dplong and waynenet; gosh folks I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings. All I am really saying is that technology has given powerful people sisnsiter in nature the ability and opportunity to manipulate data all behind closed doors. In this discussion I include all political parties. Most communication is now electronic and it is so eay to edit in/out things that even the original author couldn't find and was never consulted about the changes. If you are reading your books via Nook, etc edits can be made as an author pointed out in a WSJ article I read about a month ago. So it is possible and probable that a Soros, Koch, etc could be manipulating massaging and flat out publishing misinformation.

Consider that journalistic ethics have continued to deteriorate making it much easier. Unfortunately in our society today far too many people fall under the influences of cascading information. So my reaction to the OP was that I need to be cognizant of that criticism because I don't want to be led down a primrose path. Bottom line for all of us is that we need to continue to be individual thinkers and exchange our thoughts as objectively as is possible with one another. Thank you for listening