Yesterday I came across an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer about Obama that I thought was severely misleading.   I posted the link and asked people to email the writer for a retraction.  
I just got an email from that writer, Jonathan Last.  Turns out he got so many emails from people like me and you, that he had to send out a mass email.  Here's what it said:
Dear Reader,

I'm terribly sorry for the mass email--normally I try to answer all emails individually, but the Obama-Clinton column provoked such a giant number of responses that I just don't have the time to do that this week.

What I am going to do is write a follow-up column for next Sunday's Currents section where I try to answer some of the questions/complaints/concerns sent in.

Thanks for taking the time to write and again, I'm sorry for not being able to answer your note directly.

Best,
JVL

Below you'll find the link to the original article.  Now I don't know if he'll retract some of the things he claimed, but I do know that there's a lot of power going around these days and it's not in someone else's hands, it's in all of ours.   Like everyone else, I've had it with the lies, the spin, and the corruption that lead some people diluted in their own arrogance to think that they are above the law and beyond the reach of accountability.They aren't.   That whatever they're selling we'll buy.  We won't.  We are now watching their every move.  Everything they say.  Everywhere they go.  We're even in the meetings they hold behind closed doors.  So if you see something that just doesn't line up with the facts, say something.  If the media isn't being objective, call them on it.  If a corporation is getting away with destroying the environment, call it to everyone's attention.  
Because in the end, the power is in all of us to put elected officials in office, or remove them from office.   To buy their products or services, or boycott their products or services.  To watch their programs, or convince every advertiser from supporting them.  
Time to assert what those who fought for our country gave us:
Democracy.  Let's not take it for granted.   
Because if we ignore it, it will just go away.  





http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20080309_One_Last_Thing_.html