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THE 8,000-MEMBER GREATER GRACE TEMPLE in Detroit is the home church of many autoworkers, and its Sunday service on December 7 spoke directly to their troubles. The tone was set by the choir's opening selection, "I'm looking for a Miracle." The Pentecostal pastor kept the spirit moving with a sermon he titled "A Hybrid Hope," after which the congregation joined in a full-throated, hallelujah version of the gospel classic, "We're Gonna Make It." For the men and women who actually do the work in automobile manufacturing (America's quintessential industry), the only hope left for dealing with a catastrophic economic meltdown seems to be prayer. 
Bullet Points for Assessing the Bush Years
By As the classic New Year's song asks, "Should auld acquaintance be forgot?"
Not if our auld acquaintance is the Bush regime. Yes, our country will soon be getting a new beginning, and maybe, just maybe, we can put our country back on the right path. As we head that way, however, we ought not totally put out of mind the dark path we've been down the past eight, lest we allow future leaders to take us there again. Let's long remember our old acquaintances of the Bush years.
MCCAIN WALKS WITH GRAMM
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
“Tell me with whom you walk, and I’ll tell you who you are,” goes the old adage.
By that wisdom, John McCain is Phil Gramm, which is another way of saying... [read more]
BUSHITES ATTACK THEIR OWN MESSENGER
Monday, June 2, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
“Self-serving.” “Sad.” “Disingenuous.” “Disgruntled.” “Unprofessional.” These are a few of the carefully-chosen negatives that White House officials are using in an orchestrated media blitz to try to discredit their onetime colleague, Scott McClellan.
... [read more]
THE CORPORATE MCCAIN
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
Who is John McCain? His spin-meisters paint a picture of him as a straight talker, Washington outsider, maverick reformer, determined foe of the special interests, champion of the average Joe.
... [read more]
COWBOY GEORGE, THE HORSE THIEF
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
We've learned the hard way over the past seven years that George W lives in his own fantasy world – a place in which reality is whatever he wants it to be, and facts are... [read more]
A LIBRARY FOR BUSH GROUPIES
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
“Think tank” is not a concept you would associate with George W – and sure enough, there won’t be much thinking done in the Bush library and think tank to be built at Southern Methodist... [read more]
VIDEO: Cowboy George, horse thief
We've learned the hard way over the past seven years that George W lives in his own fantasy world--a place in which reality is whatever he wants it to be, facts notwithstanding.
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THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSIGHTS OF BILL KRISTOL
Monday, February 11, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
The New York Times apparently felt that it needed an insightful right-wing columnist. Instead, it has hired Bill Kristol.
There are plenty of writers on the right who are knowledgeable and... [read more]
RIGHT-WING WARDROBE SILLINESS
Posted by Jim Hightower
Those goofy, right-wing wardrobe police are at it again, getting goofier by the day.
First came the flag pin flap. The wardrobe cops insist that no politician should go out in public... [read more]