Comments for Adventures in Advertising http://tomdelmundo.com Tom DelMundo Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:32:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Pot Tax by Alexander Hall http://tomdelmundo.com/2009/07/pot-tax/#comment-71 Alexander Hall Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:32:46 +0000 http://tomdelmundo.com/?p=165#comment-71 Every economic disaster seems to have new elements that catch the sages by surprise. I think the lessons of history are in mind, witness that interest rates have been brought down and kept near zero for a very long time, and that may have fueled the market's recovery of 2009. Hoover opposed the Smoot-Hawley import tax, but yielded to political pressure and signed it in 1930. This contributed to the severity of the major recession in progress as FDR took office in 1933. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act FDR policies made it worse, but there's plenty of blame to spread around for the economy going off the rails. Then and now. Every economic disaster seems to have new elements that catch the sages by surprise. I think the lessons of history are in mind, witness that interest rates have been brought down and kept near zero for a very long time, and that may have fueled the market’s recovery of 2009.

Hoover opposed the Smoot-Hawley import tax, but yielded to political pressure and signed it in 1930. This contributed to the severity of the major recession in progress as FDR took office in 1933. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act

FDR policies made it worse, but there’s plenty of blame to spread around for the economy going off the rails. Then and now.

]]> Comment on Harry Hairspray by Madrigal http://tomdelmundo.com/2007/07/harry-hairspray/#comment-8 Madrigal Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:34:00 +0000 http://tomdelmundo.com/?p=113#comment-8 Awww, I couldn't find your site on myspace. Did you say "moondog"? Take care! :) (HI GISELLE!)<br/><br/><br/><br/>~Barbie Awww, I couldn’t find your site on myspace. Did you say “moondog”? Take care! :) (HI GISELLE!)

~Barbie

]]> Comment on Curling Rant by erwin nanes http://tomdelmundo.com/2006/02/curling-rant/#comment-7 erwin nanes Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:42:00 +0000 http://tomdelmundo.com/?p=74#comment-7 hee hee hee this cracks me up.<br/><br/>and i also find it weird (although i completely understand why they did it) that the winter olympics now runs on a completely different schedule from the summer olympics, at least back when they were on the same year, the US networks would cover them almost equally. (something along the lines of, 'it's ok at least we kick arse in the summer' as the line of reasoning there i think.)<br/><br/>the US should really just get better at winter sports, i think. hee hee hee this cracks me up.

and i also find it weird (although i completely understand why they did it) that the winter olympics now runs on a completely different schedule from the summer olympics, at least back when they were on the same year, the US networks would cover them almost equally. (something along the lines of, ‘it’s ok at least we kick arse in the summer’ as the line of reasoning there i think.)

the US should really just get better at winter sports, i think.

]]> Comment on Time for Popsicles by brain http://tomdelmundo.com/2005/07/time-for-popsicles/#comment-4 brain Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:18:00 +0000 http://tomdelmundo.com/?p=56#comment-4 Boy did you just date yourself even more than usual- I had no idea that was the name of that round yellow guy. I saw those spots in the 1980s and figured he was just some random character. Now I'm going to have to find the original <i>The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip</i> on a bootlegged tape somewhere. Boy did you just date yourself even more than usual- I had no idea that was the name of that round yellow guy. I saw those spots in the 1980s and figured he was just some random character. Now I’m going to have to find the original The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip on a bootlegged tape somewhere.

]]> Comment on Livestrong Christmas by Anonymous http://tomdelmundo.com/2004/12/livestrong-christmas/#comment-3 Anonymous Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:45:00 +0000 http://tomdelmundo.com/?p=33#comment-3 Actually, I was thinking you can tell he's not a homeowner because he isn't thinking about shoveling.<br /><br />--Greg Actually, I was thinking you can tell he’s not a homeowner because he isn’t thinking about shoveling.

–Greg

]]> Comment on Livestrong Christmas by Anonymous http://tomdelmundo.com/2004/12/livestrong-christmas/#comment-2 Anonymous Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:43:00 +0000 http://tomdelmundo.com/?p=33#comment-2 dude that is not snow. that is called a dusting.<br />:. harris silver | president .: harris@thinktank3.com<br />think tank 3 :. a modern day think-shop |<br /><br /><br />Actually, I was thinking you can tell he's not a homeowner because he isn't thinking about shoveling.<br /><br />--Greg dude that is not snow. that is called a dusting.
:. harris silver | president .: harris@thinktank3.com
think tank 3 :. a modern day think-shop |

Actually, I was thinking you can tell he’s not a homeowner because he isn’t thinking about shoveling.

–Greg

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