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By gollies, when the economic going gets tough for America's workaday people, you can always count on our tough-minded political leaders to get going! Get going, as in: rush like hell to find some gimmick to make it look like they're doing something without actually, you know, doing anything.
OBAMA MUST BE EVEN BOLDER THAN FDR
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
When Franklin Roosevelt was accused of being a traitor to his own privileged class, he jauntily replied: “I welcome their hatred.”
He would feel right at home today, then, for FDR-haters... [read more]
WHY THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT IS SO BELOVED
Thursday, January 15, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Arizona Govenor Janet Napolitano is moving to Washington to become head of the Homeland Security Department in the Obama administration, and I sure hope she’s bringing a load of two things this humongous agency totally... [read more]
PUT SOME BITE IN OUR FINANCIAL WATCHDOGS
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
After Bernard Madoff confessed to looting some $50 billion from investors in a widespread Ponzi scheme, a Democratic member of Congress complained that this huge fraud “fell through the cracks of our regulatory system.”
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GOOFS AND GOTCHAS
Friday, January 9, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Let’s take another trip into the Far, Far, FAR OUT World of Free Enterprise.
Today, Spaceship Hightower takes you into the topsy turvy stratosphere of product advertising, where what you see... [read more]
CHRISTMAS: DADDY'S PHILOSOPHY
Thursday, December 25, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
This special day got me to thinking about America's spirit of giving, and I don't mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving -- giving of ourselves.
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HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR A BETTER AMERICA
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
It’s better to give than to receive, they say, so I’ve come up with my own sleighful of holiday goodies for some special people.
For member of Congress, for example,... [read more]
Holiday Gifts for a Better America
By In keeping with the Biblical adage that it's better to give than to receive, I came up with a delightful sleighful of holiday goodies this year to dispense to some of our nation's most special people.
A SENATORIAL HISSY FIT OVER THE BAILOUT
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
From the South and West they came, fearless U.S. senators on a mission: Stop the bailout! At long last, here were some politicians with the stuff it takes to go after the audacious and avaricious... [read more]
DIMINISHING THE STENCH IN CONGRESS
Friday, December 19, 2008 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Perhaps you are as excited as I am that, at long last, our Congress critters have delivered for us!
Health care for all, you ask? No, not that. A real economic... [read more]
GRUMPY BUSHITES
After the inauguration of the new president, Dick Cheney was grumpy. OK, he’s always grumpy, but this was grumpier than usual.
What irked Dick was that his buddy Bush had... [read more]