We’ve got leaders trying to ban our guns and using the sequester to hurt our country and the poor to prove a point and add to the hate that already exists. And they tell us lie after lie.

When will martial law take effect? When will our outspoken citizens start to be locked up without due process for defending our rights?

When will our flag be changed to a yellow background with a big red star in the center?

As a veteran, I have seen countries go this way, and I am scared of what is going on.

When will we be forced to gather in crowds and wave this yellow and red flag and yell out, “Hail, Caesar”?

John H. Bethea

Marion