Actually, Franklin’s suggestion was a very tongue-in-cheek satire, along the lines of Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”. The push for DST didn’t really get going until the end of the 19th century and didn’t get enacted until WW I.Maybe everyone should just use GMT and be done with it.
Excellent strip today, Scott! It does point out the plethora of useless laws and regulations that attempt to micro-manage our lives. Just let the DST idiocy expire and go away.
DST is now over, which is why we are now turning the lights on sooner. as for DST, in the summer Id rather have the sunlight last longer after work , rather than having the sun come up at 4 am while I am sleeping
For four long years Herbert Hoover said exactly the same as Carmen, as the country sank deeper and deeper into the Great Depression.This time, we were fortunate enough to get a Democrat into the White House after only six months of recession. Which is why we are now (according to economists not employed by the AEI) slowly coming out of the great recession, instead of sinking into a second Great Depression.
Actually, Norton99, FDR made the Great Depression worse (not that Hoover and his “stimulus” plans were any better). The best reaction to a depression ever was in 1921. Coolidge did nothing. The depression was even more severe than the Great Depression but few people remember it because it was so short.
Darsan54 Premium Member about 13 years ago
Also explains the blindness of conservatives and Republicans. It just happens naturally.
runar about 13 years ago
Actually, Franklin’s suggestion was a very tongue-in-cheek satire, along the lines of Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”. The push for DST didn’t really get going until the end of the 19th century and didn’t get enacted until WW I.Maybe everyone should just use GMT and be done with it.
McGehee about 13 years ago
“the stimulus worked”
Boy, now there’s a punchline. I guess it all depends on what your meaning of “worked” is.
KPOM about 13 years ago
The stimulus worked, all right, at increasing our debt load.
DavidMac about 13 years ago
Excellent strip today, Scott! It does point out the plethora of useless laws and regulations that attempt to micro-manage our lives. Just let the DST idiocy expire and go away.
hank8291953 about 13 years ago
DST is now over, which is why we are now turning the lights on sooner. as for DST, in the summer Id rather have the sunlight last longer after work , rather than having the sun come up at 4 am while I am sleeping
Norton99 about 13 years ago
For four long years Herbert Hoover said exactly the same as Carmen, as the country sank deeper and deeper into the Great Depression.This time, we were fortunate enough to get a Democrat into the White House after only six months of recession. Which is why we are now (according to economists not employed by the AEI) slowly coming out of the great recession, instead of sinking into a second Great Depression.
KPOM about 13 years ago
Actually, Norton99, FDR made the Great Depression worse (not that Hoover and his “stimulus” plans were any better). The best reaction to a depression ever was in 1921. Coolidge did nothing. The depression was even more severe than the Great Depression but few people remember it because it was so short.