There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos by Jim Hightower

There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos by Jim Hightower

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.

Jim Hightower is a political lightning rod who has spent the last 25 years fighting for working families, consumers, environmentalists, small businesses, and ordinary people in Washington and Wall Street. He admits to being a practicing politician, having served two years as the elected agricultural commissioner of Texas. He writes the biweekly political newspaper The Hightower Lowdown in addition to his popular radio programs, speechifying, and all-around agitation. There's Nothing in the Center of the Road except Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos was his previous best-seller.