[Occupymendocino] Obama on Colbert last night plus corrected letter to Pres

[Mark Safron]

Dear OMers, Catch this on the web: http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/88p9oh/the-word---president-barack-obama---to-health-in-a-handbasket <http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/88p9oh/the-word---president-barack-obama---to-health-in-a-handbasket>

(Agnes, in the last paragraph you were no longer talking TO the Pres but ABOUT the Pres. I also fixed a few typos. Regards, Mark )

Dear President Obama,

I am against the secretive trade agreement,TPP and urge you to keep your vow to protect and honor the Constitution of the U.S. in your oath of office.

The secretive nature of the Transpacific Partnership denies Congress and the people the opportunity to read and debate the merits of this proposed trade agreement.

Your willingness to defy your fellow Democrats and your own liberal base to pursue a partnership with Republicans. 

Your best chance for a legacy-building achievement in the final two years of your presidency, is to obey your oath of office and make this trade agreement transparent to us, your supporters. Secrecy is a denial of the democratic process and a government whose branches represent advise and consent.

Speaking at a gathering of business leaders, you offered your strongest public defense of the administration's pursuit of a major 12-nation trade deal in the Asia Pacific, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), that has been opposed by Democrats, labor unions and environmental groups.

Therefore I urge you to stop your efforts to fast track the TTP.

Respectfully, Mark Safron 
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