Heed his warning

I was thrilled when I saw that Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally was featured on the front page of last Sunday's paper ("Thousands Fill National Mall for 'Honor' Rally," Aug. 29). This rally honored our military and encouraged the American people to turn back to God. The fact that so many people attended speaks to their love and concern for our great country. Many more watched online and on TV.

Then I was truly dismayed when I turned to Page B-2 and saw the mean-spirited cartoon" depicting Glenn Beck as a "rotten egg.

Glenn Beck is a man who seeks the truth and tells the truth. He is warning the country to wake up and see what is happening in Washington. As he said at the rally, he does not feel he deserves to be called a fear-monger. He is warning us that there is an iceberg up ahead.

I am not alone in believing that Glenn Beck is a man of God who has been sent to educate us. I pray we will heed his warning before it is too late.

LINDA SHORT
Harmony

Rotten Rogers

Shame on you for publishing such a despicable cartoon regarding Glenn Beck last Sunday. If there is a rotten egg to be recalled it is the PG's editorial cartoonist, Rob Rogers.

JOHN ABRAHAM
New Castle

Majority, speak up

Leonard Pitts Jr. nailed Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin and what is happening in this country in his column (" 'We' Is Not Glenn Beck") and Rob Rogers illustrated it in his cartoon in the Aug. 27 Post-Gazette.

Many are the times that this vocal, often hate-filled minority (pick your topic: African-Americans, President Barack Obama in particular; Muslims, with no recognition of the moderates who decry the radicals; liberals, who include me and some of my family; immigrants, no matter what they left behind; non-evangelical Christians, no matter the depth of our devotion to our Triune God) have made me feel downright embarrassed about the picture we present to the world.

One of their mantras is to return this country to its beginnings as a Christian nation. When they start behaving in a Christian manner -- the manner I have been taught from childhood signifies a deep and committed faith -- then I will believe they are what they yell about so loudly -- and often rudely. I fervently wish they would pipe down, and those of us who cannot stand their uproar find our voices of moderation to let the world know they do not speak for us!

JOYCE MOON STROBEL
Ross

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