Sent to the editor of the Chattanooga Times-Free Press.  

Regarding today’s letters, I have two comments.  To Charlotte Turner, who is incensed at the disrespect she believes Barack Obama showed to the American flag:  Ms. Turner, you saw two flags.  Obama was standing in front of an array of flags, some of which were American flags; others were Ohio state flags.  Neither Obama, nor the people who decorated the stage, nor the Democrats intended any disrespect for any flag.  At this time, jumping to conclusions will not serve our national interests.

To the letters editor: On the same letters page, you went out of your way to substantiate that the Weather Underground planted and exploded bombs.  I spent less than a minute uncovering the reason for Ms. Turner’s confusion.  Why could you not have done the same?  It would have made the letters page appear more balanced.