to fix it, and there's no indication money is involved. The small businesses that the CPSIA will ruin don't have PACs or lobbyists.