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alexpgpActually, I didn't forget to take my HP tablet; I calmly and deliberately put it away before taking off for Texas.
A mistake. My bad.
Among other goodies, my iTunes setup and library are on that computer, and I don't recall having made a recent backup of the files on the HP, at least not one that I took with me to Texas.
Ultimately, I suppose I could see what backed-up music I have brought with me, figure out how I can keep the files on a USB drive while I use iTunes on the Aspire, and then possibly download and install iTunes and proceed from there.
Or I could just live with what's on the iPod until we return to Pagosa.
* * * Among the 500 or so amendments proposed to the Baucus bill, one that was voted down would have required the final language of the bill to be available online to the public for 72 hours. Chairman Baucus is against doing so because putting the bill online would require two weeks, which has got to be the most compelling reason I've heard all week for railroading legislation. Transparency in government, apparently, was a tactic to garner votes last November, and nothing more.
And of course, even assuming his estimate of two weeks is correct, I can't help but wonder: what's the hurry? Heck, one would imagine that, if the bill is as good as its proponents claim it to be, the public would clamor for its passage after becoming acquainted with its provisions.
I mean, look, the main spending provisions of the bill don't kick in until 2013, which is the year of the next Presidential inauguration, for crying out loud. The bill itself is intended to make a not insignificant change in the way business is done in the health-care sector, which represents about 1/6 of the economy. There's a whole lot of promises in the bill that some folks spin one way, and other folks spin the other way, and some promises that probably represent yet more pork (along the lines of the stimulus money that was allocated to fight forest fires in the District of Columbia).
One thing seems apparent: the faction that favors the bill apparently don't want it to be examined too closely or under too strong a light. That worries me, because unlike used car salesmen, Congresscritters don't require my signature to screw me.
Cheers...
A mistake. My bad.
Among other goodies, my iTunes setup and library are on that computer, and I don't recall having made a recent backup of the files on the HP, at least not one that I took with me to Texas.
Ultimately, I suppose I could see what backed-up music I have brought with me, figure out how I can keep the files on a USB drive while I use iTunes on the Aspire, and then possibly download and install iTunes and proceed from there.
Or I could just live with what's on the iPod until we return to Pagosa.
And of course, even assuming his estimate of two weeks is correct, I can't help but wonder: what's the hurry? Heck, one would imagine that, if the bill is as good as its proponents claim it to be, the public would clamor for its passage after becoming acquainted with its provisions.
I mean, look, the main spending provisions of the bill don't kick in until 2013, which is the year of the next Presidential inauguration, for crying out loud. The bill itself is intended to make a not insignificant change in the way business is done in the health-care sector, which represents about 1/6 of the economy. There's a whole lot of promises in the bill that some folks spin one way, and other folks spin the other way, and some promises that probably represent yet more pork (along the lines of the stimulus money that was allocated to fight forest fires in the District of Columbia).
One thing seems apparent: the faction that favors the bill apparently don't want it to be examined too closely or under too strong a light. That worries me, because unlike used car salesmen, Congresscritters don't require my signature to screw me.
Cheers...
