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We are having a similar problem but it started about a week ago.

Well, maybe, maybe not. Hoover was from the progressive wing of the Republican Party. While he did not favor direct welfare to individuals, he did some stuff with the aim of ending the depression (mostly misguided, IMHO). He tried, informally, to keep wages and prices high (a policy FDR followed). He signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. He was a prime mover in the creation of the National Credit Corporation, and when it failed he signed into law the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He presided over a huge tax increase, and deported a lot of Mexicans. There was also the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. I will leave it to you whether this is something or nothing. Ironically FDR campaigned on the idea that Hoover was spending way too much money. Then he doubled down, or more, on Hoover’s policies and spending. I confess I know little of the bonus Army. Were they really a threat to overthrow the government? I skimmed the Wikipedia article. Seems they were about getting paid. If you overthrow the government who is going to pay you? Congress eventually gave them some money and most of them went away. I found out Eisenhower was involved which I had not known. Speaking of Eisenhower, he wrote a memoir of his experiences in Europe during WWII: Crusade in Europe. I read it decades ago and it was pretty good. Ike had to manage some pretty strong personalities while he was the commander in Europe including FDR at home, Churchill in London, and field commanders like Patton, Montgomery, et al, and also De Gaulle. He had to make the crucial go/no go decision on D-Day. And…as one more aside I bought a book about ten years ago called The New Dealers’ War by Thomas Fleming. Somehow it has never made it to the top of my queue. I may have to read it after finishing the four different books I have going now. I have been slowly finishing my “half read” stack and made a pledge to myself not to start any new books until I finish. Another book on my “to read” shelf is For the Survival of Democracy by Alonzo Hamby, subtitled Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s.

If he had studied economic history he would have known what to do. Every economic down turn prior to the new deal ended after a year or two of government inaction. The proper action was inaction.

Since the post in question is not about politics or economics, I am at a loss. I did not mention a command economy, I wrote that they were "command oriented". Most western democracies have constitutions that do not contain much in the way of restraints. The U.S. constitution is no longer intrerperted as if the federal government has much in the way of restraints. Finally, how is common law a restraint? BTW, I am speaking only of common law in England and U.S., I know nothing of common law outside the English speaking world.

Made this yesterday and it was yummy. I made a couple of changes: Instead of using the flour the way your recipe does, I dredged the stew beef in seasoned flour prior to the sauté. I also substituted beef stock for the water. I used the hot paprika half and half with regular paprika. I have a large ‘le creuset’ oval dutch oven that worked great for this. Also, it took a good two hours for the meat to be fork tender. I will make this again but next time I will use all hot paprika and see how that is. Thanks for the recipe.

Parliamentary systems always are command oriented. The chief executive and the legislative are always aligned. If they are not constrained by a constitution and a court, well what then? As for sinking ships...I am opposed. The three things you mention are all stupid. The war on drugs...if people want to take drugs, and they do, they will. Alcohol prohibition required a constitutional amendment. The drug prohibition did not. Why not? Home ownership? Who cares? Especially why does the government care? War in Iraq? Why did we do this?

Actually this is the best lesson. He had no clue what to do and tried one thing after another. None of them worked. WW2 worked.

I fell and screwed up my shoulder. It took a while but I finally got it diagnosed; I have adhesive capsulitis (aka frozen shoulder). My treatment is physical therapy. My shoulder is responding well. I am very happy that my prognosis is good. It is taking some work, some discomfort, and some pain but I am making progress. Hoo-ray for me! Also, I am retired and drinking beer. Beer is a good therapy. Now I have to go do my physical therapy exercises.

FDR had a rubber stamp congress (except for the supreme court packing project). He had a compliant supreme court during and after the 193? (I think 1935 but maybe 1936) term. How much command oriented do you need?

You are right, we cannot know. On the other hand we know his policies did not work prior to WW2. FDR ran on an anti-war platform his first three campaigns. Then he did pretty much everything he could to get us involved in WW2. He gave Britain a whole bunch of destroyers under lend-lease and also gave Britain and Russia other war materials. Not the act of a neutral. He embargoed steel and oil against the Japanese. This is also not the act of a neutral. Very, very ironic that his anti-war political campaigns and his economics failed to end the depression but his pro-war actions did end the depression. Also, this is much more than a conservative talking point, it is the verdict of economic historians.

For another counterpoint try The Roosevelt Myth by John T Flynn.

There are some real good premium butters out there. I like 'kerry gold'. I tried a french butter whose name escapes me and it was very good but I like the Irish butter better..butter better..butter better......

Making corned beef with all the trimmings. Beef has been in the slow cooker since 9 AM. I have cabbage, sweet onions, new potatoes, and carrots to go with it.

I agree.

Outstanding! thanks again.

Thanks. I will try in the next week or two. Got to find some hot paprika. Might try it with home made spaetzle or low carb noodles if I can find them.

Thanks for this "heads up". I am now about 5/6 of the way thru Point of Impact and I like it enough that I have ordered the next two Swagger novels.

Love Goulash, would you please post the recipe? Thanks.

I bought Human Action and a companion volume with a title something like Mises made easier. They got packed into abox when I moved and are still there. I have read a good bit by his disciple Hayek. The Road to Serfdom is a classic. He also wrote the best short critique of central planning that I have read, an essay entitled The Use of Knowledge in Society. Try also The Fatal Conceit, The Constitution of Liberty, or Law, Legislation, and Liberty.

Very cool. Almost every Sunday we cater dinner to my mother-in-law. Today was simple and southern: roast loin of pork, sweet potatoes, and succotash.

There have been some threads lately that have gotten political, and this one is about reading, so… Just suppose you could make everyone, especially your political opponents, read, and think seriously about, a particular book, or monograph, or essay. What would it be? Personally I am not interested in partisan political polemics, as they are just red meat for the already convinced. I am more interested in works of political theory, economics, or some specific aspect of public policy, like health care, education, national security, or some such. I would make one recommendation to both opponents and allies: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell. Sowell is a very rare bird, he is both black, and conservative. None the less, I think this book very fair to both the right and the left. What say you all?

Good Grief! If that is the "Official Video", I'd hate to see the unofficial one.

Going to the range today to practice with my new shootin' irons. Going to the gun show tomorrow. F'n fantastic!

Yes, if you replay the video and focus about 18-24 inches above her, um, humongus tatas, you can see she her "face". It may take multiple replays for you.

In fiction I have been reading the novels of John Ringo. Most are military sci-fi. I have read most of the Posleen War series, the Council War series, the Troy Rising series and also The Last Centurion. Tomorrow I will probably start Elmer Kelton's The Time it Never Rained. In nonfiction I always have several books going. I just finished a monograph by Richard Epstein, Why Progressive Institutions are Unsustainable. I am about half way through Law Legislation and Liberty, Volume 2 by Friedrich A. Hayek. I am also reading a book about the Atkins diet. (BTW my wife and I started the diet a bit more than 2 weeks ago and have both lost some weight.) I am also reading The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuckman. Next up will be some ecomonics, I have not decided but it is between The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen and Man, Economy, and State by Murray N. Rothbard. I have about 3 dozen books in the queue after that.