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Oct. 21st, 2004 05:01 pmI begin this entry with some good and bad news about Camper Van Beethoven. The good news is that I heard an edited version of "51-7" on WXPN. I've also heard that the band recorded a session on the World Café, but I don't think it's been scheduled to air as of yet. The bad news is that the band's gear was stolen when they were in Montreal. The thieves cut into the trailer to steal the gear. Why anyone would go through all that trouble to get something that's of more value to the band than to anyone else is beyond me, but I guess that's one reason why I'm not a criminal.
Moving on to someone who probably could be a criminal, I read that Bush says Kerry's health care program would result in "big government," yet another term that Republicans like to throw around. Of course, Bush, as someone who increased government spending and size, is probably the last person who should be talking about this, but that goes back to the hypocritical thing I mentioned a few posts ago, I guess. The thing is, I'm sure a lot of parts of the United States government are overstaffed and overfunded. Certain functions of government need MORE money and people devoted to them, though, and I think health care is among them. After all, if people are sick or injured, what good are most other government programs going to do them? I believe the government needs to be restructured, and get its priorities in order. But I don't see the problem as big government as such, but rather as wasteful and disorganized government.
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bethje dug into her collection of Halloween tapes last night, and pulled out the Halloween episode of Family Matters with the bank robbery, and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. One thing I noticed about Great Pumpkin was how padded out it was, what with the endless Snoopy vs. the Red Baron sequences. Now, I'm sure some people actually LIKE these sequences, but the excuse to put them in the Halloween special was rather flimsy. A Charlie Brown Christmas didn't seem padded at all. Why was it so much harder to stay on track with Halloween than with Christmas?
Moving on to someone who probably could be a criminal, I read that Bush says Kerry's health care program would result in "big government," yet another term that Republicans like to throw around. Of course, Bush, as someone who increased government spending and size, is probably the last person who should be talking about this, but that goes back to the hypocritical thing I mentioned a few posts ago, I guess. The thing is, I'm sure a lot of parts of the United States government are overstaffed and overfunded. Certain functions of government need MORE money and people devoted to them, though, and I think health care is among them. After all, if people are sick or injured, what good are most other government programs going to do them? I believe the government needs to be restructured, and get its priorities in order. But I don't see the problem as big government as such, but rather as wasteful and disorganized government.
Finally,
bethje dug into her collection of Halloween tapes last night, and pulled out the Halloween episode of Family Matters with the bank robbery, and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. One thing I noticed about Great Pumpkin was how padded out it was, what with the endless Snoopy vs. the Red Baron sequences. Now, I'm sure some people actually LIKE these sequences, but the excuse to put them in the Halloween special was rather flimsy. A Charlie Brown Christmas didn't seem padded at all. Why was it so much harder to stay on track with Halloween than with Christmas?
