LETTER: Don’t let our freedom slip away

I read with interest Christine Ashley’s reply to Jean Meenen’s letter in your "Readers" column.

From her response, I can tell she is a caring lady and has a fine family, many of whom have served admirably in the military over the years to maintain peace and harmony.

I also served in the Army, in Vietnam. My dad and mom’s brothers served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. One was shot down over Tokyo and died while a POW there. All served the cause of freedom for all people and to preserve our liberty and way of life. You could say we all have "skin in the game."

With all that has taken place since Inauguration Day, my observation is that Christine seems to be a Pollyanna in her assessment of President Obama’s administration and their plans to "Remake America."

I agree with Jean’s concerns about the close ties President Obama has with those who are admirers of Marx, Mao, Castro and Chavez. And why did he pick so many czars that have far-left radical beliefs and a dislike of capitalism? The president is relentless in his pursuit of an expensive, "European style" health care system.

Next will be a push for a costly, misguided climate change bill. Experts say it will have negligible effect on the temperature, but a significant effect on our wallets. But it is a perfect way, as candidate Obama said, to "redistribute the wealth." All this while his diversity czar tries to craft an assault on free speech, as they attempt to quiet those who aren’t "on board" with their agenda?

We all need to educate ourselves and be vigilant. Gaining 52.7 percent of the vote didn’t give him the right to turn our society upside down.

President Reagan said "freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." I hope we aren’t that generation - the generation that lets our Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence become curiosities in a museum, instead of the law of the land. If our liberty ever slips away, it won’t be easy to get back.