Town's nascent role in aviation recognized Aug 16, 2008
When Rentschler Field was given its name in 1931, then-President Herbert Hoover came to East Hartford to attend the ceremony, along with former president Calvin Coolidge and a long list of top government officials - including all the Army and Navy's top brass. On July 23, 2008 another celebration at the same hangar of the now-decommissioned East Hartford airfield was far less glamorous, but in some ways more poignant. (East Hartford Gazette, CT)
Why can't presidential candidates be celebrities? Aug 14, 2008
It's a good thing for presidential candidates to aspire to greatness; we don't want them making speeches about Chester A. Arthur or airing old footage of Herbert Hoover. Maybe it's egotistical for Obama and McCain to place themselves in such rarified company, but the next presidential candidate without an ego will be the first. (Yahoo News)
FANTASY CLICKS: Rodgers impressions; guys I won't draft Aug 13, 2008
Stanford University (John Elway and Jim Plunkett, Herbert Hoover). U.S. Naval Academy (Roger Staubach, Jimmy Carter). (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Caught in the grips of linguistic paranoia Aug 11, 2008
Herbert Hoover and his wife were fluent in Mandarin, and they translated a book from Latin into English. Jackie Kennedy made campaign speeches in Spanish, Italian, and French to appeal to multilingual voters. (Boston Globe)
The Case Against August Aug 9, 2008
Sure, Lyndon Johnson and Bill Clinton were born in August, but the other presidential Augustans are Herbert Hoover and Benjamin Harrison. Film is represented by Robert Redford and Robert De Nirobut also by John Holmes and Harry Reems. (Slate)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 7, 2008 Aug 8, 2008
Herbert Hoover has been accused of being a do-nothing president who allowed the country to continue to slide into its worst depression ever. Hoover did intervene after the Stock Market crash, but the acts passed by Congress and signed by Hoover were the worst kind of intervention: they actually exacerbated the problem. (North County Times)
Henry Paulsonhas lost control Aug 6, 2008
In an eerie echo of president Herbert Hoover in 1930 during a presidential campaign against F D Roosevelt following the stock market crash and collapse of numerous smaller banks, Paulson recently appeared on national TV to declare "our banking system is a safe and sound one". He added that the list of "troubled" banks "is a very manageable situation". (Asia Times Online)
Talking Points Aug 6, 2008
Does Obama or McCain want to be the next Herbert Hoover. If so, continue to run up those deficits. (Fox News)
Boys and Girls Club of Lodi presents awards to major donors Aug 6, 2008
A lifelong believer in voluntarism, he helped President Herbert Hoover develop the Boys and Girls Club national organization that provides support services for clubs serving disadvantaged youth ... His son, Jeremiah Milbank Jr., was recruited by President Herbert Hoover to join the board of governors for the national organization, where he became a guiding force in shaping the Boys and Girls Club movement. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
JEFF EDELSTEIN COLUMN: Old farts and their exact change ruin my day Aug 5, 2008
Furthermore, and just to clear the air, I also realize I'm not the first person to come up with this notion, this notion that people who actually remember Herbert Hoover hold up lines all over the place by searching for exact change. But I am going to be the first commentator to offer up this modest proposal: If you see someone in line digging through their pocketbook or pocket for exact change, you should state the following, in a loud, authoritative voice: "USE PAPER MONEY, YOU FOOL!" If the... (The Trentonian, NJ)
Xcel earnings increase 53 percent in second quarter Aug 1, 2008
grant wrote on Aug 1, 2008 6:29 AM:" This is all part of the GOP trickle down/ Supply side economics With Herbert Hoover with John McSame running the country ". homer1 wrote on Aug 1, 2008 12:52 AM:" and you want to raise my rates again? holy s*** ". (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Read My Lips Jul 31, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt, campaigning in the Depression year 1932, criticized the incumbent, Herbert Hoover, for spending too much and promised to balance the federal budget. Once elected, FDR vastly increased the size of the government. (SmartMoney)
Freddie and Fannie's Healthy Cousin Jul 29, 2008
For the past 12 months, an obscure agency created by President Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression has come to the rescue of the banking industry. It is called. (Slate)
Local High School Musician to Perform at Hooverfest in West Branch Jul 26, 2008
Celebration Iowa Singers and Jazz Band will perform at Hooverfest in West Branch (I-80, exit 254, just east of Iowa City) on Saturday, August 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the grassy area behind the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum ... Hooverfest is the annual celebration of the birth of Herbert Hoover, the only Iowan elected to our nation's presidency. (Lone Tree Reporter, IA)
