Subject: "The American Way" -- Trent Lott (guru)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 063509 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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Hi everybody:
.......What you will read below is the reason the American
people do not get the facts about EMF -- or any other issue
that is important to the special interests.....
Even before a new president is elected, he is "in debt" to
those BIG $$$$$$$$$ special interests that have paid for his
election.....
And so it is with the Senate and the Congress......
Last week the Democrats collected millions of $$$$$$$ in a
similar event in California (including some of the SAME big
$$$$$$$ spender$.....) That way, the big spender$ win --
no matter who win$.....
Republican senate leader, Trent Lott, has called this
"the American Way." .......LIKE HELL it is!!!!
It is a perversion of our "democracy" that would not be
recognized by Jefferson, Washington, Lincoln, or Theodore
Roosevelt ... or Franklin Roosevelt.....
Cheerio..... (guru comments more below......)
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
roy@emfguru.com
.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
NEW!!! Website... http://emfguru.com
...................People are more important than profits.................
Missed opportunity...
$$$$$ We could have changed the corrupted system!! $$$$$
McCain !!
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08:19 PM ET 04/25/00
Special Interests Help GOP Funds
By JONATHAN D. SALANT=
Associated Press Writer=
WASHINGTON (AP) _ George W. Bush's first fund-raising effort for
the Republican Party will collect a record $18 million at a
black-tie gala boasting a guest list that reads like a Who's Who of
interests with business before the government.
AT&T, the National Rifle Association and tobacco giant Philip
Morris are just a few of the companies and groups that will have
officials attending a private reception and then dining Wednesday
night with the presumptive presidential nominee and GOP lawmakers.
In all, 38 companies or individuals raised or donated at least a
quarter million dollars [each] for the Republican National Committee
extravaganza, and an additional 16 shelled out at least $100,000,
according to a donor list obtained by The Associated Press.
The previous record for a political party in a single night was
$14 million last year when Bush's father, the former president,
headlined the same gala.
``It's a real strong statement about Governor Bush and how he's
exciting people all over the country,'' party chairman Jim
Nicholson said. ``People are willing not only to talk the talk but
walk the walk.''
[........What a self serving perversion is the above statement....
......"People!!!" That's not "the people" -- that's bare naked
special interests..... And as long as this system prevails, the
truth of many things now happening in America will not be known to
"the people"......guru..... Keep reading below for more examples
of our **sick** system.......]
The Democratic National Committee is trying to muster a
financial answer. It has scheduled its own fund-raising bash next
month that will trade tuxedos and gowns for blue jeans and barbecue
at a Washington arena. Organizers expect to raise at least $7
million and hope to exceed that figure.
That same night, May 24, congressional Republicans expect to
raise $8 million from a fund-raising dinner of their own, to be
divided between the House and Senate GOP.
``They are committed, they are working hard,'' Gore warned
contributors at a $750,000 DNC dinner in Boston on Tuesday.
``They're going to throw everything including the kitchen sink into
this and they've got blood in their eyes.''
Both dinners planned for May 24 pale in comparison to the RNC
{Republican National Committee] event being held at a National Guard
Armory.
Donors there will dine with Bush and Senate Majority Leader
Trent Lott and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, leaders of the
Republican-controlled Congress.
The quarter-million-dollar club includes:
_ Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle
Association, which opposes gun control legislation now before
Congress.
_ Cigarette maker Philip Morris, which opposes efforts to allow
the Food and Drug Administration to regulate nicotine.
_ Carl Lindner, whose Chiquita bananas have been at the center
of a trade dispute between the United States and the European
Union.
_ US West, which is seeking federal approval to transmit data
over long distance lines.
_ AT&T, which is trying to block that request.
Brenda Becker, a lobbyist and political action committee
director for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, is a
deputy chairman for the gala. She raised or contributed at least
$45,000.
The giant health insurance association opposes pending
legislation to allow patients to sue their health plans.
``We have always believed in full participation in the political
process,'' association spokesman Bill Pierce said. ``That's what
our plans expect. Everyone else who has a stake in this debate
participates fully and so do we.'' [......vomit.....guru...]
Political observers say the lobbyists helping to raise money now
will be asking for help later.
``They're going to be expecting something from their members on
behalf of their clients once the election is over,'' said Larry
Makinson, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics,
a research group that studies money and campaigns.
Republican officials said most of their money comes from small
donors who give an average of $55 each. Democratic officials
declined to release the size of their average donation.
The GOP gala includes several of the fund-raisers who helped the
Texas governor amass a record $80 million for his presidential
primary.
For instance, the chairman is Sam Fox, who heads a Missouri
investment company and raised at least $100,000 for the Bush
presidential campaign.
And one co-chairman, who raised or contributed at least
$250,000, is Kenneth Lay, head of the Texas-based energy giant
Enron Corp. Enron has been the biggest financial contributor of
Bush's political career, giving more than $500,000, according to
the watchdog Center for Public Integrity. Lay also has raised more
than $100,000 for Bush's presidential campaign.
[......."Energy" industry and electrical power industry are
twins.....guru.....]
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