It is past time for Americans to set forth their hopes and desires as a free people before it is too late. We are not the naughty boys and girls of the United States. We are the good guys. We are hard working, industrious and overcomers. The Obama administration is endeavoring to purloin our substance and convey our assets to globalists and special interests who want to sift us like wheat for pecuniary gain.

The Obama government is attempting to take over the entire health-care industry for the purpose of controlling us, not helping us. It doesn't care about the uninsured, but it must repay its political debts. It wants to borrow us into insolvency by enslaving us through cap and trade, NAFTA and Obamacare. It wants to erase our borders. The Obama machine has no interest in the interest of the citizens. It promised change through service, but its obvious game is the enslavement of the folks who bought and paid for our country's freedom.

Too bad that the media has run short on character, lost its zeal and love for the First Amendment. Too bad it has given up on the homefolk. Too bad that it has forgotten its roots. There was a time when the editorial section took on unpopular causes and all the news that was fit to print, but no more. Life is cheap.

Too bad that the media have lost their way. Too bad that they won't stand up for America or their readership. There was a time when letters to the editor belonged to the citizens, but no more, the opinions of the readers have been outsourced to China. Too bad.

Robert D. Ruffin
Virginia Beach, Va.