Aqua Dots and the State of the Economy
November 9th, 2007Unreal. Just unreal.
I can say I told you so a million times over, but it’s getting old. I’m sick of saying it.
Don’t buy ANYTHING from China. It’s been difficult for us, but we’ve managed to cut Chinese toys and food products completely out of our lives.
If you haven’t heard, some Chinese manufacturer “unknowingly” used the wrong kind of glue, and those cute little Aqua Dots turn into Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid, or GHB, when swallowed. For those of you who have never been raving, that, my friends, is the Date Rape drug. No, I’m not kidding. A Chinese manufacturer has been “unknowingly” putting something that turns into the Date Rape drug into children’s toys.
So, enough is enough. Stop buying shit from China.
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Kathleen asked me why I don’t like Bush, knowing I was an economic conservative and gun-lover. Well, Bush is neither an economic conservative nor gun-lover. He pretends to like guns for votes, and is the worst spender we’ve ever had. Ever. He makes Jimmy Carter look responsible.
Bush inherited a budget surplus from Clinton. He turned it into an ungodly deficit. We now owe hundreds of billions of dollars to China. Our debt is in the trillions. Interest on the debt alone is hard to look at. The economy is a mess.
Inflation is just around the corner. Gas prices have skyrocketed. With gas prices going up, so has the cost of food, because food doesn’t magically transport itself.
The Euro, when Clinton was President, was a joke at around 80 cents. Now, it’s smoking us. The freaking Canadian dollar is now worth more than the American dollar. I’m not joking! Yes, the Canadian dollar is worth more than the American dollar.
Bush apologists will try to blame Congress. No. That’s just dumb. Bush has this thing called a Veto and he almost never used it. I’m glad he cut taxes, but with cutting taxes, you HAVE to cut spending. He increased spending to levels we’ve never seen in this country.
And I’m not even talking about real estate or unemployment, outsourcing, or using illegals to undercut the working class, more crap Bush screwed up with. Bush is not a conservative. He’s the farthest thing we’ve ever had from a conservative. Ever. The guy should be working in a circus, not representing our great nation.
Hi Slayer, glad to see you’re still standing up for your opinions and rightly so.
Yeah, not sure what happened with the American Dollar but it is now cheaper for me to buy stuff from the US than developing countries! I can get a luxury watch half the price in the US than here. Not complaining.
what the hell are aquadots anyway? and unknowingly putting GHB in them…good lord, how stupid must anyone be to buy that.
bush may be a republican but he sure as hell is not conservative for the reasonss you listed and not to mention how he has expanded the role of government….when is the last time the federal government expanded this rapidly? FDR?
La Cremiere - Great for you, bad for us. Our dollar is worth less and less every year compared to everyone else. The way we’re going, we’re headed for 3rd World status.
Lime - They’re toys. Little things where you can make stuff with them. The thing is, they look like candy and small children put them in their mouth.
I’m thinking Bush may be worse than FDR when it comes to gov’t expansion. FDR intended for everything to be temporary.
“Yeah, not sure what happened with the American Dollar”
The Federal Reserve happened to the American Dollar.
Scott - Yet another reason Ron Paul should be President. He gets that.
Oh right on again, Zombieslayer. The only response is the language spoken, which is $$$$$.
If we keep buying from these morons, why should they change?
The definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result.
Have to say that while Ron Paul may not have a chance he will be getting my vote at least in the South Carolina primary. Bush is a disaster on so many levels I’m sure future historians will earn their PhD’s examining the question of how he was elected and why he was not run out of office once the scope of his lies and crimes became knowledge. The question for me is will the country survive his presidency as a great power or will he be remembered as the one that brought us down with China taking our place?
Bridget - The definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result.
Well said.
Beach - The question for me is will the country survive his presidency as a great power or will he be remembered as the one that brought us down with China taking our place?
I pray it’s the former, but at this rate…
Hi there. I saw those toys on the news and just told my mom the other day I am afraid to buy the girls any toys for x-mas this year. I think I am going to stick with clothes this year and see where that takes us. They could use some new clothes anyway. LOL… but you are so right about Bush and his bullshit. Its so high up his A– that he doesnt know how to start getting it out.
