Miscellaneous 146

1) Federal spending as a percentage of GDP essentially tripled from 1929 to 1941. This whole notion that we didn't get out of the Depression earlier than we did being due to frugality (on the part of Hoover and later FDR) is absolutely uproarious.............2) Ditto, Japan in the '90s.............3) My colleague, Rusty, has touted the old ball-coach, Steve Spurrier, as a coach who really gets the most out of his players. And I agree. But let me play a little one-upsmanship here. Yes, Spurrier gets the most out of his talent. But Kansas State head-coach, Bill Snyder, is maybe the greatest ever in this regard. Snyder, in his second stint as the Wildcats' leader, has had these recruiting results according to Rivals.com;10th (out of 10) in the Big 12 in 2009, 10th in 2010, 10th in 2011, and 8th in 2012 (he's currently rated in 10th place for 2013). The fact that any coach could have gotten the results that Coach Snyder has gotten over the past several years is utterly phenomenal (the Wildcats are 19-3 over the past 2 years). The man is a major-league miracle worker.