Comments on: Watching the Detectors

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:52:30 +0000

This “law” would make CO detectors illegal without a permit.

By: SaltedSlug

SaltedSlug — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:14:35 +0000

I’m from the government, and I’m here to make sure you do not help yourself.

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:41:44 +0000

If you are in danger, the state will inform you that you are in danger, citizen. DO YOU DOUBT THE STATE?

By: Persona non grata

Persona non grata — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:21:50 +0000

This coming from the same city that gave the all clear with regard to airborne toxins and asbestos particulate after the “awakening” of 11Sept01.

What a complete and utter charade!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:14:33 +0000

Isn’t it interesting that this story comes out the same day the LA Times reports on the failure of Rudy Giuliani’s company Bio-ONE, which, according to the Times article, “would swiftly eliminate deadly anthrax from a tabloid newspaper office” (yes, it was the National Enquirer)? Long story short: Bio-ONE decon’d the offices OK, but bogged down when it came to the photos (Elvis in his sepulchre, the Bat Boy folio, etc.) Bio-ONE basically threw up the job at that point and another company came in to clean the pics.
IMO, if Rudy doesn’t gain any delegates in Florida, or at least finish better than Ron Paul, he’s toast. Which would suit me just fine.

By: Frank N Stein

Frank N Stein — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:39:39 +0000

Wait, isn’t cigarette smoke a toxin? Which would mean you could perform a citizen’s arrest on anyone who complains about your second-hand smoke.

By: ZappaCrappa

ZappaCrappa — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:06:07 +0000

“will not lead to excessive false alarms and unwarranted anxiety,”

You mean like a whole city’s infrustructure having a cow over little neon signs associated with a cartoon?….or freaking out over runners using flour to mark that path of the run? Those kind of false alarms and anxiety? Wait…those were caused by the officials of those cities…nevermind.

By: parse

parse — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:10:02 +0000

This is nice. “It’s a good question, and it has come up prior to this hearing,” Falkenrath replied.

So, it’s a good question, and it’s come up before–no doubt Falkenrath has an answer ready.

“What I can assure you is that we will look extremely carefully at this issue of the independent groups, and get the opinion of the other city agencies on how to handle that, and craft an appropriate response.”

By: John

John — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:57:35 +0000

Is that an Elvis Costello reference in the title?

By: Sarek

Sarek — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:49:51 +0000

I don’t think I agree with your take on this one, seems to me that there has been LOTS of trouble from “Never mind that such a false alarm triggered by faulty, privately-owned, unlicensed “detectors” has never happened. ” as in the rabid Antismokers and their “detectors” which “showed” levels of SHS in great enough “quantities” to be declared a “public Health Threat”.
And used tirelessly in their pursuit of persecuting and “denormalizing” smokers.

You might want to look at it from that slant before you decide this is a bad thing.

By: LibertyPlease

LibertyPlease — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:06:58 +0000

So, will this new process fall under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Truth?

By: Ochressandro

Ochressandro — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:02:59 +0000

Sounds like the small farmers who were forbidden by the FDA (after lobbying by the big beef producers, who didn’t want to bear the costs) from independently testing their beef for Mad Cow Disease prions, and then packaging their food to include it on the label.