Tweety - As long as the toy doesn’t say “Made in China” on it, it should be fine.
Yeah, as you know, I’m no fan of Bush.
I’m completely on board with your explanation about why you don’t like Bush, my problem is the number of people who don’t get it! I would think the entire country would be up in arms against him, but my family all thinks he’s fabulous and I have no clue why.
My friend Mick said this year (or was it last year) “I don’t want to be as smart as my president.” And I’m pretty sure he’s voted Republican more often than not. I’m scared of the people who voted for this guy because “he’s someone I could sit down and have a beer with.” Whatever. I’m not sure that’s a good criterion for my presidential vote.
After the last presidential election I still had my Kerry/Edwards sticker on my car in December and my aunt followed me to Grandma’s and when we got there, she said to me, “Kathleen, don’t tell me you voted for Kerry.” I just looked at her and said, “Of course, I did. When Bush went into office we had a surplus - first time in how many years. Four years later we have a large debt than we did under Reagan. I can’t understand why anybody voted for Bush.” And then I had to leave the room so it didn’t get into an all out argument at Grandma’s. So frustrating that people don’t see the big picture, just his Born Again bullshit.
ZS, myself, and a few others were on the anti Chinese goods bandwagon way before these latest horrors.
ZS, do you ever find yourself saying “I told you so”? I do.
Kathleen, your Grandma sounds like my parents. Our family has started calling the president “St Bush” because of my parents’ blind devotion to him.
Tweets, I wouldn’t worry about toys. Your girls are too old to be putting toys in their mouth, which is where the danger lies.
Stick with educational toys. Very few of them are made in China.
Be sure to check the tags of ALL the clothes you buy for the girls, especially at Walmart. Most of the kids’ clothes are made in China. Some of the dyes they use are poisonous and can be absorbed through children’s skin.
Kathleen - I’m a cool guy to drink a beer with. So I should be President, right?
Maybe I should run a campaign on that slogan. No politics. No beliefs. No morals. No ideas. No vision. Just the plain “he’s a cool guy to drink a beer with.”
Tshsmom - The nice thing about clothes is if you shop around, you’ll see them made all over the place. The United States, Honduras, India, Pakistan, Italy, Mexico or whatever. Just anything but China. Sometimes I wonder if the Chinese are trying to kill us.
And yes, I’ve said “I told you so” on more than one occasion.
I still don’t see how anyone can call themselves a conservative and say they like Bush with a straight face.
my sister bought aqua-dots for her niece. whoopsie. time to take them back to costco. i sure hope legos are american made. my son will have a breakdown if i stop buying them.
my hanes bra was made in the Philippines. do i have to get rid of it? (it’s very difficult find one that is both supportive and comfy)
McKay - Don’t worry. Lego is a private company from Denmark. They’re made in Denmark, the Czech Republic, the U.S., and Mexico. Nothing is made in China.
Your bras are safe. They (Filipinos) actually like us, and aren’t trying to poison us.
Well sonny boy, yer not gettin my vote - I’m not votin for some beer guzzlin floozy. I only drink vodka, so I’m voting Russian this time around - they’re doing so well with this whole capitalism thingamabob.
Badman - Beer is underrated. There is plenty of good beer out there, that even pretentious snobs like you should be able to appreciate. Let me buy you an $8 bottle of Belgian beer and you’ll reconsider.
And like I said before, the only way to make a Martini is with gin. A Martini with vodka should be disclosed as such.
tshmon - My Grandma actually never discusses politics. My aunts, on the other hand…
Zombie - I think you’d do a better job than the present moron.
And I’ve always agreed with you about the vodka martini thing. I hate to break it to you, but Skyy is wannabe pretentious - i.e. Skyy is yuppie. Read my comment on your comment on my blog where you wrote this same thing about martinis and you’ll understand what I’m saying.
Kathleen - Unfortunately, not saying much.
Badman - Skyy is cheap. I don’t care if it’s a yuppie. I won’t let them ruin the cheapest of drinkable vodkas just because it’s another one of their stupid latest crazes.
I now announce that The Zombieslayer is taking Skyy vodka back from the yuppies. Yuppies, go find your own vodka, d*mmit! Skyy is mine!