The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
November 15, 2012 -- Volume 18, Number 20


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Gary Cohn p. 1
A promise not kept: profits over people

EDITORIAL p. 2
Defeat the vultures

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The dirty little secret of private equity profits; Plutocrats on welfare; Fortune’s ‘cry of justice’ for the 1%; It’s the media that’s inept, not the post office; Real voter fraud in America

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Food sovereignty is a national security issue

DISPATCHES p. 5
Romney’s bailout bonanza moved car jobs to China;
Romney closes in on 900 lies;
Vote-fraud-tainted firm got $600,000 from GOP
George McGovern, R.I.P.:
Armed Forces favor Obama in donations;
Romney's major flip-flops in third debate;
Issa reveals Libyans working with US;
Familiarity breeds contempt for Mitt;
Romney-linked machines to count Ohio votes;
'War on coal' obscures reality ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
The weird political war between the generations

JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Big food fight

ALLEN BEST p. 6
It’s still a questionable pipeline

GENE LYONS p. 7
You can’t meet the same Mitt Romney twice

SAM PIZZIGATI p. 7
Empty anti-Wall Street rhetoric

DAVID SIROTA p. 7
A GOP shift on taxes?

DEAN BAKER p. 9
The national debt and our children

JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 9
Economic patriotism

ROGER BYBEE p. 10
Ryan fundraising highlights hypocritical votes

ROBERT B. REICH p. 10
The politics of fear and the party of non-voters

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
How to make presidential debates better

JAMIE COURT p. 11
California’s billionaire ballot: good, bad, and ugly

IGOR VOLSKY p. 11
At town hall debate, Romney told 31 ‘myths’

THOMAS F. SCHALLER p. 12
Cool cat Obama shows his claws

ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
Empty suit

MIKE LUX p. 13
Winning the debate, by debating

WILLIAM A. COLLINS p. 13
One nation, under surveillance

KAREN DOLAN p. 13
Rope-a-dope revives the hope

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Will money talk on Nov. 6?

WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Fighting pollution to preserve Clean Water

BOB BURNETT p. 14
Obama vs. Romney: Jobs

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A pyrrhic victory for conservatives

SAM URETSKY p. 15
When states drop ball, no time to cut FDA

MARK ENGLER p. 15
Obama: a better adversary

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Agenda 2013

JOHN BUELL p. 16
On the coming challenges

THE AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 17
Supporting Mexican-American studies

DAVID SCHMIDT p. 17
Immigration and trade: which system is broken

ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
The enemy of my enemy is my president

TINA DUPUY p. 18
Here’s the poll to dispute

JOE CONASON p. 18
Why is America ‘sole bright spot’ in economy?

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Greatest environmentalist of 20th century

TED RALL p. 19
Big Bird is a 1%er

MARK ANDERSON p. 20
Texans confront Keystone’s crude tactics

BILL MOYERS and M. WINSHIP p. 20
Justice to the highest bidder

KARL FRISCH p. 20
Romney’s presidency two years in

POPULIST PICKS/Rob Patterson p. 21
Nashville, Mormons, Tim O’Brien

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Meet the lockout lawyers destroying sports

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Workers fight for justice

CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Ryan’s publicity stunt could hurt soup kitchen

WILL DURST p. 23
Remojoed

POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A riff on a cliff

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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