After I was nearly finished scraping and painting the sides of my house this summer I began thinking that I should have at least worn a mask while scraping to avoid inhaling lead. Then I thought it was probably not that big a deal because lead was removed from paint a long time ago. Well, Kerry Leider told me otherwise. It was still in paint through the 1980’s a period of time I put new coats on my house. Oops!
What brings this to mind was today’s story in the DNT about concerns that a three quarter million dollar donation to prevent the recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker seems to have been rewarded with laws to protect lead paint manufacturers from lawsuits from folks like me who have been poisoned by their products. Of course, the Republicans and the Governor’s office deny that the money had any influence on them.
I found it interesting that the people reporting his story were from Great Britain’s Guardian Newspapers. They were looking into Karl Rove’s Club for Growth operation. I’m sure that Karl’s not the kind of guy who would arrange any back scratching, would he?
