GOP GOES "GRASSROOTS," WASHINGTON-STYLE

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Fri., 7/30/10 Bookmark and Share

Congressional Republicans have spent the first two years of the Obama administration as the rock-solid party of "no," "uh-uh," "no way," "forget about it," "nothing doing," "we're-agin-it-and-we'll-kill-it." This is one reason their job approval rating... [read more]


WALL STREET'S "MOM & POP" BANKERS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Thu., 7/29/10 Bookmark and Share

Don't cry for Jamie Dimon, America.

As CEO of JPMorgan Chase, this ruling mogul of Wall Street must now cope with the recently-enacted financial reform bill, which imposes a host of... [read more]


GOLDMAN'S GOLDEN DEAL

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Wed., 7/28/10 Bookmark and Share

That'll teach 'em, won't it?

The SEC, Wall Street's top regulator, has whacked the mighty Goldman Sachs with one of the largest penalties in financial history. The high-strutting banking conglomerate... [read more]


ONCE AGAIN OBAMA ABANDONS HIS FRIENDS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 7/27/10 Bookmark and Share

The Shirley Sherrod Story started as a beautiful anecdote of redemption and personal growth, which she recently related at a meeting of the Georgia NAACP.

Her story would have ended... [read more]


WHY ARE WALL STREET BANKERS GRINNING?

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Mon., 7/26/10 Bookmark and Share

Banker greed is like ugly on a toad – it can't simply be rinsed off, no matter how much regulatory soap you use.

Congress has now enacted new rules to... [read more]


SAVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MILLIONAIRES

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Fri., 7/23/10 Bookmark and Share

Let's hear a cheer for a much maligned group of American workers, for they have stood up and done the right thing!

Not pimps, not drug chieftains, not Big Oil executives... [read more]