Hooverville

• “If you’re unfamiliar with the term Hooverville, it is a hole dug into the ground where the dirt is piled around the edges, then scrap wood is put over the top and covered with more dirt.”

  OpEdNews - Diary: We Poke Along

• “Their "city" was known as "Hooverville," and the crowd was eventually dispersed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his role as chief of staff of the Army.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Occupy Washington Took Place in 1932

• “Give me a break, Hooverville is alive and well with Bush.”

  Bush to talk economy in Rose Garden

• “His only memorial in history is the word Hooverville to describe the slums and shanty towns created to house the unemployed, homeless and hopeless victims of the depression.”

  In Defence of Marxism

• “Seattle Times editorial columnist Bruce Ramsey recalls Hooverville”

  The Seattle Times

• “The last time our country followed Republican "Hooverville" mentality and stopped spending during a time of need, we ended up in the Great Depression.”

  Dems push back hard on GOP stimulus attacks

• “Can you imagine the greater mess we would have if "Hooverville" Republicans had their way again?”

  White House adviser: Recovery slow but stimulus working

• “What's particularly interesting about this mailer is that the "Hooverville," of course, was a symbol of government inaction in the face of the poverty and widespread misery of the Great Depression.”

  The Washington Post: Right-wing group's mailer warns of "Obamavilles"

• “But the miseries of "Hooverville" don't seem to alter their blind consent much either.”

  Natural Adversaries

• “There will be fewer hunger marches and 'Hooverville' shanty towns.”

  Senate Seats and Obama Inaugural Dinner Plates

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