I guess I should have realized that all of the classic “Schoolhouse Rock” videos were posted on YouTube, but for some reason it never occurred to me. Anyway, you can see them all here. It’s probably been 20 years since I’ve last seen Conjunction Junction and How A Bill Becomes A Law, but I remember pretty much every second of them.
UPDATE: On rewatching “How a Bill Becomes a Law,” it occurs to me that this bill probably shouldn’t have passed. At the 0:57 mark, we see that the bill requires school buses to stop at railroad crossings. But shouldn’t this be a question for the states? Why is Congress enacting a comprehensive national solution to regulating school buses? Whatever happened to federalism? Oh well, I guess that’s the 1970s for you.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Commenter DR engages in the politics of personal destruction with this comment:
Orin Kerr says he cares about our children — he says he’ll protect them from danger. So what did he do when Congress tried to pass a law that would have made it illegal for school buses to park on railroad tracks? He opposed it. Said it was “not Congress’s problem.” Kids in jeopardy? Not Congress’s problem? This November, let’s make sure Orin Kerr doesn’t become America’s problem.
Orin Kerr. Wrong on buses. Wrong for America.
Kerr Campaign Headquarters is readying the following response ad:
DR is distorting Orin Kerr’s record on children. What does DR know about children? While DR read about childhood in a book, only Orin Kerr has been a child. He spent 18 years as an American child. He rode the bus, and he saw the trains. He didn’t just read about it, he lived it.
Commmenter DR. Inexperienced. Totally unqualified.