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Jim Hightower: Hightower: GOP Is the Party That Thinks Helping the Poor and Hungry Is Like Feeding 'Stray Animals'

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST

Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places -- and then flaunt itself shamelessly for all to see?

Jim Hightower: ACORN's Real Crime: Empowering the Poor

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:01 PST

ACORN helps the poor become political and economic players. That's why the money powers unleashed right-wing politics to go after ACORN with a blood lust.

Jim Hightower: Hightower: Bernanke Wants Even More God-Like Powers for the Federal Reserve

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:01 PST

Our financial rulers were so intoxicated with the fumes of their own omnipotence that they failed abjectly as regulators, as public servants and, most certainly, as gods.

Jim Hightower: Does Kentucky Fried Chicken Own Your City's Fire Hydrants?

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:01 PST

Welcome to the latest reach by commercial hucksters to cover every square inch of America the Beautiful with ads.

Jim Hightower: New Year's Resolutions To Help Make Corporate Fat Cats and Our Politicians Human Again

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PST

I was working on my list of New Year's resolutions when it occurred to me that some of the people running our country could benefit from my suggestions.

Jim Hightower: Hightower: Congress Ethics Rules Undermined by Weasels

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PST

The Democratic majority in the House pushed through a widely ballyhooed set of reforms. Pelosi promised "the most honest, ethical and open Congress in history. How'd that work out?

Jim Hightower: Hightower: What Is Obama Getting Us into in Afghanistan?

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:00:01 PST

Cut the music, and let's all ponder what Barack Obama, Roberts Gates, Stanley McChrystal and Co. are getting us into ... and whether we really want to go there.

Jim Hightower: The War on Weed: Marijuana Is Basically Harmless -- The Monumentally Stupid Drug War Is Not

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

The war on marijuana is insane; our officials keep sacrificing tax dollars, lives, civil liberties, and their own credibility in this misguided and losing effort.

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.