If you believe, as I do, that the American public is being fed a lot of questionable or flat out incorrect information so that the Administration will not be significantly challenged as it pushes through an unprecedented ambitious agenda, what can we the people do to force honest debate on the issues before they come to a vote?

Even aside from an impending crushing debt that will oppress generations to come, are we helpless to rein in an out-of-control government that threatens to overwhelm every aspect of our lives?

Please discuss.
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“Nixon didn’t try to do that,” Thomas said. “They couldn’t control (the media). They didn’t try. “What the hell do they think we are, puppets?” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.” Thomas said she was especially concerned about the arrangement between the Obama Administration and a writer from the liberal Huffington Post Web site. The writer was invited by the White House to President Obama’s press conference last week on the understanding that he would ask Obama a question about Iran from among questions that had been sent to him by people in Iran. “When you call the reporter the night before you know damn well what they are going to ask to control you,” Thomas said. “I’m not saying there has never been managed news before, but this is carried to fare-thee-well–for the town halls, for the press conferences,” she said. “It’s blatant. They don’t give a damn if you know it or not. They ought to be hanging their heads in shame.”

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