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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:
ANOTHER CORPORATE PATH FOR BUYING OUR GOVERNMENT
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Like the five-man majority of Supreme Court justices, perhaps you've been worried sick over the possibility that corporations just don't have enough power over our government.
If so, let me soothe... [read more]
A GOOD BANKING REFORM HAS GONE BAD
Monday, March 8, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
They roll into Washington from the West, the North, the South – good ideas to make our national policies better, to make our economy fairer, to improve our nation. And these good ideas – still... [read more]
LAWMAKERS DANCE WITH THE DEVIL
Thursday, February 25, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
If you choose to dance with the devil, never flatter yourself that you're in the the lead.
This is a fundamental rule that the Congressional Black Caucus apparently forgot. An important... [read more]
PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH CORPORATE WELFARE
Friday, February 12, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
One thing that governors and mayors absolutely love to do is to win a prize in a game called, "Corporate Welfare Roulette."
It's a simple sort of casino game – politicos... [read more]
CORPORATE MONEY FUNDS RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON SENATOR'S OFFICE
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | Posted by Jim Hightower
As Sir Walter Scott warned two centuries ago: "Oh! What a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive!"
He could've been writing about those four right-wing twentysomethings... [read more]
TAKE A TRIP ON AIR BONKERS
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Washington's ethics rules are absolutely bonkers! Take the case of powerhouse lobbyist Don Bonker.
In 2007, to restrict the power of such influence peddlers, Congress passed a reform that prohibits lobbyists... [read more]
WEASELS UNDERMINE ETHICS REFORM
Monday, December 14, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
The word "weasels" not only describes furry, burrowing rodents – but also corporate lobbyists who madly tunnel loopholes through our country's ethics laws.
Take Doheny Global, an energy and real estate... [read more]
FEC HACKS KILL ANOTHER ETHICS REFORM
Thursday, December 10, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
The Federal Election Commission might as well be re-named the Federal Execution Commission, for it repeatedly and ruthlessly takes election reforms down a dark hallway in its building and executes them.
... [read more]
LOOK WHO'S LOBBYING CONGRESS
Monday, October 19, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
How about that messy, silk-stocking coup pulled off this summer by business elites in Honduras? They got their government allies to depose the elected president, Manuel Zelaya, deporting him at gunpoint and installing their own... [read more]
THE GOOFIEST STATE OF ALL
Wherever you live in our Land of the Free, you can count your lucky stars for Texas. That's because year-in and year-out, the Lone Star State sets the national standard for all-star political wackiness, so... [read more]