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Emails to Omaha Police Officer Chris Gordon and Peter Buffett

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Written by: Super User
Category: Common Defense
Published: 03 August 2026
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Recent Email to Omaha Police Officer Chris Gordon and Peter Buffett:

Officer Gordon and Mr. Buffett,

I've been sending the following forwarded email to the sponsors of bill HB26-1280, a bill I testified for this last spring, a little lonely being the last man standing from our 2007 group that got the original bill passed.

Anyway, I figured it couldn't hurt to throw a Hail Mary pass in the direction of a couple of people who just might be able to get to Warren Buffett better than I ever could (you two) - though I have enjoyed visiting Omaha!

I'll just say if I was close to going to the Great Beyond, I might want to correct some mistakes I've made - or correct mistakes as I've just stood by and watched (even KIDS!!! have been affected).  And I'll say there are solutions!

I'll continue to dream the dream that things can get better, fundamentally better without trying to put on all the band-aids.  I'm proud of the Colorado bill my friends and I got through the statehouse.  But still, it was a band-aid on a fundamentally flawed system. 

Regards,
Chris Schwab
DialysisEthics2.org
Common Defense

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Email to Colorado State Representative Sheila Lieder, Vice-Chair of the Health & Human Services committee:

Vice-Chair Lieder,

I was thinking you might be interested in a conversation Tom Mueller had with comedian, writer, and television host Trevor Noah (he hosted Comedy Central's Daily Show for 7 years before Jon Stewart took it over again).  The show centered on kidney dialysis Trevor Noah hosted with his friend Eugene.

Some highlights:

At 26:50 they talk about how Warren Buffett is complicit in this (they aren't buying he is "just an investor").

At 30:00 they mention how this looks similar to an investor investing in the Sinaloa Drug Cartel (hey, the investor isn't getting his hands dirty!)

At 55:00 they talk about how government outsourcing can be such a scam

At 59:00 they have a humorous part about wolves and wolves rights (might need the humor by this point)

And I did write a fairly recent Guest Opinion for the Loveland Reporter-Herald newspaper.  I managed to tie various kinds of abuse together.

Chris Schwab
DialysisEthics2.org
Common Defense

Gary Indiana's Mother and Daughter story

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Written by: Super User
Category: Common Defense
Published: 20 November 2025
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May 2025 email to Officer Gordon of the Omaha Police

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Written by: Super User
Category: Common Defense
Published: 14 May 2025
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Officer Gordon,
 
My wife and I had a good time in your city!  I wrote about the stroll portion of it in this blog.  Now I can dream that you and your fellow law people will help a billionaire mend his ways before it is too late!  A crazy dream, but about crazy, the Great Prophet Waylon Jennings once sang: "I've always been crazy, but It's kept me from going insane!".
 
While I'm crazy dreaming I would say if I had a magic money wand like Buffett, I like to think I would wave it and create the following.  I just thought I would share it.
 
Probably be back next year!
Chris Schwab (background)
@breakupdavita.bsky.social (Bluesky)
@breakupdavita (on Threads, barely - no twitter acct. anymore)
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Email to CNBC's Becky Quick who is filtering out questions for Warren Buffett's Q&A on May 3rd

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Written by: Super User
Category: Common Defense
Published: 25 April 2025
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Ms. Quick, (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
 
I consider things like fire departments part of our infrastructure.  Shopping around for different fire departments isn't a choice when your house is ablaze.  You want what is closest, and you want the job done professionally - and you don't expect the fire department to profit off you during your time of need!
 
So why does Mr. Buffett feel there is an exception when a person's body is on fire - it is then ok to profit off the vulnerable?  Specifically I'm thinking of kidney dialysis.  Actually a person has two choices - get dialysis or die!  That 2nd choice isn't much of a choice is it?  And much like the fire departments a person is usually locked in to what is close geographically.  It looks like a monopolistic capitalist's dream!  But over the decades, it has looked like a patient's nightmare!  So many indications are care has been compromised in pursuit of the almighty dollar, with his company DaVita in the thick of the scandals and delivering awful patient care numbers (but I'm sure investment return numbers have been just fine).  EVEN KIDS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED!!!
 
A 2nd question might be what would Mr. Buffett have against things like small care coops?  It might be nice to have management sweating a layoff for a change!
 
At 94 years old Mr. Buffett might be considering what there is in the Great Beyond?  Who knows, maybe the Ghost of Charlie Munger has been whispering to him.  It might not be too late to rectify some of the mistakes he has made.
 
Chris Schwab (background)
@breakupdavita.bsky.social (Bluesky)
@breakupdavita (on Threads, barely - no twitter acct. anymore)
DialysisEthics2
 
P.S. I'm going to be in the Omaha area May 2nd to the 4th.  I look forward to meeting more nice people - it has been surprising to find so many folks well acquainted with dialysis at these Omaha meetings!  (their friends and relatives have seen it up close and personal, R.I.P.)
 
 

Media Email

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Written by: Super User
Category: Common Defense
Published: 20 April 2025
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To whom it may concern,

I thought I would make you aware of a Walk in Omaha this coming May 3rd - this coincides with Warren Buffett's annual stockholders' meeting.  I'm only trying to help a billionaire on the Road to Redemption - at 94 years old he might want to start hedging his bets about what is waiting for him in the Great Beyond!
 

This will be my 3rd trip and I must admit so far these trips have been lightly attended - to put it mildly (hard to get people to come to a dialysis party, go figure).  However NYT’S best-selling author Tom Mueller - recent book 'How To Make a Killing' - has called  me a prophet.  Actually I feel more like Don Quijote with a peashooter - my wife would agree with this last assessment (so mean).  But I can only try.

To show I mean business, I'll say I've already written to an Omaha police officer, a police officer I've written the last couple of years. And now I've begun writing the media.  The least I can do is raise a little awareness.

So let me know if you would like to go further with this!  I'm sure people will soon be lining up at my door to talk to me!  (I crack me up)  If nothing else, I'm looking forward to talking to some nice people in Omaha.

And I will say this is the most horrific example of the pitfalls of the corporatization of our democracy that I’ve ever seen! And I’ve been watching this for decades.

Chris Schwab (background)
@breakupdavita.bsky.social (Bluesky)
@breakupdavita (on Threads, barely - no twitter acct. anymore)
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