Army Concerns Over Palin Book Signing Trumps First Amendment!

The U.S. Army plans to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg on Monday, fearing the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama, officials said Thursday.

Fort Bragg spokesman Tom McCollum told The Associated Press that the military post's garrison commander and other Army officials had decided to keep media away from Palin's book signing, which will not include a speech.

"The main reason is to stop this from turning into a political platform," he said. "There are Army regulations that basically prohibit military reservations from becoming political platforms by politicians."

Those Army regulations have never been bought to bear against any other politicians. Senators and Congressional representatives have made political speeches on military installations for decades, and now, suddenly, there is an enforcement of those regulations? How about this fact - Sarah Palin is not presently a "politician". She holds no political office, nor has she announced her candidacy for any political office. How is she a "politician"? She is, at this point in time, a private citizen.

Since when does the "Army's" concerns over what may be, at an otherwise open to the public event, allow the garrison commander to suspend the First Amendment rights of Sarah Palin and the press? Or, could it be that the Fort Bragg garrison commander is taking his directions from higher up the chain of command? And if that's the case, how high up did the order originate? The Pentagon? Or the Pentagon by direction of the White House? That's where the real politicians are. Generals are appointed, so Colonels (Captains in the US Navy) and above suck up to every Congressperson and Senator they can find, hoping that their name will be passed along to the President. The President nominates military and naval officers for the rank of Brigadier General (or Naval equivalents) and above, and that nomination is historically rubber-stamped by the Senate.

It's a sad state of affairs when our Constitution is so easily contravened by the government and/or the government's agents. Will this decision be upheld? We will just have to wait and see. The AP and The Fayetteville Observer are protesting the decision to ban media. Let's hope they are successful! It appears the Democrats and the liberal left fear Sarah Palin more than they fear Muslim terrorists - they are taking every opportunity to belittle, berate, denigrate and marginalize everything Sarah says or does. If they didn't fear her, they would ignore her.

BLOGGER'S NOTE: 24 HOURS AFTER THIS POSTING, THE ARMY APPARENTLY SAW THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS AND DID WHAT WAS RIGHT.

CIA - Communists Infiltrate America?

Seen at a gathering of Anti-American forces - foreground from L to R: Daniel Ortega, President (Dictator) of Nicaragua; Hugo Chavez, President (Dictator) of Venezuela; and Linda Panetta, virulent, foaming-at-the-mouth, blame America first anti-American ... oh, and daughter of Obama appointed CIA Director Leon Panetta! Is her attitude simply a reflection of the values she learned at home, or is she a graduate of Jane Fonda University? Touted on "School of the Americas Watch" website (http://soawne.org/) as a "photojournalist", there are links to another website proudly displaying the masthead "International Socialist Review". If you're surprised, go take another stupid pill

There was vetting of the Obama appointees, wasn't there? What do we have so far ... 4 tax dodgers, 4 appointment refusals (so Obama does know 4 people with integrity), and the head monkey of the CIA has a daughter who believes there's nothing good about the USA - except possibly her Constitutionally protected right to hate the country. Way to go Obama!

Here's an excerpt from our Declaration of Independence - "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

Would a reasonable and impartial individual be concerned if any of her activities are not duly probed and questioned during her father's confirmation hearings, would the Senate "advise" or just consent and rubber stamp ... reciprocation for Obama's rubber stamp on their ludicrous Omnibus Spending Bill?

NOW is the time to become concerned America. NOW is the time to say "NO MORE!" Our Government - whose role is to "serve the people" - is self-serving, and has been unresponsive to the expressed desires of the majority of Americans for decades. Our Congressmen and Senators stand for re-election in two years - remember the names of those elected representatives who fail to recognize our voices - and replace them! Call it "withdrawal of consent to continue to screw us over".

I could be wrong about this ... but there's only a slim chance of that - and Slim left town!