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And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, February 8, 2025

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The Keystone XL Flim-Flam

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER For Rep. Allen West, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is not just a policy matter, it’s a personal pocketbook issue. The Florida Tea Party Republican [who, of course, blames President Obama for the increase] recently posted a message on Facebook wailing that it’s now costing him $70 to fill his Hummer H3. It’s hard to feel the pain of a whining, $174,000-a-year Congress-critter, but millions of regular Americans really are feeling pain […]

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Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.