To Max about Keith Olberman

[Guest guest]

Dear Max ~ thank you for sharing this. I love Keith Olberman, but I must

have missed that one program. I am so glad he did that. Just like people

poured forth their contributions when he proposed that clinics be held in a

number of states where the representatives were against health care reform,

now, once again, thanks to him, people find their purses and pour forth the

very needed contributions. I'm so glad ~ Linda

 

 

Max posted:

 

Keith Olbermann Helps Raise $250,000 for Storm-Ravaged Cheyenne

RiverReservation, " John R. Platt, Tonic. February 15, 2010.

 

" For 14,000 Native Americans without heat or electricity, one minute of

Keith Olbermann's show was the attention they needed. Less than a minute

of

air time. That's all it took for Keith Olbermann to change the fate of

Native Americans suffering one of the worst - and most ignored - natural

disasters to hit the continental United States in years. The Cheyenne

River

Sioux Reservation in South Dakota experienced debilitating ice storms and

blizzards beginning on Jan. 22. The storms knocked out 2,500 utility poles

and disrupted electricity and heat for 14,000 people, who were forced to

live in sub-zero temperatures for nearly two weeks. Many homes were

damaged,

food spoiled, supplies dwindled to almost nothing, and all pleas for help

seemed to fall on deaf ears. Most of the media ignored this crisis, and

despite calls for aid from the Sioux Nation, only $8,000 in donations had

trickled in to help the reservation as of Feb. 9.Å  "