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
government outsiders progressive
You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.
country government media
Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.
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.
fall government people
Liberals want to manage the damage with government programs to take care of those who have fallen between the cracks. Populists want to fix the cracks so that people don't fall in the first place.
hotel-lobby government corporations
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
mistakes
We just made a lot of mistakes in the jamboree,
consistent few missed next plays regroup
We just had a few plays missed by a hair. We weren't consistent on offense. We need to regroup and see if we can be a little better next week.
There won't be any trick-or-treating with him this year,
allowing defense dominated ended rushing six super total yards
Our defense dominated most of the night. We ended up allowing -20 yards rushing and six yards of total offense. The defense did a super job.
american-activist dead middle road stripes yellow
There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.
eliminate good great mistakes playing tradition
Like us, Carencro is playing a lot of sophomores. They have great tradition and they're very talented. We'll have to eliminate our mistakes so we can give them a good game.
american-activist attack democracy harsh rather september
I think democracy is under attack in our country. I think it was under attack before September 11th, and now is under rather harsh attack.
goes heart
My heart goes out to all those people,
american-activist
If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?