Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 12, 2008
December 11, 2008
December 13, 2008
Transcript:
Joanie: As Lacey's dementia progressed, she befriended Alice, a homeless woman she thought was her long-dead sister Pearl... they got together for holidays in the park. Alice: Happy New Year, Ducks! Lacey: And to you, too, Pearl! And good riddance, 1929! Alice: 1929? Lacey: I just hope Mr. Hoover knows what he's doing. Alex: Wow... she experienced the Great Depression twice? Joanie: It's a rough disease.
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
Hoover and bush. Birds of a feather or just morons. You decide.
attyush over 15 years ago
This movie has no chance of a sundance…the earlier one was better.
jmwalston over 15 years ago
Actually wndrwrthg, the Great Depression started as Hoover took office. He had nothing to do with its cause, like our present situation, it was a result of poor personal business practices and corporate mismanagement. He actually became a very respected diplomat, serving under Truman and Eisenhower. It will be more accurate to compare Hoover and Obama to see how similar situations can have different outcomes.
KingRat over 15 years ago
Hoover did show that raising taxes in a bad recession creates a bad depression.
stpatme over 15 years ago
So that’s it! The world has Alzheimer’s! It would explain a lot….
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
The world does NOT have Alzheimer’s disease. A lot of us are just stupid… and darned proud of it, apparently.
bmonk over 15 years ago
KingRat says:
“Hoover did show that raising taxes in a bad recession creates a bad depression.”
Yes, and FDR did also. I find it surprising that so many experts agree that much that FDR did only helped make the Great Depression worse, and then we turn around and say that Obama should do what FDR did: increase taxes, and spend our way out of the problem.
Khard12 over 15 years ago
George Santayana: Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.