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. subscribe to Jim Hightower's feed

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

Posted on: May 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet

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.

Hightower: Democrats Give Wall Street a Big, Wet Kiss

Posted on: May 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Yet more evidence that the banks own Washington.

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

Posted on: May 7, 2009, Source: Hightower Lowdown

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

Why Is Texas So Psycho?

Posted on: Apr 24, 2009, Source: Creators Syndicate

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

'Too Big to Fail' Is Too Big -- Period

Posted on: Apr 3, 2009, Source: Creators Syndicate

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

Obama to Bring More Mercenaries to Afghanistan -- Sound Familiar?

Posted on: Mar 27, 2009, Source: Creators Syndicate

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.

Americans Are Raring for a Fight Against Corporate Power

Posted on: Mar 15, 2009, Source: Hightower Lowdown

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

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

Posted on: Mar 11, 2009, Source: Creators Syndicate

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

Why Are We "Surging" into Afghanistan?

Posted on: Feb 27, 2009, Source: Creators Syndicate

Not for nothing is that country called "the burial ground of empires," "a guerilla's paradise" and "the theme park of problems."

Obama Won on a Populist Surge -- So Where's the Populist Policy?

Posted on: Feb 18, 2009, Source: Creators Syndicate

In no time at all the treasury secretary has reduced Obama's populist bark to a puppy whimper. What are we going to do about it?

Wall Streeters Want Our Pity -- Gimme a Break

Posted on: Feb 12, 2009, Source: Creators Syndicate

Those poor, unappreciated Wall Street execs keep whining about the prospect of pay caps. Someone pass a hankie.

The CIA's Bizarre Plan to Win Hearts and Hard-ons in Afghanistan

Posted on: Feb 6, 2009, Source: JimHightower.com

The CIA plans to lift us to victory -- one libido at a time!

Why Is the Government Hell-Bent on Rewarding Greed, Incompetence and Narcissism?

Posted on: Feb 4, 2009, Source: Creators Syndicate

Washington shouldn't reward Wall Street's culture of excess. Instead, it should insist that those who wrecked the economy be fired.

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters

Posted on: Dec 5, 2008, Source: JimHightower.com

With more than 14,000 square feet of prime mall space, the experience center is bigger than three basketball courts and is filled with lots of dazzle.

The Five Most Wanted Rip-off Artists from Wall Street and Washington

Posted on: Nov 2, 2008, Source: Hightower Lowdown

Our economy didn't melt down, it was taken down the unbridled greed of economic elites, enabled by their political courtesans in Washington.

Sarah Palin's Faux Populism

Posted on: Sep 10, 2008, Source: AlterNet

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 it does.

Sarah Palin May Be a Pit Bull in Lipstick, but She's No Populist

Posted on: Sep 4, 2008, Source: JimHightower.com

Mary Ellen Lease would be ashamed.

A Swarm of Lobbyists Would Run McCain's White House

Posted on: Aug 31, 2008, Source: Hightower Lowdown

McCain has already assembled his clique of advisors, and they don't have our best interests in mind.

If Obama Wins, Who Will Be in His Cabinet -- And Who Should Be?

Posted on: Aug 27, 2008, Source: Hightower Lowdown

Obama's advisers will be the ones whispering in the president's ear and pulling the levers of executive power.

Checks for $600 Won't Fix Our Economy

Posted on: Mar 27, 2008, Source: Hightower Lowdown

America can't shop its way to greatness, and this one-time, government-funded shopping spree won't lead us to a sound economy.

Swim Against the Current: Ordinary Americans Can Make Change Happen

Posted on: Mar 6, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The fight for our country's future is still in our hands. Grass-roots movements are breaking free from corporate control.

Jim Hightower on "Cowboy George, Horse Thief" [VIDEO]

Posted on: Feb 13, 2008, Source: AlterNet

We've learned the hard way over the past seven years that George W lives in his own fantasy world.

Immigrants Come Here Because Globalization Took Their Jobs Back There

Posted on: Feb 6, 2008, Source: Hightower Lowdown

Seal-the-border hysteria is everywhere. Instead of blaming immigrants for America's problems, let's look at executives on both sides of the border.

