Is China sending us a message?
Hey, guess what? There’s been another round of recalls of Chinese-made toys, again because of lead-paint hazards.
If he wasn’t upset the last time, The Boy is going to be really pissed with this one. His beloved die-cast Sarge car (from the “Cars” movie) “could contain lead levels in excess of federal standards.”
If he knew who Charlton Heston was, he’d be giving the “Cold, Dead Hands” speech. I mean, this kid goes to bed clutching his “Cars” cars. Life has been put on hold more than once because we couldn’t find Fillmore or Chick or Mater before leaving the house.
But what I find interesting is that out of the about 20 different die-cast “Cars” vehicles, only Sarge is being recalled. Sarge, of course, resembles a U.S. military jeep.
Is this some sort of symbolic threat by China? Sort of a “first we go after your toy cars, next it’s the Panama Canal” kind of thing?
Or am I just inventing a black-helicopter conspiracy theory to rationalize having to take away a favorite toy from a 3-year-old?
Whatever it is, I don’t like it.