Luddites on parade Jul 23, 2008
George W. Bush and Herbert Hoover: Things are sound. Just what is bad about retreating in earnest from harmful habits. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Political memorabilia market heating up Jul 21, 2008
Also for sale at Allees table was a pin promoting Herbert Hoover that a supporter in 1928 was to bend and attach to his breast pocket so that the writing was visible. Its never been bent, so that makes it better, Allee said of the pin, which he priced at $28. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Short-selling reveals corporate realities Jul 19, 2008
That happened in the 1929 stock market crash, when Herbert Hoover, the US president, railed against those selling company shares they did not own. It has happened since around the world, including in the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. (FT.com -- Markets)
McCain asks NAACP members to consider him for president Jul 17, 2008
Bush was the first president since Herbert Hoover to pass an entire term without appearing before the group. White House aides cited scheduling conflicts, while noting privately that the leaders of the group had not always treated Bush kindly. (International Herald Tribune)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Presidents face crises with optimism Jul 16, 2008
"Herbert Hoover kept telling the country during the Depression that 'things are sound, it's the usual business cycle, and it will turn in the right direction,' " said presidential historian Robert Dallek. "Presidents become desperate to reassure the nation that they have a handle on things.". (USA Today -- Money)
Are Facts Obsolete? Jul 15, 2008
That was done by Herbert Hoover, when he signed the Hawley-Smoot tariff when the unemployment rate was 9 percent. The next year the unemployment rate was 16 percent and, before the Great Depression was over, unemployment hit 25 percent. (Townhall.com)
Dangerous tax nonsense Jul 15, 2008
cross1242 wrote on Jul 13, 2008 6:41 PM:" This week, Prof. Clayson returns to one of his pet peeves: taxes. (My file of prior essays responding to his columns already has one major and several minor responses on his objections to taxes. Rather that repeating what Ive said before, Ill try go give some new reasons why hes still wrong.)Ill start with Prof. Claysons conclusion: I can give you an absolute guarantee. If the next government doesn't cut spending, and if it raises taxes... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
NEWSWEEK: International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, July 21, 2008 Issue Jul 14, 2008
Republican John McCain says Lincoln, TR and Ronald Reagan; he says he doesn't want to be like Herbert Hoover. Democratic candidate Barack Obama shares McCain's love of Lincoln. (PR Newswire)
McCain versus the eight-year electoral jinx Jul 14, 2008
The last time that a party improved its vote percentage after two terms was in 1928, when Republican Herbert Hoover soundly beat Democrat Al Smith, the first Catholic to be nominated to the presidency ... Then again, that last state isn't a great bellwether: Pennsylvania happens to be the biggest state carried by Herbert Hoover in his spectacularly unsuccessful bid for reelection in the Great Depression year of 1932. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Religious search compels man to seek Quaker gathering in La Crosse Jul 13, 2008
Michael Welch wrote on Jul 12, 2008 12:28 PM:" I knew Mike personally and we both went to Fort Benning Georgia in November 2000 when I was studying theology at the St John's grad school. We headed south with a troop of folks largely connected with St Benedict's (the women's college) and it was one of the best experiences of my life. Mike is a red headed, rather elfin guy who seems as if he's just popped up from under a mushroom -- Smurf City USA! But he's a great companion and (obviously) a... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Food for Thought Jul 8, 2008
Early nutritionists and home economists, many distinctly of the quack variety, found a key ally in their attempts to reform American cuisine in Herbert Hoover s Food Administration. The goal of reducing consumption of scarce foods and eating in accordance with scientific principles was tied to the cause of Allied victory in the First World War. (The American Conservative)
The Rise of Richard M. Nixon Jul 8, 2008
He was raised in a somewhat strict Quaker household (making him one of only two Quakers ever to become President, after Herbert Hoover). Nixon was gifted right from the beginning of his academic life, graduating from Whittier High School in California before attending Whittier College (a Quaker school), after having turned down acceptance to both Harvard and Yale due to lack of financial means to attend these prestigious institutions. (Suite101.com)
'A little bit of help' Jul 8, 2008
