Stories by Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the new book, "Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow." (Wiley, March 2008) He publishes the monthly "Hightower Lowdown," co-edited by Phillip Frazer.
Rather than offshoring, corporate greedheads now call it 'remote global sourcing,' or 'right-shoring' to disguise the perfidy.
Posted on Jun 15, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In this current three-year burst of productivity, America has lost jobs, and wages have either stagnated or fallen while CEOs reap the benefits.
Posted on Jun 15, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Sometimes it takes the unspeakable horror of war to unveil ugly truths about national policies that our so-called leaders don't want us to notice, much less discuss.
Posted on Jun 8, 2004, Source: AlterNet
It's not Smarty Jones that's got me all excited about horse racing. It's the appalling behavior of corporatized race jockeys.
Posted on Jun 8, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Leave it to the kooks in congress and their sidekicks--the right wing pundits and talk-show yakkers--to see a "liberal conspiracy" behind the torture photos coming out of U.S. military prisons in Iraq.
Posted on Jun 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet
My, my -- the highly-touted benefits of globalizing America's high-tech jobs have just gotten a political comeuppance.
Posted on Jun 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Refusal by the Bushites to take responsibility for the prison torture scandal in Iraq is as reprehensible as the acts themselves.
Posted on May 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Two years ago, Bush loudly demanded tough new rules to govern greedy CEOs, and he handpicked William Donaldson to serve as the new top cop on the Wall Street beat.
Posted on May 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Bush administration prosmises to do nothing to stop the outsourcing of U.S. high-tech jobs to India and, indeed, would oppose all congressional efforts to stop it.
Posted on May 18, 2004, Source: AlterNet
A company called Applied Digital Solutions wants you to undergo a surgical procedure to implant a tiny RFID microchip in your arm.
Posted on May 18, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The getting was very, very good for those at the top in 2003.
Posted on May 11, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Wizmark, has brought to us the world's first -- are you ready? -- "interactive urinal communicator."
Posted on May 11, 2004, Source: AlterNet
What is one of the most dangerous things you can do when you get seriously ill? Go to the hospital.
Posted on May 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
National Park Service announced this February that it would allow BNP Petroleum Corporation to drill for natural gas on Padre Island National Seashore.
Posted on May 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
National Park Service announced this February that it would allow BNP Petroleum Corporation to drill for natural gas on Padre Island National Seashore.
Posted on May 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The un-elected head of America's monetary system moves to take money from the pockets of retirees.
Posted on Apr 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Global warming will change everything ... except for Bush environmental policy.
Posted on Apr 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Most Americans are still mired in a low-wage economy that can't be fixed by hype.
Posted on Apr 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Allow me to introduce you to a fabulous opportunity. A tax loophole so big you could drive a Hummer H2 through it!
Posted on Apr 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Karl has been trying to slime Richard Clarke, the counter-terrorism expert who has blown the whistle on our toy-soldier 'war president'.
Posted on Apr 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Have you noticed that one of the Bushite's favorite words is 'robust?' It implies vigor, action, power. It's a manly sort of word that they punch out of their mouths like a fist.
Posted on Apr 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet
There's a quiet crisis spreading in the America that Washington and Wall Street either never visit or ignore.
Posted on Apr 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet
This isn't the Soviet Union, this is the Land of the Free, we don't allow government-scripted news in America! Right?!?
Posted on Apr 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Republicans stand to gain much from the rewriting of local district borders.
Posted on Mar 30, 2004, Source: AlterNet
What threat does Chavez pose to us? None. Zero. Zip.
Posted on Mar 30, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Clean election initiatives give candidates of any party the chance to finance both their primary and general-election campaigns with public funds.
Posted on Mar 23, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Social Security has lowered poverty levels, yet is under attack from all angles.
Posted on Mar 23, 2004, Source: AlterNet
If you think CorporateWorld can't get any more conniving, you've not figured on Monsanto.
Posted on Mar 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Wal-Mart workers get barely a third of Costco's pay, plus a lousy health-care plan. Costco even has unions!
Posted on Mar 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Two-thirds of infected cows couldn't be tracked and presumably had ended up in our lunches and dinners. The administration's response: "It's time to move on."
Posted on Mar 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet
I have excellent news, Americans! The Bushites have come up with a sure-fire plan to increase the number of manufacturing jobs in the USA!
Posted on Mar 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet
For the Bushites, all the world is a stage, and we're merely the people who have to pay for their show.
Posted on Mar 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Sleight-of-hand has become George's chief presidential legacy, and if you actually look at the budget numbers, you'll see a paucity of support behind his rich rhetoric.
Posted on Mar 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
For a civic lesson on how government works in this modern age, look no further than the example of Southern Company.
Posted on Feb 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Not only does Bush's budget not add up, it pretends that 2+2 equals 22 and that you and I are too stupid to know the difference.
Posted on Feb 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
If you've got an old wreck of a car with a busted engine, you can put the shiniest coat of paint that there is on it, but that old wreck still won't take you anywhere.
Posted on Feb 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
"Let us be dissatisfied," said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "until the dark yesterdays of segregated schools will be transformed into bright tomorrows of quality integrated education."
Posted on Feb 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
f you've ever seen a big washing machine go into its spin cycle, you have some idea of how fast the Bushites are spinning the truth as they try to launder their story on those missing Weapons of Mass Destruction, which they insisted only a year ago that Saddam Hussein had and was prepared to fling at America.
Posted on Feb 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Anyone who still thinks there's not a dime's worth of difference between the two parties should take a look at a Washington squabble over the dime itself.
Posted on Feb 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Something major is taking place in our country that corporate chieftains don't want us talking about: Jobless creep.
Posted on Feb 3, 2004, Source: AlterNet
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