My letter to major newspaper editors

Dear Editor,

I am writing to request the opportunity of an average citizen to write an editorial to be published in your paper. I promise to use factual evidence, sound logic, and solid reasoning in my scathing of big pharmaceutical and insurance industries. If some newspapers can grant the likes of Sarah Palin the opportunity to write an editorial, surely you could allow someone to write who (although an average Joe (not six pack)) actually has something substantive and intellectually stimulating to say. I read somewhere today that big business is holding the "go negative" card while still sitting at the table. My opinion piece would address how business has successfully demonized government to the extent that most Americans can only focus on government as the "entity" we need to carefully observe. All the while, medical insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry "rape" us incessantly. Let's not forget who Billy Tauzin is and was during the Bush administrations push to get pharmaceutical coverage for seniors. He was a republican congressman who shepherded through the legislation that has since made billions for Pharma. Now, where is he? He was rewarded for that performance with the job of President and CEO of PHRMA, the most powerful trade group for pharmaceutical companies. So, when I read articles that have the drug and insurance lobbyists saying they will go negative if health reform is not done "right," then I have to ask the question as a smart citizen, what is the right way to do health care legislation? Well, it all depends on who is asking the question and who is defining what is right. Having it done the right way according to big business means having it done in such a way that maximally benefits us (big business) and maximally screws you (you and I, you know the average Joe and Joellyn in this country). So, let's really put all the cards on the table! The "right" is dumbing down the majority of Americans with talk of "death panels" and "big government takeovers" to such an extent that average Americans don't truly see who is oppressing, and pilfering, and maiming, and raping us! We (collective America) have been blindfolded and tricked into believing that big government is the one doing all the groping when we drop the soap in the shower. I say hell no! No more to the manipulation, the lies, the deceit, and the intellectual snobbishness coming from BIG BUSINESS. I'll just give one quick example. The Federal Reserve. No more federal than Federal Express, crafted and passed by the congressman cronies of JP Morgan Chase and Rockefeller while the rest of Congress was away on recess. And no, I'm not a libertarian. Just a person that is capable enough to do his homework and seek the real truth. Thank you.