Recently I had the chance to read a book about where the United States is headed and how the country is getting worse. It has become quite obvious where President Barack Obama has taken America.

In his first year in office, he traveled the world as a salesman but did not deal with the real problems at home (jobs).

I have four words for Obama: Show your birth certificate.

A good president would be using Japan to create new jobs in America. The disaster in Japan is a way to rebuild in America what Japan used to provide. Don’t just give Japan money; put Americans back to work here. After all, for 50 years, Japan has used exports to America to support jobs there.

Obama should step up to the plate and move the U.S. forward, not backward.

Leo Turner, Mexico