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Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
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The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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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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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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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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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 corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
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Politics isn't about left versus right it's about top versus bottom.
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Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.
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Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.
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Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.
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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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The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.
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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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