AlterNet.org: Jim Hightower

Jim Hightower: Hightower: Obscenely Rich Bankers Claim to Do God's Work -- They Can Go to Hell

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

Top executives were initially hurt by the public's moral outrage. But their sense of entitlement quickly kicked in, and now they claim they're the good guys.

Jim Hightower: Real Recovery Is Easy to Spell: J-O-B-S

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

The latest job numbers mock the smiley-faced claims of economists and polticos that the Great Recession is over.

Jim Hightower: Right-Wingers in Congress Love Their Own Govt.-Run Health Care, But They Hate Sharing It

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:00:01 PDT

Members of Congress and their families are blessed with their very own gold-plated, taxpayer-financed, Washington-run health care system.

Jim Hightower: A Corporation So Arrogant, It Thought It Owned the Word 'Monster'

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:01 PDT

When the tiny Rock Art Brewery in Vermont decided to name its beer "The Vermonster," they soon discovered that a behemoth drinks company was trying to push them around.

Jim Hightower: Hightower: Obama, Time to Work on Creating Jobs for Hardworking Americans

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:01 PDT

FDR, when he faced deep and spreading national insecurity, made jobs first -- not last. And so should Obama.

Jim Hightower: Why Was a Lightweight Montana Senator on the Finance Committee Tasked to Take on Health Care Reform?

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Entrusting Baucus with the heavy job of shepherding health care reform through the upper chamber is like asking Tweety Bird to lift a bowling ball.

Jim Hightower: Wall Street Plans to Tap into $26 Trillion Life Insurance Market, Cashing in When People Die

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The bankers who brought us the disaster of 2008 have created a new financial instrument called "life settlements" -- call it morbid capitalism.

Jim Hightower: Food Industry Is Now Calling Junk Food 'Healthy' - Why Could That Be?

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Food corporations are hoping to cash in on the growing public concern about nutrition by launching a program that labels some junk food healthy.

Jim Hightower: Big Oil Gets in on Right-Wing Astroturf Game

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Since Astroturf itself is made up of petroleum, there's a certain poetic symmetry in having Big Oil produce the silliest astroturf campaign yet.

Jim Hightower: Hightower: Starbucks' Bizarre Branding Strategy -- Hide Its Name, Pretend to Be 'Authentic' Local Coffee Shop

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:00:01 PDT

Starbucks is now striving to be the anti-Starbucks, dressing up as funky neighborhood coffeehouses with a cool vibe.

Jim Hightower: Hightower: Think Your Food's Organic? Think Again

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Thanks to corporate-friendly policies enacted under the Bush Administration, the legal organic standard is filled with loopholes.

Jim Hightower: Big Bankers Mounting Sneak Attack on Consumers

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The largest banking chains are going out of their way to stiff us.

Jim Hightower: This July 4th, Rebel and Agitate for Change

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Agitators created America, and it's their feisty spirit and outright rebelliousness that we celebrate on our national holiday.

Jim Hightower: Gas Pump Thievery: Who's Really Behind the Rising Prices at the Pumps?

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT

What's going on here is not the "magic of the marketplace," but some hocus-pocus by brand-name dealers.

Jim Hightower: The Hummer: America's Favorite Wasteful Toy Has Moved to the Land of Mao

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT

China now owns one of the West's most decadent consumer products.

Jim Hightower: Obama Must Say No to the Coal Barons Desecrating Our Mountains

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Now is the time for us to flex some grass-roots political muscle and force Obama to stick to his promise to stop mountaintop coal removal.

Jim Hightower: Deadly Salmonella: Frozen Food's Newest Ingredient

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Contamination has become so widespread that major frozen food purveyors admit they can no longer ensure the safety of their products.

Jim Hightower: Why Goldman Sachs Is the Greediest and Most Dastardly of the Wall Street Pigs

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Goldman holds billions in taxpayer cash, plans for billions in exec bonuses this year, and has powerful friends in Obama's govt. up the wazoo.

Jim Hightower: Hightower: Democrats Give Wall Street a Big, Wet Kiss

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:00:01 PDT

Yet more evidence that the banks own Washington.

Jim Hightower: Memo to Media: Populism Is a Rebellion Against Corporate Power -- It's Not Just Stupid, Raw Anger

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Our fight against moneyed elites has more than 100 years of history.

Jim Hightower: Why Is Texas So Psycho?

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The Governor of Texas is one bad haircut away from Blagojevichian levels of gubernatorial gooberness.

Jim Hightower: 'Too Big to Fail' Is Too Big -- Period

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The "too big" claim forms the rationale for the diversion of regular people's money into rich people's pockets.

Jim Hightower: Obama to Bring More Mercenaries to Afghanistan -- Sound Familiar?

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:01 PDT

As Obama begins winding down the war in Iraq, he is building up his own war farther east. Like Bush, he will depend on private military contractors.

Jim Hightower: Americans Are Raring for a Fight Against Corporate Power

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:01 PDT

3/4 of Americans want to see a huge worker protection bill pass through Congress, and the greedy corporations are running scared.

Jim Hightower: Hightower: Conservatives Are Blind, Deaf and Dumb to Class Warfare

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Are right-wingers really claiming that the U.S. has never been riven by class resentment? Get out your history books.