August 8, 2009

Vol 1 No 5

Nye-Gateway to Nevada’s Rurals

P o l i t i c a l N e w s a n d C o m m e n t a r y

L e g i s l a t o r s f o r S a l e
Keith Olbermann of
Inside MSNBC’s Countdown gressmen and Congress-
broadcast a Special women whom he identi-
Miscellaneous Comment. fies as being ―owned‖ by
2 the healthcare and phar-
It centers around the maceutical special inter-
AARP: Myths about
2
idea ―that our govern- ests, all to your detriment.
healthcare
ment is of the corpora-
tion, by the corporation, It is a serious struggle
Legislators for Sale Keith Olbermann
2 and for the corporation with consequences we will
shall not perish from this live with the remainder of
President Obama on Or- our lives. heed our wishes and vote
ganizing for healthcare
earth.‖
3 against us in favor of some
It is all about the resis- Olbermann has a way special interest we must
tance of the for profit with words. I hope you reciprocate by voting
CREW seeks answers 3 healthcare and pharma- that read this will learn against them.
ceutical industries to about each of those legis-
Senator Ben Nelson un- lators and become in- But back our government
der Siege 3 healthcare reformation.
formed voters. Too many with our vote. Read more.
They are spending over of us vote blindly.
Advertisements 4 $1 million dollars a day
for Congress to watch We tend to fail to under-
Contact & Disclaimer 6
out for their interests in stand it is our government
the reformation. and control it.

He names and admon- When legislators fail to

ishes Senators and Con-

R a c h e l M a d d o w : U n i v e r s a l H e a l t h C a r e
Rachel Maddow, going ―Town Hall" meet- at these meetings. be s ing le - p a yer
MSNBC, has Senator ings across the nation Sanders says it is a se- which most everyone
Bernie Sanders, the about healthcare re- rious issue and people can understand and
independent Senator, form. don’t understand it be- it would take the
on her show. cause the administra- wind out of the insur-
Maddow asks Sanders tion is failing to explain ance company’s
They discuss the ―level why so much it clearly. Sanders sails. Read more.
of discourse" in the on- ―craziness" is going on thinks the reform should
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L e g i s l a t o r s f o r s a l e

Keith Olbermann, sively. Pharma owns Thune of South Da-

MSNBC, rendered one
of his famous ―Special
Comments" about
members of Congress
selling out their con-
stituents in favor of
special interests.
―Because
the insurance indus-
try owns the Republi-
can Party. Not exclu-
part of it, too. Hospitals
and HMO’s, another
part. Nursing
homes — they have a
share. You name a
Republican, any Re-
publican, and he is
literally brought to you
by… campaign dona-
tions from the Health
Sector. Sen. John
kota?‖ Olbermann
charges.
―If you will behave as if
you are Republicans
— as if you are the Legislator
prostitutes of our sys-
tem —you will be
judged as such. And
you will lose not
merely our respect. Legislatess
You will lose your jobs!‖ Read more.

A AR P : M y t h s a b o u t
I don’t know about you
but I get lots of e-mail
full of deception, lies,
dumb assertions, etc
about healthcare re-
Genie form.
There is so much mis-
information out there
that AARP has pre-
pared a list of myths
h e a l t h c a r e
that are being spread terest groups trying to
around the nation by block progress
special interest groups on health care re-
that want to defeat re- form by using myths
form and retain the and scare tactics,"
status quo which the AARP says.
insurance and pharma-
ceutical industries wish ―Actually, these are
to retain. false statements.‖
―There are special in- Read more.

Having trouble read-
ing this newsletter?
Maybe I can help. Go
here and see if the in-
structions helps you
read it better. If not let
me know.
M i s c e l l a n e o u s
Political implications
of Sotomayor’s con-
firmation in Nevada.
Senator John Ensign voted
against Sotomayor’s confir-
mation.
That will cost the GOP His-
panic support. Read more.
Erik Prince—
Blackwater – impli-
cated in murder.
Two men claim Erik
Prince, may have mur-
dered individuals co-
operating with federal
authorities. More.
Senator John Ensign
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P r e s i d e n t O b a m a o n O r g a n i z i n g f o r
h e a l t h c a r e r e f o r m
Last November when we elected President Obama calmly tells us freedom to choose their plan
President Obama to the Presi- we must: and doctor – including the
dency he warned us all that pass choice of a public insurance
healthcare reform would be diffi-  Reduce Costs — Rising option
cult. health care costs are crush-
ing the budgets of govern-  Ensure Quality Care for
Entrenched special interests are ments, businesses, individu- All — All Americans must
resisting, as expected, and fight- als and families and they have quality and affordable
ing against changing from the must be brought under con- health care
status quo vociferously. trol
Watch the video here.
They are using the old familiar  Guarantee Choice — Every
techniques—mislead and scare American must have the
people—any way they can.

C R E W S e e k s
Citizens for Responsi-
bility and Ethics in
Washington (CREW)
filed a complaint with
the Department of Jus-
tice about the payments
to Senator Ensign’s for-
mer mistress’ family.
CREW wants an inves-
tigation to determine the
A n s w e r s
E n s i g n
facts.
But the Justice Depart-
ment refused and told
CREW to go to the FBI.
Passing the buck.
Why is CREW doing
this? First, Ensign re-
fuses to answer ques-
f r o m S e n a t o r
tions. He apparently
believes the way to
weather the storm is
by hunkering down
and saying nothing.
Thus, his testimony
Senator John Ensign
must be compelled.
Read more.

S e n a t o r B e n N e l s o n U n d e r S i e g e

The Progressive The Committee is run- ceived kindly. The Com-

Change Committee ac-
cuses Democratic
Senator Ben Nelson of
undermining President
Obama’s public health
insurance option while
taking over $2 million
dollars from the insur-
ance industry in cam-
paign contributions.
ning TV ads in Nelson’s
state of Nebraska.
Nelson fired back telling
the Committee that if
they keep running
―then health care reform
may be dead by the end
of August.‖
The threat to kill health-
care reform wasn’t re-
mittee shot back:
―Well, we’re not playing
that game, Senator.
That’s not how a de-
mocracy works. And
bold progressives don’t
cave to intimidation
from corporate Democ-
rats.‖ See the video and
Democratic Senator Ben
read more. Nelson of Nebraska
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