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The Hightower Lowdown
Bush’s policy toward democracy is loaded with irony; Corporate Big Brother is watching you shop; Our government legal robs us — of our rights.
Jim Hightower
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The Smithsonian gets sold to the highest bidder; a tiny university builds a first-rate baseball stadium; and a common weed killer plays havoc with Mother Nature.
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Bush likes democracy, except when he doesn’t; business is a poor model for government; The Book Thing gives reading material to the needy.
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Alan Greenspan’s laissez faire fantasy; a Congressman teaches the wrong lesson; and readers re-name Enron.
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Dubya will save us from pollution — with gas masks; polluters get “greenwashing” awards; the Cardinals pitch St. Louis a screwball.
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The new campaign finance reform law still has big loopholes; Bush’s Army Secretary is a stealth Enronite; and toys make some kids very unhappy.
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Disney shows its commitment to journalism with the Koppel-Letterman flap; the Bushites are Bozos.
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Republicans and Democrats march off to the money wars; Dick Cheney does business with Iraq; and baseball speeds up — to its own detriment.
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Dubya’s “tax rebate” was really a deceptive slight of hand; overworked doctors endanger your life; and a contest to rename Enron.
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Dubya lets polluters make messes, but we pay for the clean-up; the computer industry isn’t as clean as it would like us to think; and the National Academy of Scientists calls for closer scrutiny of biotech.
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The Pentagon lies to us … and unashamedly admits it; Global Crossing investors and employees get Enronized; New York City whores its parks to the highest bidder.