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In the 1970s, Lily Tomlin developed an iconic comic character she named Ernestine--a telephone clerk who took perverse pleasure from hectoring customers. Her character was a perfect portrayal of the arrogance of AT&T, the monopolistic telephone giant of that day. In one skit on on the TV show, Laugh-In, Tomlin had Ernestine delivering a TV pitch for the corporation:
Recent Commentaries
WALL STREET'S "MOM & POP" BANKERS
Thursday, July 29, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Don't cry for Jamie Dimon, America.
As CEO of JPMorgan Chase, this ruling mogul of Wall Street must now cope with the recently-enacted financial reform bill, which imposes a host of... [read more]
GOLDMAN'S GOLDEN DEAL
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
That'll teach 'em, won't it?
The SEC, Wall Street's top regulator, has whacked the mighty Goldman Sachs with one of the largest penalties in financial history. The high-strutting banking conglomerate... [read more]
ONCE AGAIN OBAMA ABANDONS HIS FRIENDS
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
The Shirley Sherrod Story started as a beautiful anecdote of redemption and personal growth, which she recently related at a meeting of the Georgia NAACP.
Her story would have ended... [read more]
WHY ARE WALL STREET BANKERS GRINNING?
Monday, July 26, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Banker greed is like ugly on a toad – it can't simply be rinsed off, no matter how much regulatory soap you use.
Congress has now enacted new rules to... [read more]
SAVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MILLIONAIRES
Friday, July 23, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Let's hear a cheer for a much maligned group of American workers, for they have stood up and done the right thing!
Not pimps, not drug chieftains, not Big Oil executives... [read more]
FIGHTING THE SUPERBUGS OF ARGRIBUSINESS
Thursday, July 22, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Not so long ago, the "miracle cure" of antibiotics prompted doctors to prescribe them for illnesses as minor as colds and upset tummies. But, then, people began to die. In droves.
... [read more]
WIMPY LEADERS IGNORE A STRONG PEOPLE
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Right-wing Republicans and corporate Democrats have become a pathetic bunch of "No-can-do Nancys."
Faced with an economy reeling from the plutocratic policies that these same lawmakers pushed down upon us, they... [read more]
DELL'S DECEPTIVE "GENIUS"
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Let us now sing the praises of Dell Incorporated. The computer giant offers an object lesson for the laissez-faire ideologues who keep insisting that we should turn our government over to corporations, since they are... [read more]
SURPRISE! THE PEOPLE SPEAK
Monday, July 19, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Michael Duke is the Big Wally of Walmart. As CEO of the low-wage behemoth, he siphons some $19 million a year in personal pay from the global retailer.
How much is... [read more]
GOP GOES "GRASSROOTS," WASHINGTON-STYLE
Congressional Republicans have spent the first two years of the Obama administration as the rock-solid party of "no," "uh-uh," "no way," "forget about it," "nothing doing," "we're-agin-it-and-we'll-kill-it." This is one reason their job approval rating... [read more]