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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.

Jim Hightower

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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
Columnist
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Denison
Texas
James Hightower
James Allen Hightower
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Politics isn't about left versus right it's about top versus bottom.
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You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.
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The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.
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But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do.
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Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?
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Politics ought to be fun. It shouldn't be just boring meetings.
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Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
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Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
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Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one.
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Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.
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The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
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This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
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The media isn't only asleep it doesn't want to know this news, that the people are revolting, in the very best sense of the term, revolting against the thieves in high places and reaching out to each other, which is our great strength.
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If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?
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Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.
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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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But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.
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Founders v. Bush brings the wisdom and eloquence of the Founding Fathers back to the people, while unmasking the fraudulent PR machine that is corrupting their words and stealing our legacy.
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It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.
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