Sell an Easy Bake oven at a garage sale, “go to jail”?

Face a fine of $15 million dollars?

What the hell? Is Our Hero attempting to fund ObamaKare from garage sale violations?

The CPSC says:

Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.

Why, that’s certainly “all things in moderation,” isn’t it?

Wait for it . . . wait for it: time for a Garage Sale Czar?

Here comes the Leftist inanity:

Those who resell recalled children’s products are not only breaking the law, they are putting children’s lives at risk,” said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. “Resale stores should make safety their business and check for recalled products and hazards to children.”

In order to comply, stores, flea markets, charities and individuals selling used goods — in person or online — are expected to consult the commission’s 24-page Handbook for Resale Stores and Product Resellers (pdf) and its Web site for a breakdown of what they can’t sell.

Obama’s Gubmint is gonna teach you a lesson, boy:

Violators caught selling anything on the enormous list face fines of up to $100,000 per infraction and up to $15 million for a related series of infractions.

But FOX News Legal Analyst Bob Massi says the law makes no distinction for families and small resellers.

Here’s why I occasionally lean Libertarian:

It’s absurd when nanny-state bureaucrats want to regulate things we buy at mom-and-pop shops or second-hand stores,” Wes Benedict, executive director of the Libertarian National Committee, told FOXNews.com. “Consumer product safety is best left to a free market where suppliers can compete based on reputation and track records. American grown-ups aren’t stupid, and they know they need to be careful about what they buy for their children from complete strangers at no-name stores.”

I’m sorry. I apologize for the brief stream of Common Sense written in the above pull quote.

Video of a garage sale here. Some affected recalls portrayed here.

The government tells us when we’re bad. The government seldom tells us when we’re good. It tells us what to breathe, how to breathe, where to live, what to drive, how much money to donate, how much money will be forcibly removed from our paychecks against our will, what to eat, what to drink, taxes on our pets, what to think, when to feel guilty, how to kill people, how to sneeze, “do as I say, not as I do,” and other points too numerous to mention. The government is nothing but All About No. Look at that photo above. Don’t you feel guilty about slaughtering innocent children??

Nanny State. More ass-kissing, hand-holding, treating adults like Kindergartners and Deutschland Uber Alles, anyone?

Bueller?

Poland and the Czech Republic are (scratch that, were) two of the strongest allies the United States has (scratch that, had) in Europe.

They believe their countries’ safety has been betrayed by this current administration:

WARSAW, Poland – Poles and Czechs voiced deep concern Friday at President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap a Bush-era missile defense shield planned for their countries.

“Betrayal! The U.S. sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back,” the Polish tabloid Fakt declared on its front page.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski said he was concerned that Obama’s new strategy leaves Poland in a dangerous “gray zone” between Western Europe and the old Soviet sphere.

But please note this:

The Bush administration always said that the planned system — with a radar near Prague and interceptors in northern Poland — was meant as defense against Iran. But Poles and Czechs saw it as protection against Russia, and Moscow too considered a military installation in its backyard to be a threat.

So Mr Obama has backed down.

He has backed down to Iran. And he has backed down to Russia.

What might your conclusions be? I know mine. . .

Because, at this point in our history, the so-called “Mainstream Media” is now the FRINGE Media. They do NOT represent ANYthing “mainstream” anymore.

Jimmy Carter is out of his mind. He’s simply a doddering, insignificant old fool. And yet he’s getting media play and the DC March on Saturday is ignored, the recent terrorist events and arrests are ignored, ACORN is ignored wholesale.

By the so-called “Mainstream Media.” The FRINGE media.

Jimmy Carter said:

(CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that racial politics played a role in South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress last week and in some of the opposition the president has faced since taking office.

Jimmy Carter and his ilk simply see racists under every bed, in every closet. Because they otherwise have no cogent argument and find themselves backed into a corner for lack of fact recognition.

When there is no defense, they have to — HAVE to — play offense.

And, trust me, it IS offensive. Massively offensive.

Joe Wilson, me, you, couldn’t care less that Mr Obama happens to have a slightly higher general melanin count — although, not horrendously so and by his own admission — than previous presidents. Jimmy Carter said:

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African-American,” Carter told “NBC Nightly News.” “I live in the South, and I’ve seen the South come a long way, and I’ve seen the rest of the country that shares the South’s attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly African-Americans.”

So Jimmy Carter bottom-lines it this way: ANY disagreement with our current president = RAMPANT RACISM. Video here.

I say: you, sir, are simply a Bleeding Loon.

His opinions get the media play.

ACORN is purposely ignored.

This is a US media that has, I submit, the ONLY hand in its own demise.

And the sad thing? I really enjoyed holding a newspaper in my hand every day.

Is it illegal to refuse to partake of the US Census?

Can an individual be lawfully arrested for said refusal?

13 USC 9.

13 USC 141.

13 USC 193.

13 USC 214.

(a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100. (b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be fined not more than $500. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person shall be compelled to disclose information relative to his religious beliefs or to membership in a religious body.

Looks like I’ll be $100 short sometime this year or next.

I do not answer census questions. Never have. Never will. And certainly not during this administration. Figures lie and liars figure.