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The earth's core, consisting largely of iron, helps balance our spinning planet. On the other hand, the core of too many of today's prominent political leaders consists almost entirely of unintended irony, which tends to make them go all wobbly on their political stands. This might be comical were it not so destructive for our nation.
Shouldn't Americans repair America's infrastructure
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Listening at last to his inner-FDR, President Obama is going straight at the Know-nothing/Do-nothing Republican Congress.
At a recent rally on a bridge connecting Rep. John Boehner's state of Ohio... [read more]
The GOP's jobs debate
Thursday, September 22, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Now, let's turn the Hubble telescope to the far away galaxy where Rick, Mitt, Michele, and Goofy are contending for the Republican presidential nomination.
In the GOP's recent debate at the... [read more]
Obama's "bold" jobs plan
Monday, September 19, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
President Obama has joined the perky posse of national leaders who're urging Americans to be more upbeat about the economic doldrums we're in. "Shake off all the naysaying and the anxiety and the hand-wringing," he... [read more]
Your job, Mr. President, is jobs
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Get ready – President Obama says he is now ready to "pivot" to that nagging issue of American joblessness!
Pivot? How about focusing on it relentlessly, even (dare I say it?)... [read more]
A corporate mule v. FAA workers
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
I'm often asked, "Do Republicans serve any real purpose in Congress?" Yes, they do. They proudly serve as the plodding pack mules of Corporate America, dutifully hauling any load that a corporation piles on their... [read more]
Obama to jobless Americans: Mañana
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Having just been rolled by tea party Republicans in the debt ceiling circus, Barack Obama now says that his priority is job creation. Wow, what took him so long?
Jobs should... [read more]
A right wing jobs program for America
Friday, July 29, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Attention jobless Americans! If you're among the millions of longterm unemployed people searching in vain for a job, here's a hot tip: They are hiring in Wisconsin.
There is one little... [read more]
CLASS WAR CASUALTIES
Friday, April 1, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
I recently joined hundreds of Texans in a "Day of the Fallen" protest. Leading our march to the State Capitol were people bearing 138 black coffins.
This was not a... [read more]
DEALING WITH JOBLESSNESS BY CAUSING MORE OF IT
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
It took him some 80 years, but he has now made what looks to be a full comeback to power.
He is Herbert Hoover. With the Great Depression spreading misery across... [read more]
Tech execs say U.S. is failing them
Last year, during an intimate chat & chew dinner with some Silicon Valley high-tech barons, President Barack Obama posed a question to Steve Jobs, baron of the Apple empire. "What would it take to make... [read more]