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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. 
WANTED: A COMPETENT GOVERNMENT
Monday, November 3, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
As we traipse merrily into our voting booths, let's revisit the quaint notion that a government ought to be minimally competent.
I know, I know – since Ronnie Reagan, we've been... [read more]
JOHN MCCAIN’S WHITE SUIT
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
Never wear a white suit when slinging political mud.
Sen. John McCain seems to have forgotten this, and now he’s getting mud all over his once-proud image as a man of integrity,... [read more]
FIGHT THE SMEARS
Friday, September 19, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
As the old political adage tells us, a lie can be halfway around the world before truth gets its boots on.
The Karl-Rovian, Swift-Boatian school of smear politics relies on this... [read more]
MCCAIN SHOWS US HIS CHARACTER
Monday, September 15, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
Maybe you’re concerned about the collapse of America’s housing market, the disappearance of middle-class wages, the bloody mess in Iraq, or any number of other big issues. If so, you’ll be excited to learn that... [read more]
Sarah Palin's Faux Populism
By 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.
WHAT MCCAIN’S VP CHOICE SAYS ABOUT HIM
Monday, September 8, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
John McCain might love America, in the abstract, but he clearly has little regard for us Americans, in the here and now.
That’s the message that he sent with his choice... [read more]
GUILT BY ASSOCIATION
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
Let’s play “Guilt By Association,” the fun-filled, down-and-dirty political game that is so popular with right-wing politicos!
This year, the chief gamester is an outfit calling itself the American Issues Project
... [read more]
BLOOMBERG THUMBS NOSE AT PUBLIC
Posted by Jim Hightower
Some politicians grow in office. Others merely bloat.
You can mark down Michael Bloomberg as a bloater. He’s the billionaire who’s been mayor of New York City for two terms, and... [read more]