Question Marks
on August 10, 2018
Archive for herbert-hoover
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Smoot-Hawley
on March 7, 2018
Chapter: 2018 - March
Characters: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover
Location: Jefferson Memorial
Today’s comic is loosely adapted from my sheer amusement of watching Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, explain on national television why the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum are nothing to worry about by holding up a soup can. Is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Antideficiency Act
I personally believe that if your only leverage to protect vulnerable people from randomly having their lives destroyed is shutting down the government, then by all means, shut down the government.
Shutdown
on January 22, 2018
There are 13 official presidential libraries operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. The first was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s, who, for the first time, decided to leave his personal papers to the public. It kicked off a tradition with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Gift of the MAGA
on December 25, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - December
Characters: Adolf Hitler, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Herbert Hoover, Ku Kluxer, Republican, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, TV Media, Vladimir Putin
Location: White House
Since we are now legally required to say it by action of Executive Order, I’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Stay safe, be kind, and celebrate the love of friends and family.
Magic Shantyvator
on October 27, 2017
Thank you for indulging me my Hoover/Wonka tale to commemorate the week of the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Also, a very happy birthday to Theodore Roosevelt! (And me!)
Dust Bowl Boat Ride
on October 26, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - October
Characters: Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Republican, Warren G Harding, Woodrow Wilson
Location: Hooverville
During the Harding administration, when Herbert Hoover had enormous power over policy while in the cabinet, he actually did propose that farmers plant cover crops to restore exhausted farmland back into grassy plains to prevent the kind of wind erosion[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Chicken in Every Pot
on October 25, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - October
Characters: Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Warren G Harding, Woodrow Wilson
Location: Hooverville
“A chicken in every pot” was a familiar expression by the time the election of 1928 came around, but it was with Herbert Hoover that the phrase was most associated, with the added phrase “and a car in every backyard,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Black Thursday
on October 24, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - October
Characters: Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Warren G Harding, Woodrow Wilson
Location: Hooverville
Today marks the anniversary of Black Thursday on October 24, 1929, when the stock market began to crash, concluding five days later on Black Tuesday, the end and biggest day of the fall. It’s debatable today whether the Wall Street[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
