Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
James Allen "Jim" Hightoweris an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author who served from 1983 to 1991 as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth11 January 1943
CountryUnited States of America
ideas program hee-haw
Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.
believe recovery agriculture
It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'
thinking rich u-haul
Some of these rich folks seem to think that everything belongs to them and they'll even get to take it with them when they die. But you know what? You don't ever see a hearse pulling a U Haul.
real party government
Populism is at its essence [...] just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the corporate power that is overwhelming our economy, our environment, energy, the media, government. [...] One big difference between real populism and what the Tea Party thing is, is that real populists understand that government has become a subsidiary of corporations. So you can't say, let's get rid of government. You need to be saying let's take over government.
water creeks clear
The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.
father people legacy
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.
yellow political lines
The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.
journalism turns
When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
self people greek
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.
tired sick matter
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
god men should-have
The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit.
people political together
The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out.
mother humor two
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.
america built conformist
America was not built by conformists, but by mutineers.