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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
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Denison
Texas
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Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
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You have to learn to read between the lies.
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Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
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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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The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.
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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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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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Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
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When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.
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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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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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The original Greek word idiotes referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their own life and were both ignorant of and uncaring about public concerns and the common good.
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