Wow, has it really been five years since "Mission Accomplished?" It seems like only yesterday that our Glorious Leader was strutting around in a top-gun outfit, cockadoodling about American prominence in the world and wallowing in job-approval ratings of 28%.
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National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. [Read more]
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SUPPORT OUR VETERANS
Politicians should not be allowed to utter the phrase "Support Our Troops" – unless they actually do.
None have shouted this phrase more insistently than the Bushites, yet they've been caught... [read more]
BUSH’S RECESSION
George W’s mouth just can’t seem to say the R-word. Rrr…rrr…rrr, he begins, but the word “recession” simply will not escape his lips. One wonders if it’s even in his vocabulary.
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GOD AND OIL PRICES
At Exxon headquarters in Houston, management refers to the executive suite as “The god pod.” But while the honchos of the world’s biggest and richest oil corporation might think of themselves as holy omnipotents, most... [read more]
CORPORATE GREED STRANGLES HEALTH CARE
When drug company arrogance combines with insurance company avarice, look out for an explosion of gouging.
The essential idea behind the establishment of an insurance industry was not to maximize the... [read more]
REPRESSIONS R US
Trade shows can be fun. There are shows for boats, gardening, beer, and just about every other line of products, allowing attendees to look and learn, shop and sample. Imagine the excitement then, when a... [read more]
MIDDLE-CLASS ANGUISH
The latest poll reveals that 81 percent of the American people believe our country is headed in the wrong direction. Gosh, why in the world would so many of us think such a thing?
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