Since then, while tens of thousands of jobs have been lost and stocks and real estate are depressed, Bush has reacted much like President Herbert Hoover, who infamously said in the early years of the Great Depression that "prosperity is just around the corner." Bush seems content to let the clock run out on his presidency and leave the problems for his successor ... Herbert Hoover had a similar philosophy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Put Bush in White House Jul 8, 2008
Maybe you can dig up Herbert Hoover and give him another go at it. By LMAO. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
McCain orders shake-up of his campaign... Jul 3, 2008
" But, Black added, the trip to Colombia should help to underline what the McCain campaign wanted to make "one of the big contrasts in this race: Obama wants to become the first protectionist president in our history since Herbert Hoover. " > Latest News Roland Magunia/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images A woman's desire to avoid life in a nursing home forces a country to confront the thorny ethical issue and casts an assisted-suicide advocate as Germany's Jack Kevorkian. In Opinion: More... (The Drudge Report)
Border, Fence and Mucho Dinero Jul 3, 2008
Post 1918, Herbert Hoover, directed the American Relief Aid Program to both starving Europe and Russia. the program was an absolute success because Americans administered the program down to the local community level. (Yahoo News -- Immigration)
A TIGER OF A TAX Jul 2, 2008
That tax increase, the Revenue Act of 1932, was proposed by Herbert Hoover. The result was an even greater budget deficit, plummeting tax revenue and a longer Great Depression. (New York Post -- Opinions)
NEWSWEEK: McCain Calls Lincoln, TR and Reagan His Role Models; Says He Doesn't Want to Be Like Hoover Jun 30, 2008
John McCain tells Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham, when asked which presidents he thinks of as inspirational figures, "On the obvious plus side, Lincoln, TR and Reagan are people who are in many respects my role models." And when asked who he didn't want to be like, McCain says, "One I was thinking about very recently because of this anti-free-trade, protectionism sentiment that understandably is being bred by our severe economic problems is Herbert Hoover. In 1930, he signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff... (PR Newswire)
Looking at Presidential pastimes Jun 29, 2008
" I recently had a chance to quiz Boller, 91, and I offer this quiz to test your knowledge of the men who have served this nation as president. Name the president who, the night before his inauguration, invited a heavyweight champion boxer to come and fight him at the White House. Which signer of the Declaration of Independence not only loved to play the violin (and was pretty good at it) but also exercised two hours a day, was a "tree hugger" known as the "Father of American Forestry" and has... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Synonymy of slips, glossary of goofs Jun 29, 2008
A fluff is a minor verbal goof like a mispronunciation, as when the announcer Harry von Zell introduced President Herbert Hoover with the spoonerism "Hoobert Heever." The closest synonym is slip, a clip of "slip of the tongue." Misspoke, as in the usage "the president misspoke," is a verb back-formed from "misspoken.". Asked about Hillary Clinton's false memory of being under sniper fire at a Bosnian airport - which the psychiatrist-journalist Charles Krauthammer diagnosed as a relatively common... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Economy bodes ill wind for McCain Jun 28, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt unseated Herbert Hoover in the depth of the Great Depression in 1932. Boom times helped reelect Ronald Reagan in 1984 and Bill Clinton in 1996. (Boston Globe)
Easy Target, but Not the Right One Jun 28, 2008
In his book The House of Morgan, Mr. Chernow has a description of Herbert Hoover, moody and isolated, convinced that short-sellers were behind the market s horrendous downturn in 1929. He came to believe in a Democratic conspiracy to drive down stocks by selling them short, Mr. Chernow writes, adding that Hoover began to compile lists of people in the bear cabal and even claimed to know they met every Sunday afternoon to plot the week s destruction. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Speculators and commodity prices Jun 28, 2008
Herbert Hoover won the White House with that promise to the American people in the 1928 election. Today, leaders from China to Brazil and from Russia to South Africa are making a similar pledge. (FT.com -- Markets)
Presidential Impotence Jun 28, 2008
Between 1929 and 1933, as a stock-market crash and credit crunch metastasized into the Depression, Herbert Hoover a hands-off approach that exiled his party from the White House for a generation ... Modern Republicans have learned their lesson from Herbert Hoover and have embraced the necessity for short-term fiscal stimulus when the economy slows. (Slate)
For Obama, a pragmatist's shift toward the center Jun 27, 2008
"Herbert Hoover called him a 'chameleon on plaid,' " Dallek said. Obama has executed several policy pirouettes in recent weeks, each time landing more toward the center of the political ring. (International Herald Tribune)
