Re: another thought~~

...had specifically labeled and were selling as lead-free.....

Think about that. You know that somewhere in the bowells of marketing at Kmart (now pronounced SE ARS, right?) a guru came up with a plan to specifcally cash in on the recent lead snafus out of China. Granted, at Kmart, this may have equated to the same caliber of mental prowess that brought us the flashing-blue light. But I'm struck by the situation of marketing gurus acting quite specifically, and rather quickly, to cash in on recently-occured tragedies, and the numbskulls were so short-sighted in their zeal to exploit the capture of $$ that they never even confirmed this marketing ploy was itself valid at face value until merchandise hit their shelves.....? I'd wager that now that this scenario has unfolded, the gurus are safe BUT the purchasing / inventory agents will take the fall... and, of course, there will be another round of headlines intended to appease the masses of Americans that "yet more heads are going to roll in China". The sad part is, I suspect that there are (and will continue to be) actual heads being chopped off and rolling over this in China. From a Chinese marketing guru perspective, I can imagine that they are already whipping up new signs advertising their discounted sale on spare human "organ donor" parts just in time for well-to-do westerner's Christmas shopping list.