Synopses & Reviews
< center=""> Revised, and with a New Introduction by the Author< enter=""> < p=""> < blockquote=""> I am an agitator, and an agitator is the center post in a washing machine that gets the dirt out.< br=""> --Jim Hightower< lockquote=""> < p=""> Hightower is mad as hell and he& #39; s not going to take it anymore He& #39; s also funny as hell, and in this book he focuses his sharp Texas wit, populist passion, and native smarts on America& #39; s political, economic, scientific, and media establishments. In < i=""> There& #39; s Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos, <> Hightower shows not only what& #39; s wrong, but also how to fix it, offering specific solutions and calling for a new political movement of working families and the poor to take America back from the bankers and bosses, the big shots and bastards. < p=""> < blockquote=""> If you don& #39; t read another book about what& #39; s wrong with this country for the rest of your life, read this one. I think it& #39; s the best and most important book about out public life I& #39; ve read in years. < br=""> --Molly Ivins, author of < i=""> Molly Ivins Can& #39; t Say That, Can She?<> < p=""> When do we get to vote for Jim Hightower for president? Will somebody please tell me? When do we get to vote for Jim Hightower for president?.< br=""> --Michael Moore, author of < i=""> Downsize This <> < p=""> Listen to Jim Hightower. His is a two-fisted, rambunctious voice unafraid to speak truth to power, eloquently and clearly...He& #39; s one of the best. < br=""> --Studs Terkel< lockquote="">
Synopsis
There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos is a lucid, viciously funny, downright refreshing look at the mess we're in and how we got there. It argues that government (both of the left and the right) and big business are inextricably committed to protecting each other's economic and political interests. In the bargain, of course, the common people get steamrolled. Hightower shows why neither Republicans nor Democrats have ever seriously addressed the needs of the disenfranchised.aBut Hightower is no whiner-he offers populist, grassroots solutions to the problems he sees. He demonstrates how the poor-and now the middle-class-represents a true populist majority that has channeled its anger into grassroots organizing that is already making a difference at the local level. From who really runs Washington to fixing the environment, from laying bare the dirty politics behind the new global economy to the malevolent manipulations of cyberspace, Hightower leaves no contemporary issues unscathed. There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos is sure to evoke heated opinions from all parts of the political spectrum, and to generate much critical discussion.
Synopsis
Revised, and with a New Introduction by the Author
I am an agitator, and an agitator is the center post in a washing machine that gets the dirt out.
--Jim Hightower
Hightower is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore He's also funny as hell, and in this book he focuses his sharp Texas wit, populist passion, and native smarts on America's political, economic, scientific, and media establishments. In There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos, Hightower shows not only what's wrong, but also how to fix it, offering specific solutions and calling for a new political movement of working families and the poor to take America back from the bankers and bosses, the big shots and bastards.
If you don't read another book about what's wrong with this country for the rest of your life, read this one. I think it's the best and most important book about out public life I've read in years.
--Molly Ivins, author of Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
When do we get to vote for Jim Hightower for president? Will somebody please tell me? When do we get to vote for Jim Hightower for president?.
--Michael Moore, author of Downsize This
Listen to Jim Hightower. His is a two-fisted, rambunctious voice unafraid to speak truth to power, eloquently and clearly...He's one of the best.
--Studs Terkel
Synopsis
Revised, and with a New Introduction by the Author "I am an agitator, and an agitator is the center post in a washing machine that gets the dirt out."
--Jim Hightower
Hightower is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore! He's also funny as hell, and in this book he focuses his sharp Texas wit, populist passion, and native smarts on America's political, economic, scientific, and media establishments. In There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos, Hightower shows not only what's wrong, but also how to fix it, offering specific solutions and calling for a new political movement of working families and the poor to "take America back from the bankers and bosses, the big shots and bastards."
"If you don't read another book about what's wrong with this country for the rest of your life, read this one. I think it's the best and most important book about out public life I've read in years."
--Molly Ivins, author of Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? "When do we get to vote for Jim Hightower for president? Will somebody please tell me? When do we get to vote for Jim Hightower for president?."
--Michael Moore, author of Downsize This!
"Listen to Jim Hightower. His is a two-fisted, rambunctious voice unafraid to speak truth to power, eloquently and clearly...He's one of the best."
--Studs Terkel
About the Author
Jim Hightower is a political spark plug who has spent 25 years battling Washington and Wall Street on behalf of working families, consumers, environmentalists, small businesses and just plain folk. He confesses that he has been a practicing politician, serving two terms as Texas' elected agriculture commisioner. In addition to his popular radio broadcasts, his speechifying and all-around agitating, he publishes the biweekly political newsletter The Hightower Lowdown. His previous bestseller was There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos.
Table of Contents
Corporateworld!: they get the mine, we get the shaft -- Logos galore -- Fore! -- NPM memo --Getting a leg up on corporations -- Vernon Jordan's dream -- High-tech excess -- Happiness -- Class war: let's check the Doug Jones average -- How ya doin? -- Statistical whitewash -- The lion's share -- How do you spell "boss?" -- Ruth's bricks -- St. Peter -- A shining city on the hill -- The next best thing to slaves -- Labor day -- Earrings on a hog -- The media: like cats watching the wrong mousehole -- Liberal media, my ass -- The day Ted Koppel left town -- Tales of the tube -- The real media bias -- Synergy -- The people are revolting -- Alternatives -- Pollution: "status quo" is Latin for "the mess we're in" -- Those damn environmentalists -- Wrestling the world from fools -- Nimby -- Science -- Hogs, turkeys, and mad cows -- Uncle Ben -- Time magazine is killing us -- Coming clean -- Politics: you don't have to be in Who's Who to know what's what -- My daddy and other mutts -- I hate losing when we win -- Political math -- Advice -- Campaigning -- Church -- The day Jim Bob discovered democracy -- Look up -- Daddy's philosophy.