Your Opinion Jun 26, 2008
He and Cheney are worse than Herbert Hoover. The taxpayers are paying for the gas for them to fly. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
No respect for the law Jun 26, 2008
You d have heard of Herbert Hoover - 31st President of the United States. His name was so synonymous with failure that shantytowns were referred to as Hoovervilles. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Officials: U.S. Sugar deal price $2.2B Jun 26, 2008
Nanciann Regalado, spokeswoman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said possession of the land will allow the corps to avoid piling up water inside Lake Okeechobee - behind the erosion-prone Herbert Hoover Dike - dumping it into the St. Lucie or Caloosahatchee rivers. And the deal could provide land for marshes that could clean the lake's runoff. (The Palm Beach Post)
A new model for nastiness Jun 25, 2008
Other contributors to the Great Depression were the sharp move towards protectionism epitomized by the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff (although the world of 1930 was already highly protectionist by modern standards), the international banking crisis sparked by the 1931 collapse of Austria's Creditanstalt and the extraordinary stupidity of the Herbert Hoover administration in raising the top rate of income tax from 25% to 63% in early 1932. Other Hoover administration activities failed to improve... (Asia Times Online)
U.S. Sugar to sell land, wind down operations Jun 25, 2008
Historically, much of the sugar cane fields provided a way for water to flow south from Lake Okeechobee before canals were dredged and the Herbert Hoover Dike was built around the lake. Environmentalists have expressed concern that fertilizer runoff from sugar cane fields also affect water quality. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
300 square miles of Everglades may be restored Jun 25, 2008
Provides additional water storage alternatives and relieving some pressures on the Herbert Hoover Dike while the federal government undertakes repairs. Source: S. Florida Water Management District. (USA Today -- Money)
Opinion: Rough patch, downturn, or sideways waffle: They all spell recession Jun 20, 2008
Herbert Hoover referred to the economic collapse as a "depression" a little dip because it sounded far less severe than the word usually used for similar economic breakdowns in the past: "panic.". Although the word "recession" has remained in use for the past seven decades, it quickly became a negative one to be avoided. (Christian Science Monitor)
COLUMN: Harrison should have been impeached forbeing only 5-feet-6 Jun 17, 2008
An argument could be made for impeaching Herbert Hoover who failed to confront what would become the Great Depression. There has been much blathering about impeaching Bush for starting the war in Iraq. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Affirmative action needed? Jun 17, 2008
While I acknowledge that Americans have often elected a president on the basis of a resume alone George H. W. Bush and Herbert Hoover are the two most striking examples that come to mind Americans generally regret the action and correct it at the first opportunity. Obama is an empty suit. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Obama: Wrong For Pennsylvania's Economy, Says Republican National Committee Jun 15, 2008
"And the faltering economy led Mr. Obama to say in an interview on CNBC this week that he might 'possibly defer' some of his tax increases on the wealthy if economic conditions warranted a delay." (Michael Cooper and Larry Rohter, "2 New-Style Candidates Hit Old Notes On The Economy," The New York Times, 6/11/08) CNBC's Maria Bartiromo Asked Obama: "Why Raise Taxes At All In An Economic Slowdown? Isn't That Going To Put A Further Strain On People?" (CNBC's "Closing Bell," 3/27/08) U.S. News... (PR Newswire)
CCC ‘call to arms' against the Great Depression Jun 15, 2008
In March of 1933 Roosevelt, fresh off a general election victory over incumbent Herbert Hoover, just two days after his inauguration, called together high government officials. Thus was launched the Civilian Conservation Corps, the first work relief program of Roosevelt's New Deal. (Missoulian, MT)
East Point residents worry about fewer city workers Jun 14, 2008
A.J. Ray has lived in East Point all his life, since Herbert Hoover was president. "No, no, I think it's a terrible idea," the 78-year-old retired election said when he heard about the furloughs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
LETTERS: NCT, June 12, 2008 Jun 13, 2008
" They HOPE they'll gain seats in Congress, and gain perhaps the White House. The CHANGE is simply a shifting of political party's. In the mean time, you will suffer. Your family will suffer, and the misery you will feel is part of the receipe they see as a part of gaining the Congress, perhaps the White House. They'll do nothing, nothing meaningful.Oh sure, they'll sue OPEC, or at least talk about it. And they'll bring Oil Exec's in front of panels and claim they are the reason. And yes..... (North County Times)
