To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Who Needs Wall Street Giants?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and the handful of other behemoths of Wall Street that dominate American banking – who needs them? After enduring years of insatiable greed by the slick-fingered hucksters who run these gambling houses; after watching in dismay as their ineptness and avarice drained more than $19 […]
The ‘Geezers’ Are Right This Time
BY FROMA HARROP Alan Simpson let loose at a group of Californians who charged in a brochure that he and Erskine Bowles were “using the deficit to gut our Social Security.” The former Republican senator from Wyoming sent the California Association of Retired Americans a characteristically colorful response, which I quote: “What a wretched group […]
Bullying Vs. Statesmanship
Snarling Banks
BY JIM HIGHTOWER We’re sick and tired of being bullied and stomped on by the Powers That Be in Washington, and by gollies, we’re not going to take it anymore! Hooray! It’s about time that workers, consumers, small farmers and other “small fry” joined together in a populist rebellion to make big-shot Congress critters of […]
Bain And Our Screwed-Up Culture
BY FROMA HARROP We recently saluted Leslie Sabo for giving his life to save fellow soldiers in Vietnam 40 years ago. Injured after shielding a comrade with his body, the Pennsylvanian grabbed his grenade and stormed the foe’s bunker. He died in the explosion. For his selflessness, America awarded Sabo the Congressional Medal of Honor. […]