Letter

Dear President Obama,
I write you this letter on the pretext of what you said during your presidential campaign wasn't a lie. The passionate pleas to the American people that you so eloquently delivered during your campaign provided me, and many others across the country, with this sense of "Hope." You gave off the swagger of a man who blazes his own trail, not lead by corporate incentives and media driven politicking, and that is the President that I voted for.
We have come across a big problem though, Mr. President, and that is media conglomeration and gigantic corporations seem to undermine your very power as a national leader. How can Monsanto or Rupert Murdoch control so much in our day to day life? Not only are corporations filtering and controlling news, food, and our mental clarity but their powers reach far beyond our borders. The very fabric of our society rests in the palm of these people's hands. And yet, we didn't elect them. We elected you.
Author and activist Kalle Lasn in his book Culture Jam, calls these organizations a "global communications cartel," which is to say that they are a producing a negative influence over our people. Young girls, and boys are growing up with convoluted images of what a human body should look. They are being desensitized to violence and murder. This all in the name of commerce. Mr. President these corporations aren't even abiding by our first amendment rights. They are manufacturing the news and disregarding the rights of man to voice decent. You as a community organizing and believer of the inherent rights of man must understand that what is transpiring here must be stopped.
It has come to my attention that corporations are held held by law under the same standards as individuals. Since this is the case then it they too should be punished like individuals. To pull from Lasn's book again he argues that each shareholder of a corporation should be made accountable for any environmental, economic, or human losses. However as things stand now these corporations lose next to nothing when they do something that for an average individual would be breaking the law. Lasn's solution, and one that you should agree with, is to hold slap these shareholders with corporate liability laws that stop repeat offenders, and prevent law breakers from having anything to do with the government.
The last thing we should be worried about in this new era of "hope," and "change,"are corporations trying to undermine our government. It is imperative for us as a country to begin to practice consumption restraint, or "voluntary simplicity." This could both protect us from harmful corporate venture capitalists and bring our country into the Green Revolution. Mr. President we need your help in defending these corporate monsters and help positively influence our future as a nation.