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
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.
boys agriculture littles
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.
fun boring meetings
Politics ought to be fun. It shouldn't be just boring meetings.
media people thieves
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.
doe
When everybody does better, EVERYBODY does better.
america texas attention
When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.
political republican empty
Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
white house politician
What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld.