<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear OMers, Catch this on the web: <font face="Futura-Medium" class=""><a href="http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/88p9oh/the-word---president-barack-obama---to-health-in-a-handbasket" class="">http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/88p9oh/the-word---president-barack-obama---to-health-in-a-handbasket</a></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(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 )</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear President Obama,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Your willingness to defy your fellow Democrats and your own liberal base to pursue a partnership with Republicans. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Therefore I urge you to stop your efforts to fast track the TTP.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Respectfully, Mark Safron </div></body></html>