Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Search Results for: jim hightower
Jim Hightower : Republican Hypocrites Rag on the Poor
Image from Grub Street.Madcap schtick of Bauer and Linder:Republicans out of touch as middle class sinks By Jim Hightower / February 4, 2010 American politics is a hoot! Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places — and … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : Texas’ Governor Goodhair is One Pandering Goober
Texas’ Panderer-in-Chief, Gov. Rick Perry, covers his lovely locks with a gimme cap at the Texas tea party rally April 15, 2009 at the state capitol. With him is Michael Quinn Sullivan of Texans for Fiscal responsibility. Photo by Harry … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : ‘Too Big to Fail’ Is Too Big, Period.
Too big to fail. Photo by Jennifer Szymaszek / AP / Noise Between Stations. The ‘too big’ claim forms the rationale for the diversion of regular people’s money into rich people’s pockets. By Jim Hightower / April 4, 2009. As … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Bank Bailouts, Federal Reserve, Finance, Jim Hightower, Wall Street Bailout
1 Comment
Jim Hightower : Stop Taking Bull From Wall Street
‘As a consequence of their avaricious grab for outrageous personal enrichment during the past decade, these arrogant titans of financial gimmickry have caused a vast economic collapse…’ Why Is the Government Hell-Bent on Rewarding Greed, Incompetence and Narcissism? By Jim … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Congressional Bailout, Corporate Corruption, Economic Stimulus, Jim Hightower, Wall Street
Leave a comment
Jim Hightower : Diminishing the Stench in Congress
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: ‘In the summer, because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol.’By Jim Hightower / December 19, 2008 Perhaps you are as excited as I am that, … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : The Five Most Wanted Men from Wall Street and Washington
Our economy didn’t melt down, it was taken down by ideological extremists.By Jim Hightower / November 3, 2008 What the hell’s happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money? Even … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Banking, Corporate Corruption, Economic Collapse, Economy, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Jim Hightower, Wall Street
Leave a comment
Jim Hightower : Banking Jobs on the Move (Overseas)
‘These powerhouse bankers – who profit enormously from America’s people, laws, protections, and subsidies – no longer feel any responsibility for providing good American jobs’By Jim Hightower / September 25, 2008 Let’s hear it for Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : Sarah Palin’s Faux Populism
Talking populist? Here’s the real thing: Progressive labor leader and community organizer Mother Jones.‘Living in a small town and being able to field dress a moose does not make Palin a populist, no matter how much pundits want to pretend … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Jim Hightower, Populism, Presidential Campaign, Progressives, Sarah Palin, Wall Street
1 Comment
Jim Hightower : The Price of Autocratic Arrogance
A mass arrest under way at an antiwar protest in Manhattan on April 7, 2003. Convictions: zero. Cost: $2 million. Photo by Dawn Reel / NYT.Running a police state is expensiveBy Jim Hightower / September 2, 2008 To your list … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Iraq War, Jim Hightower, New York City, Peace Movement, Police State, Political Protest, Protest
Leave a comment
BOOKS : Jim Hightower Raising Hell
‘Texas has produced some of the most arresting progressive voices of the last generation. Working against the state’s Rightward flow, they have harkened to its populist tradition’By Jonathan Rowe / August 20, 2008 There is something to be said for … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Authors, Books, Jim Hightower, Populism, Progressives, Texas
Leave a comment
Jim Hightower : Bush’s Empty Promise to Wounded Vets
Portrait of Marine Staff Stg. John Jones by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. ‘Where is George when thousands severely wounded in his misguided Iraq war need him to act?’ By Jim Hightower / August 6, 2008 When Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, and Fannie … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : ‘Gooberhead Award’
VA treating vets as lab ratsBy Jim Hightower / July 22, 2008 Time for another Gooberhead Award, presented periodically to those in the news who’ve got their mouths going 100 miles an hour – but forgot to put their brains … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged GI's, Health Care, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, PTSD, Veterans, Veterans Administration
Leave a comment
