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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 12:19 AM Original message |
Another consumer product disaster in China: exploding mobile phone batteries |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. lead paint on toys & bibs |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. just like the Victorian era |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. chalk is less harmful than, say, melamine! |
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MockSwede (579 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. tagline |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Do you get the impression that it was China that Grover Norquist |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Uhm, Delay's Mariana Petri Dish |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. unclear whether any of the substandard and hazardous batteries entered the export market |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. And these are the places we outsourced jobs to. |
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Soulshine (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. omg |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. I propose a ban on all things Chinese.. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Yes, yes, yes. Ban EVERYTHING made in China! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. I don't knowingly buy anything made in China |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Look for THIS soon is a store near you... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Sure hope so. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You might wish, but it won't be permitted. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Some organic food company is already |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Wait until some supplier decides that's "STIFFLING FREE TRADE" |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 03:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Almost there already |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. LOL |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. "This juice contains almost no plutonium!" |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 04:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Alvito has registered a trademark for "Not Made in China." |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I bought a bag of shrimp yesterday |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. There was a story posted last night about a "china-free" label |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. And look for the Chinese to counterfeit those labels |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. I was looking at a pair of Earth Shoes with a tiny US flag sticker |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. So a while back at a panel discussion at a convention... |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. Can you hear me now? |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. OMG! That was funny! |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. Actually, this has been a problem for quite some time..... |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 05:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Contradicts Bu$hit's exhortation to go shopping after 9/11 however. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 06:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. wonder how long, and how many more stories before Walmart |
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Blue Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Chinese cars coming in 2009 |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. A European magazine or group of some sort |
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april (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. maybe they could give a few of the phones to bush ,dick & carl |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Won't work |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. good one! |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. If they failed safety tests, they shouldn't be out of the factory... |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. Didn't I see a story recently about battery fires in airplane cargo holds? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Yep - I remember posting a story about this a few months ago |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. on the upside: this might wreak havoc with Wal-Mart's business |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. And Ralph Nader said that Chinese electronics are safe to use |
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