"Safety-conscious bureaucrats have pulled the plug on a new line of
Postal Service stamps. The stamp line, part of First Lady Michelle
Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, depicted children doing all sorts of
activities. According to Linn’s Stamp News, a collectors
magazine, the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition asked
the USPS to stop the presses after reviewing the stamps. At issue were
three stamps in particular: One featuring a child doing a cannonball,
one depicting a boy doing a headstand without a helmet, and one
portraying a skateboarder without kneepads. All three were deemed
unsafe, and, according to Linn’s, the press run for the forever stamps could be delayed indefinitely."
This is insane! I wonder what kind of childhoods the "safety-conscious bureaucrats" had that they would feel alright in recalling 3 stamps of kids playing normally - as if they think those stamps would convince a kid to play unsafely anyway!
I'm sorry. I should end now, or I'll continue ranting. I just can't believe the things - little issues though they may seem - that our country is doing. But I thought it worth sharing, since I found it so crazy.
Casey
Reminds me of "Put a Helmet On". Do you remember watching that stand-up routine?
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