Sounds like you haven't been to college.

Since the singing of "God Bless America" at baseball games often occurs during the seventh inning stretch, people are standing already for a completely different reason. Sounds like a propogandist rather than a minister. How unbelievably sour he must feel most of the time. Does he refuse to sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" because we "root root root for the home team?" How unfair to "otherize" the visiting team's fans!

The article and many of the comments were about this one man and it was to that in particular I was writing. You presume much from the fact that I didn't comment upon the "big picture." I am well aware of the detrimental impact of political correctness on all levels of command and operation in our armed services. The trend predates the current administration and simply reflects the sorry state society and power of the government/press/academia triad. So, how about Townhall concentrating on those larger issues and leave this self-agrandizing victim to his natural consequences.

Article 134, "The General Article," allows for punishment under the UCMJ for anything not listed or mentioned in the UCMJ that negatively effects "good order and discipline." It has always been at the disposal of the convening authority, usually the installation commander. It has been used in circumstances beyond count. Your statement is incorrect.

I have to agree with most of that. I would have been reprimanded if I'd been in during all this social upheaval - I've always spoken my mind - How I made E-8 remains a mystery to me!

1. Gracious me!! Thanks for pointing that out. All those years as a radio operator reading the acronyms CINCLANT, CINCPAC, CINCEUR, CINCSAC, and CINC + 32 on Air Force One & I didn't realize that the IN meant in. 2. Not only do they make MSG, the get SP4 or 5 right after they finish basic military training. In The Air Force, it's SSgt & TSgt, but, wait, you're the one schooling me. Sorry. 3. A Letter Of Reprimand IS a "correction" by definition. Corrective actions include all commander actions up to and including Article 15, Non-Judicial Punishment. An Article 15 can be refused, which is why they're are not normally offered without the threat of a Special Court Martial hanging over it. It's the poor soldier's plea bargain. Oops, there I go again, acting as if I know stuff.

Because of his obvious lack of sound judgment around some of these issues - re-twitting a derogatory homosexual word that no one in any position of responsibility, military, government, or private sector, would do - for example, I do not trust his description of events. To be honest, he sounds like a bit of a snot that enjoys pissing people off & now that he's getting what's coming to him, he's whining to the press. THAT is not soldierly. Article 15 is usually offered in lieu of a special court martial, so he's got more of a mess than he's telling. He sounds like a bad apple - and not because he's conservative or Christian. I work full time dealing with people that tend to find all sorts of reasons to not examine themselves or their motives. The whole thing feels real familiar to me.

Pretty simple - The President is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. It's no different than driving around with a bumper sticker saying the Battalion Commander is incompetent and has to go.

I don't disagree that the spying is unacceptable. I'm saying, quite avidly, that it will prove to be legal and under the authority granted in the Patriot Act. Even now, some Republicans are defending the practice. Nullify or amend the act - Congresses job - but pursuing Obama on it distracts from the provable issues already before us.

Oh, and the FBI over reach regarding the press. Let's keep on that one, too.