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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.
REAL AMERICANS
Friday, October 31, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
It hurts me deeply to say this, but here goes: I’m not a real American.
Oh, I’m proud to live in America and grateful for all the opportunities I’ve been given... [read more]
MCCAIN, THE ANTI-MAVERICK
Monday, October 13, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
John McCain keeps calling himself “a maverick” and is even calling the McCain-Palin ticket, “Maverick Squared.”
Puh-leeze. It’s been my privilege to know some genuine mavericks, and I can tell you... [read more]
MCAIN'S "LEADERSHIP ROLE" ON BAILOUT
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
Drum majors do less strutting than John McCain did during the Washington negotiations over the infamous Wall Street bailout. And drum majors at least lead the band down the field; McCain, on the other hand,... [read more]
ARMING THE WORLD
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
At last, George W has carved his legacy in stone, and it truly is monumental. Working with military contractors that backed his presidential runs, Bush has become history’s number one gunrunner! He has now sold... [read more]
ANOTHER BUSH MESS TO CLEAN UP
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
Watching the Bush Administration in its final few months is like watching one of those scenes in a submarine disaster movie when the aa-oogah horn blows and crew members rush every which way to jerryrig... [read more]
Sarah Palin's Faux Populism
Originally published on AlterNet.org
It was not my intention to be writing about Sarah Palin, since everyone with a laptop, a No. 2 pencil or a red crayon seems to be covering that beat. But then came the pundits:
"She's a populist," gushed Karl Rove on Fox TV. Weird, since this right-wing political slime and corporate whore loathes, demonizes, mocks, fears and tries to destroy real populists.
AMERICA’S MIDDLE-CLASS REALITY
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
Among the media and political elites, there has been an anguished outcry against Sen. Barack Obama’s call for ending the Bush tax giveaways to people making more than $250,000 a year. Wait, they wail, that’s... [read more]
BUSHS FAILED VICTORY LAP IN IRAQ
Posted by Jim Hightower
In 2003, just before the Bushites invaded and occupied Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney assured our wary nation that the whole thing would be a cakewalk, and that George W would be a hero to... [read more]