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This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
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Denison
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James Hightower
James Allen Hightower
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America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs.
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The real bias of the media is not to the left or to the right, but to the thin strata of economic elites at the top of our society.
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Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.
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