Part of the failure of the corporate media is that they don't dig out stories anymore. They are looking down from the top floors. Media work used to be something that was down on the ground level. Now they are looking out of the windows in the top suites, and they don't know what's going on out there. And then there are the corporate owners who don't want this stuff reported because if one town learns that the next town has defeated Wal-Mart or stopped sweatshop goods, then other towns are going to want to do the same thing.
Jim HightowerThe original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their own life and were both ignorant of and uncaring about public concerns and the common good.
Jim HightowerThe Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit.
Jim HightowerIf ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.
Jim HightowerAmerica's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs.
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