Jim Hightower: Republicans Want to Put Reagan on Rushmore [VIDEO]

Posted on: Jan 16, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The real Reagan certainly doesn't deserve the heights of Rushmore, but neither did he fall to the depth of today's extremists who claim his image.

We're Mad as Hell and the Dems Aren't Listening

Posted on: Jan 13, 2008, Source: Hightower Lowdown

The Democrats' fizzle in the face of the power-grabbing Bush administration is doing serious damage to America's political psyche.

Jim Hightower's Gifts for a Happier New Year [VIDEO]

Posted on: Dec 21, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America's power elites for Christmas.

Jim Hightower: It's Holiday Shopping Season for Lobbyists Too [VIDEO]

Posted on: Dec 15, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Their shopping list is filled with requests for the Bushites to rig regulatory rules to benefit their industries.

Jim Hightower on Sweatshop Crucifixes [VIDEO]

Posted on: Dec 6, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Just in time for Christmas comes something that Christians worldwide will consider to be an abomination.

Jim Hightower on Voting With Your Dollars [VIDEO]

Posted on: Nov 27, 2007, Source: AlterNet

We are not powerless consumers. We're sovereign citizens who can send a potent message to corporate profiteers by voting with our dollars. So...do it!

Jim Hightower: Help Save the GOP From Their Own Socialism [VIDEO]

Posted on: Nov 21, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Since Bush and his GOP allies don't believe in federalized medicine, it is our duty to free them of the burden of having their own health coverage paid for by us taxpayers!

Bush-Cheney Really Are Planning to Attack Iran!

Posted on: Nov 16, 2007, Source: Hightower Lowdown

Bush & Buckshot are riding their little stick horses, demonizing another Muslim nation -- and the Dems are supporting it. We've got to shut them down.

Jim Hightower: Bush Administration Attacks Our Freedom to Protest [VIDEO]

Posted on: Nov 14, 2007, Source: AlterNet

George W likes to claim that global terrorists are out to attack America because "They hate our freedoms." But we're learning that it's really the Bushites themselves who hate America's freedoms.

Jim Hightower on "Panties for Peace": A Very Personal Protest in Burma [VIDEO]

Posted on: Nov 7, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Over the years, I've come across some very clever protest actions, but here's one that just beats the pants off all the others.

Jim Hightower: Revisiting the Arrest of Protesters at the RNC in '04 [VIDEO]

Posted on: Oct 31, 2007, Source: AlterNet

It's not the demonstrators who are out of control, it's the authorities. And they're not merely cracking down on a few people - they're trampling the Constitutional rights of all of us.

Jim Hightower: Are Rudy, Mitt, and Fred Living In Your World? [VIDEO]

Posted on: Oct 24, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Gosh, I want to go to GOPland. What a wonderful place it is: sunny skies every day, bluebirds of happiness everywhere, and an always-booming economy that's spreading wealth to everyone!

Is a Presidential Coup Under Way?

Posted on: Oct 22, 2007, Source: Hightower Lowdown

The Constitution is being trampled and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered -- a presidential coup is taking place. Where is Congress?

U.S. Government's Plan to Protect You From Terrorist Livestock

Posted on: Sep 18, 2007, Source: Hightower Lowdown

A new animal-tracking system could put Big Brother in your backyard -- even if you're not a farmer.

Subprime Loans = Primetime for Vampire Lenders

Posted on: Aug 21, 2007, Source: Hightower Lowdown

How "reputable" financial firms are using an arsenal of tricks to extract high payments from homeowners, drain their equity and steal their homes.

Wait, There Actually Is a Bridge in Brooklyn You Can Sell Me?

Posted on: Jul 22, 2007, Source: Hightower Lowdown

In these weird times of privatization fever, selling off bridges, toll roads and airports is no longer considered preposterous -- for the billionaires who can afford them it's good business.

The Bushites Have Outsourced Our Government to Their Pals

Posted on: Jun 19, 2007, Source: Hightower Lowdown

The sprawling $43 billion homeland security department is known for being in charge of America's color-coded terrorist-threat alarm system, a sham that obscures HSD's real mission: to serve as a giant federal cookie jar for corporate America.

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