COLUMN: Facts are precious as bullets nowadays Jun 12, 2008
"The defeat of John McCain by the liberal Barack Obama would mark the end of the current conservative era almost as clearly as Franklin Roosevelt's defeat of Herbert Hoover in 1932 marked the end of the conservative 1920s." " The Question wrote on Jun 11, 2008 5:12 PM:" The great ape you respect so highly has spent more than five years and $3 trillion to achieve your "clear and final victory" over a country that never posed a threat, Soldier. Just how much longer and how many more deficit-spent... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
AP: Obama Stumping in Missouri Jun 12, 2008
Blunt painted Obama as a classic big-tax liberal, and even compared him unfavorably to Republican president Herbert Hoover because of Obama's desire to limit free trade. "His change is truly change we can't afford," Blunt said. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Changing world of commencement speakers Jun 12, 2008
At Stanford, alumnus Herbert Hoover (class of 1895) spoke twice: in 1925, when he was U.S. secretary of commerce, and again in 1935 as a former U.S. president. Commencement speeches have been known to make history. (San Francisco Chronicle)
McCain's Potentially Fatal 'Exit, Stage Right' Jun 11, 2008
Ever heard of a fellow named Herbert Hoover. It doesn't matter whether the Stupid Party is or is not directly responsible for having inflated the currency like a pack of Weimar Republicans; what matters is that a McCain presidency will result in the GOP being stamped "Null and Void" for the next several decades, leaving no counterweight whatsoever against the machinations of the Evil Party. (Townhall.com)
Rants and Raves Jun 11, 2008
Herbert Hoover was the president in 1928 until 1932 ... Actually, Herbert Hoover ran against Al Smith in 1928 and became president in 1929 and stayed in office until 1933. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Die Katze im Sack kaufen Jun 9, 2008
If Obamas so-called Change means anything it is Neville Chamberlain Foreign Policy and Herbert Hoover Economics. Obama apparently wants to sit down with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Townhall.com)
Boy, could we have used a young Hunter Thompson these past eight years Jun 8, 2008
wrote on Jun 7, 2008 11:29 AM:" By the way the late eminent historian John Toland, from a prominent La Crosse family (re: Toland theater at UW-L), also authored a study of the Pearl Harbor controversy titled 'Infamy.' Toland in his book details the 1940s' investigations and recounts that both Republican ex-president Herbert Hoover as well as GOPper presidential candidate Gov Thomas E. Dewey of NY were among those convinced that FDR was aware that the Sunday morning attack was imminent. Dewey,... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Howard Burress: 70-year Rotarian Jun 6, 2008
In 1932, Herbert Hoover and Al Smith were both running for president. The economy was dumped into Hoover s lap, Burress said. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
'G-Men and Journalists: Top News Stories of the FBI's First Century' Opens June 20 at the Newseum Jun 5, 2008
Soon after, the child's body was found, and President Herbert Hoover ordered the Bureau of Investigation into the case. In 1934, carpenter Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested. (PR Newswire)
McCain camp derides Obama's AIPAC speech... Jun 5, 2008
Thanks, Herbert Hoover. Seriously, do you think that it is only the "welfare sect" that has been shocked by the prices at the grocery store and gas pump. (The Drudge Report)
Economy plays huge role in picking presidents Jun 4, 2008
I like this example because it isn t that simple say as the election of 1932, where quite clearly Herbert Hoover s failure to deal with the first years of the Great Depression led to his political demise. To begin with, the election of 1992 featured a strong third party candidate Ross Perot who many analysts blame for Bush s defeat. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
Hoover's Road to the White House Jun 3, 2008
Herbert Hoover's first foray into politics came when President Harding named him Commerce Secretary in 1920 ... After spending several years working on humanitarian efforts in American and in war-ravaged Europe, Herbert Hoover's popularity had grown dramatically in the United States, and he was a fairly easy choice for newly-elected President Harding to his cabinet ... Herbert Hoover had achieved the highest office in the land, but little did he know that the height of his popularity were behind... (Suite101.com)
The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge Jun 3, 2008
Giving up the office to his secretary of commerce (Herbert Hoover, with whom the President often disagreed), Coolidge "retired" to private life, serving in several capacities after the Presidency, including on a railroad commission, a life insurance company, the American Antiquarian Society, and his alma mater, Amherst College. Coolidge also wrote a great deal after this, including a frequently published syndicated newspaper column and a 1929 autobiography. (Suite101.com)
