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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.
WHEN TOM SPEAKS, PEOPLE GIGGLE
Friday, March 19, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
O, let us rejoice, for he's back!
Tom DeLay, I mean – the corrupt ego maniac who rose to power in the U.S. house of Representatives before falling into disgrace over... [read more]
PALIN IS READY FOR THE NATIONAL POLITICAL STAGE
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
It went unacknowledged by the mass media, but Sarah Palin recently made a major contribution to the public good. By abandoning her position in Alaska's state government and moving to Fox News, Palin instantly raised... [read more]
GETTING TO KNOW THE RIGHT WING
Thursday, February 11, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Time for another edition of the new game that's sweeping the nation: "Who's That Right Winger?"
An interconnected network of extremely wealthy, far-right-wing individuals are quietly pushing their ideological, corporatist, and... [read more]
GOOBERHEADS, BLIMPS, AND EARMARKS
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who've got their tongues going 100 miles per hour, but forgot to put their brains in gear.
... [read more]
LET'S WATERBOARD SEAN HANNITY!
Monday, June 1, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
You've got to give Mancow credit. He did it. Erich "Mancow" Muller manned up and rode "the liquid pony," as waterboarding is euphemistically called.
Mancow is yet another right-wing, talk-show yakker... [read more]
ABSTINENCE ONLY – ONLY, NOT FOR ME
Friday, May 22, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
I had finally done it. I had purged my memory of the name, Sarah Palin.
The not-ready-for-prime-time governor of Alaska – chosen to be last year's GOP vice-presidential nominee by John... [read more]
TEXAS GOVERNOR DRAWS LINE IN THE SAND
Monday, April 27, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
The Texas Governorship is one of the weakest in the country – and we often elect people whose abilities are perfectly matched to the job.
Take our first woman governor, Miriam... [read more]
FINDING SUCCESS IN FEDERAL STIMULUS SPENDING
Friday, April 17, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who have their tongues running 100-miles-per-hour, but forgot to put their brains in gear.
Today's Golden Goober comes... [read more]
FINDING SUCCESS IN FEDERAL STIMULUS SPENDING
Friday, April 17, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who have their tongues running 100-miles-per-hour, but forgot to put their brains in gear.
Today's Golden Goober comes... [read more]
THE OXYMORON OF "TEXAS EDUCATION"
I love nuts. Pecans, hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios – I love them all. But my favorite nuts by far are those homegrown natives on the Texas Board of Education. You just can't get any nuttier than... [read more]