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Me. A mom. Presumably the sort of human being who'd be up in arms with outrage over this latest bit of recall news. Instead, I'm rolling my eyes and wondering what's really behind all this recall madness. Is it a slow news week? (not with all the fun we're having with world's credit market meltdown!). Terrorists out to kill our children via poisonous toys? Or is is just our hysteria over China eating our lunch. The lunch we happily sent over to them.

I think it's probably the latter. And that's not to say I have any doubt over whether China is turning out mountains of subpar crap for us. Standards are different over there, after all. And at the end of the day, everyone gets what they pay for, right, Mattel (NYSE: MAT)?

I'm just starting to find it suspect that every day brings new screaming headlines about more poisonous, sub-par products being sent to us from China. Toxic toothpaste! Poisoned pet food! Lead-coated toys! Now it's killer bibs!

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