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lieve they’re chosen by God. They can’t be ex-
pected to pray with therest of us. They need topray in private with people
of equal status.”
 
“Ensign is free to believethese things, but if he’s
going to this place forspiritual authority, he isturning to a group thatregularly invokes as lead-ership models Hitler, Sta-lin and Mao, whom DougCoe said are three men who understood the NewTestament best in the 20th
century.”
 
"...they understood …
that the New Testament isnot about love, mercy, jus-
tice, forgiveness. It’s aboutNevada’s Republican Sena-
tor John Ensignand hisconnection with a
“secretive fundamentalist
Christian group knownas The Family with whomhe lives when in Washing-
ton, D.C.”
  was revealedthis past week.The fundamentalist group was the subject of a book written by  Jeff Sharlet.
Sharlet was interviewed ontheKNPR-FMradioshow 
 State of Nevada
by Dave Berns.
 
“The Family 
began withthis idea that God does not work through churchesbut rather through those whom The Family calls the
‘New Chosen.’ They be-
The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives has pre-pared an analysis of H.R.
3200, America’s Affordable
Health Choices Act of 2009, District by DistrictImpact.The Committee has pre-pared, for each member, adistrict-level analysis of the impact of the legisla-tion. This analysis includesinformation on the impactof the legislation on smallbusinesses, seniors inMedicare, healthcare providers, and theuninsured. It also includesan estimate of the impactsof the surtax that is usedto pay for the legislation.
Nevada Senator John Ensign
John Ensign and The FamilyInside this issue:
Trigg ends campaign forCongress2Paul Reeves for Con-gress2 Jack Schofield for Con-gress2 Africa meets AdrienneLever3Organizing for AmericaComes to Pahrump3Legalize Marijuana,regulate, and tax it3T. Boone Pickens Planand Army 4
Tidbits
 Adrienne Lever is currently in West Africa
Healthcare Reform
Political News and Commentary
Nye-
Gateway to Nevada’s Rurals Newsletter
 
 July 25, 2009 Vol 1 No 3Those of you who livein the Rurals of Nevadacan read the one pageanalysis for Congres-sional District #2.Readmore. 
power.”
 The Family uses the Na-tional Prayer Breakfast heldannually in Washington.
“The real action isn’t at thebreakfast. It’s the weeklong
lobbying session organizedaround it," says Sharlet.Foreign defense ministersmeet with defense contrac-tors at seminars on how topursue this business for theglory of God. Readmore. 
 
“As of today, I am end-
ing my campaign for
Congress,” Trigg wrote.“This decision came af-
ter a sudden series of unforeseen professionalobligations that re-quired and will con-tinue to require more of my attention thana campaign for Con-
gress will allow.”“It just became very
obvious that I needed tospend more time raisingmoney than my schoolboard issues allow, andI had to make a deci-
sion,” she said by
phone.Federal Election Com-mission records showTrigg raised $8,700 andhad $3,300 on hand asof June 30.
Trigg‟s withdrawal left
Paul Reeves of Pah-rump as the sole unan-nounced Democraticcandidate for Republi-can incumbent DeanHeller.However it was shortlylearned there is a sec-ond unannounced can-didate, Jack Schofield of Las Vegas.Readmore.  of Las Vegas, will com-pete with Paul Reeves,of Pahrump, to be theDemocrat to runagainst the incumbent,Republican DeanHeller, assuming Hellerdoes not run for someother office.The DemocraticParty still has two can-didates to run for elec-tion for the United
States‟ Congressional
District #2 even thoughCindy Trigg hasdropped out.Mr. Jack Schofield,In a phone conversationMr. Schofield informedme he had not yet for-mally announced hiscandidacy, but will doso in due course.His campaign websitecan be foundhere.Read more. Following his address hewill respond to ques-tions posed by Erin Neff,former columnist withthe Las Vegas ReviewJournal and current au-thor of Progress NowNevada.Master of Cere-monies will be DennisKeating of Pahrump.Live music of AmericanJazz Standards will beperformed by Kelly Al-mond.K-7 Pizza will also bepresent from whom youcan obtain outstandingpizza at the park.Everyone is invited tosee, hear, and person-ally meet Mr. Reeves.Readmore.  Paul Reeves, of Pah-rump, will formally an-nounce his candidacy forThe United States Con-
gress, Nevada‟s Con-
gressional District #2.Reeves will appear atHoneysuckle Park, inPahrump, Nevada from7-9:00 p.m. Monday, Au-gust 3, 2009.
 Jack Schofield
Cindy Trigg ends campaign for CongressJack Schofield for Congress
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Paul Reeves for Congress
Nye-
Gateway to Nevada’s Rurals
Cindy TriggPaul Reeves
 
Obama. I‟ve had a most enjoyable
time back and forth with thosekids in Conakry, Guinea.The blog post will show you a mapso you can locate Conakry. And, in
case you don‟t know you, too, can“talk with them as well.”
 Just leave a comment on that blogpost, in English, and I will trans-late it to French so that can readit.Readmore.  duce costs can be achievedby legalization of pot. Theycan reduce their expendi-tures by millions of dollarsby abandoning eradicationand increase their revenueswith a user tax on sales of marijuana.The federal government stillholds marijuana as illegal.But times are changing:Readhere, here, here, here,  here,andhere.  The need for money by localand state governments issparking a wide movementto legalize marijuana sothat it can be taxed.For years governments havebeen trying to eradicatemarijuana cultivation in theso-called War on Drugs.The war on drugs has failedmiserably since its incep-tion. Governing bodies arebeginning to realize theirneed for money and to re-If one includes eliminationof unnecessary defense con-tracts in the Military Indus-trial Complex, such as the F-22 fighter jets that cost$331 million each and the
military didn‟t want it
would save a ton of money.Remember the Department
of Defense‟s
$640 toilet seatand $436 hammer and the
National Park Service‟s
$797,400 outhouse? Waste!Readmore.  and Sam Lieberman, Ne-vada State DemocraticChairman for the NevadaDemocratic Party attended.
“Over the next year, we‟re
going to be focusing on issueorganizing rather than spe-cifically focusing on candi-dates work. We will be hir-ing staff in all fifty states bythe end of the year. We willbe recruiting volunteer or-Last week President Barack
Obama‟s
Organizing for America came to Pahrump.The OFA listening tourdrew about 20 Democrats inPahrump.Jennifer Lopez, NevadaState Director for Organiz-ing for America, Evan Sut-ton, Nevada Field Directorfor Organizing for America
Africa meets Adrienne Lever
Legalize Marijuana, regulate and tax itOrganizing for America Comes to Pahrump
Page 3 Vol 1 No 3
Marijuana
 Adrienne Lever, the outstandingyoung lady, that organized and ledthe Obama Primary Campaign, isin Africa.More precisely she is in Conakry,Guinea Africa. She visited withmembers of the American LibraryClub in Conakry. And I heard from them, in French.Seehere
.They commented “we are
very impatient meet Miss Adri-
enne Lever.” They wanted to hear
all about the election of President
 Adrienne Lever
The Nye County Democratic Central Committee meetsMonday, July 27, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., at the Ruud Com-munity Center, Room B, Pahrump, Nevada.
ganizers to cover thestates and rebuilding theneighborhood
teams,” said
Evan Sutton.Those of you who want tohelp rebuild the Democ-
ratic Party‟s grassroots in
Nye County can contactEvan Sutton atSut-tonE@dnc.org or JenniferLopez atlopezj@dnc.org.  Readmore. 
Evan Sutton leads discussion at Pah-rump Listening Tour.
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