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Jim Hightower Biography

James Allen Hightower (born January 11, 1943) is an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture.

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Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues

Agriculture, Nature, Pesticides, Residues, Respect

If it's dangerous to talk to yourself, it's probably even dicier to listen.

Dangerous, Dicier, Ifs, Probably, Talk

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.

Campaigns, Effort, Enormous, Levels, Terrific, Wage

Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Conformity, Cowardice, Dead, Fish, Flow

The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit.

Demanded, God, Man, Men, Should Have, Sixth

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

Dead, Lines, Political, Road, Yellow

You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.

Government, Outsiders, Progressive

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?

Briefcases, Logo, Pga, Presidential, Race, Why Not

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.

Media, People, Strength, Term, Thieves

Politics ought to be fun. It shouldn't be just boring meetings.

Boring, Fun, Meetings, Ought, Politics

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.

Back, Bush, Father, People, Stealing, Unmasking

The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.

Clear, Creeks, Hogs, Water

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Armadillos, Bottom, Political, Politics, Top

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.

Energy, Media, Party, Real, Subsidiary, Understand

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

Corporations, Government, Hotel Lobby, Lobby

It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.

Crowing, Doe, Goods, Hen, Roosters, Wisdom

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.

Elephants, Race, Win, Winning

Reagan promised everyone a seven-course dinner. Ours turned out to be a possum and a six-pack.

Dinner, Everyone, Possum, Seven, Six Packs

The corporation cannot be ethical, its only responsibility is to make a profit.

Corporation, Corporations, Ethical, Greed, Profit, Responsibility

Bush and the corporate kleptocrats have stomped on too many people and left too many people out of the system, and those people are now in rebellion. It's not just poor people they are holding down but the middle class, as well. I have a favorite bumper sticker I saw on a pickup truck last year in Austin. It said, "Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"

Basket, Bumper Sticker, Middle, People, Rebellion, Truck

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