Chinese Consumer Products Crap Continues!

I apologize...sort of. I suppose that I should be more polite in my headline but the Cantankerous One's blood is in a slow and continuous boil!

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that in 2007 they recalled a total of 447 products for safety concerns. 298 were manufactured in China and only 62 were made in the U.S. The rest came from other countries.

In 2006, the CPSC recalled 467 products, 221 were Chinese imports and 113 were products made in the U.S.

In 2002, there were 99 Chinese products recalled, and 150 U.S. made products which were "given the CPSC hook."

Isn't it interesting that between the years 2002 and 2007, recalls of Chinese made products have soared from 99 to 298, while American made products have dropped substantially from 150 to 62. Part of the reason of course is that many American companies have shipped their manufacturing to China ... bless their greedy little hearts.

Last year Chinese imports were recalled for poisoning pets, risking human food supplies and reintroducing lead poisoning to childrens toys ... bless those psychopaths in cheap suits.

FDA inspectors turned away monkfish that turned out to be toxic pufferfish, drug-laced frozen eel and juice made with unsafe color additives. Oh, and let's not forget toothpaste laced with ethanol, and increasing food imports rejected with increasing frequency because they are filthy, contaminated with pesticides and tainted with carcinogens, bacteria and banned drugs.

In 2007 the Chinese sent:

• computer notebook batteries that burned-up computers.
• exploding air pumps.
• oil-filled electric heaters that burned down homes.
• Easy-Bake Ovens which trapped children's fingers and caused burns.
• oscillating tower fans that cause fires, burns, and smoke inhalation injuries.
• baby carriers resulting in babies falling out of them and causing bruises and skull fractures.
• swimming pool ladders that break resulting in lacerations, bone fractures, torn ligaments and ankle sprains.
• circular saws that cut their users instead of the wood.
• heated massaging recliners with burn hazards.
• glassware that breaks in your hand for no apparent reason.

The Cantankerous One has the perfect solution to this problem. As a quality control measure to ensure the safety and reliability of all products manufactured in China, all of the top Communist Chinese poohbah's should be required by law to eat all of their tainted food products and personally use all other products for a period of one year. If they haven't become sick, or died, and if they haven't been burned and still have all of their limbs, then and only then, can their products be exported to the U.S. The same should also hold true for all of the executives at companies that have outsourced their production to China at the expense of American workers as well as all importers who bring this "crap" into the U.S.

Okay, so I'm dreaming. The odds of my proposal becoming reality is the same as the odds of Peewee Herman winning an Academy Award. Ooops, that's not entirely true. Peewee has better odds.

In the meanwhile America, why are you still buying Chinese? It certainly can't be for the quality. You're saving a buck or two on substandard merchandise all the while putting yourselves out of work ... and in my opinion, that's being penny wise and pound foolish!