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Prescription Drugs and the Corruption of our Government

THE FOLLOWING IS TAKEN AS IT APPEARS FROM THE BOOK "HOSTILE TAKEOVER" by David Sirota
                         The following is from the chapter on "Prescription Drugs"
     "Higher prices mean higher executive salaries and more campaign contributions. Those contributions make sure the power of Congress is used not to protect the consumer but to make sure every ordinary [...]

Corruption of our government, Brian Baird’s healthcare proposal

[ August 15, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] I find it agonizingly painful to come to the realization of how corrupt our
government has become. If you haven’t read the book “Hostile Takeover”
by David Sirota I highly recommend that we all need to read it. If you have
read the book and have seen the movie “Sicko” then you might just understand
how upset I became [...]

Moore’s Challenge to the Presidential Candidates

I can understand why CNN didn't choose this for the Dems debate.  Nevertheless, it is a good question. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Lpju4pwBY


Michael Moore for President

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p6BoN7bFIk


Moore Blitzes Wolf over CNN “infomercial”

This video includes the CNN hit piece lambasting Moore's "Sicko" and Michael's response.  This is a good example of the biased propagandizing that poses for mainstream news today.  Michael is correct that the mainstream media has no credibility so even if they are reporting the truth, we, the people, have ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO BELIEVE [...]

Sicko: Google to the Rescue

I just saw Michael Moore's Sicko. It was great seeing it in a crowded theater on a Friday afternoon. Like watching Fahrenheit 911, hearing a whole room full of people gasp in exasperation at some of the movie's more startling revelations made it all the more real. This is an issue that really hits home [...]

Sicko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJyyyRYbSk

Below the fold is info on the Seattle premier of the movie On June 14 with SPECIAL GUEST MICHAEL MOORE TO ATTEND.
And here is a sample song called these days from the punk group Sicko (not connected with the movie).

SiCKO
Thursday, June 14
7:00 PM
AMC Pacific Place
600 Pine St., 4th FL [...]

New WA state Prescription Drug Discount Program

For those individuals not covered by a prescription drug insurance plan, there is a new discount prescription program available free to any Washington state resident through the Washington State Health Care Authority.
For more information go here and the faq is here. There is also a PDF enrollment form here or you can enroll online [...]

Side Effects - Prog Movie night

[ May 11, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

Friday, May 11th at 7 PM at MSUUF, 4505 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA map

Runtime: 90 minutes

In May, Progressive Movies is showing Side Effects – a comedy about the pharmaceutical industry written by a former industry representative. Katherine Heigl, from Grey’s Anatomy, stars in this professional production. The film raises important questions [...]

Big Bucks, Big Pharma - Prog Movie

[ March 9, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Big Bucks, Big Pharma (click for Google video trailer)
Friday, March 9, 7 PM at MSUUF

New Film Release: “Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs”

Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, [...]

Sam Harris - Stem Cells and Morality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwnMX8ht3U


So who is assaulting democracy, Ms. Rice?