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Military Cancels Ted Nugent Performance Citing Violent Rhetoric About Obama

Were they invited to a military funded concert?

This concert isn't funded by the military. It's being funded by ticket sales to attendees.
 
I guess Ubama’s talk about knives and guns, getting in faces, hitting back twice as hard, hand to hand combat and punishing his enemies was just empty rheteric but Nugent meant it literally...LMFAO!!!

Gotta love lefty logic.
 
It is, when it's the government using it as punishment for political comments made in public.

You've got a strange definition of "punishment." I guess Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber were "punished" by not even being invited in the first place.
 
Shucks, the DOD are spoil sports. It would have been awesome to see Uncle Ted firing up an audience of GIs with anti-Obama chants. Maybe an assassination sing-along?

I can't believe that they had Ted up for an opening act. You just know that he would have outshined REO and Styx with his political passion and charm. Damn, now we'll never know how many would have been court-Marshalled from being picked out of the concert video.

I am the Nuge, hear me roar!
 
Were they invited to a military funded concert?

The military isn't funding this concert. It's being funded by ticket sales to attendees.
 
This concert isn't funded by the military. It's being funded by ticket sales to attendees.
It's an event sponsored by the Military, it's located on a Military base, and Nugent would've probably received compensation for his performance. The concert-goers opinion doesn't circumvent the chain of authority.
 
A spokesman for Fort Knox told TheBlaze.com that having Nugent perform “would be a conflict of interest since the military has the obligation to be apolitical.”

So, all other perfomers are and were apolitical???



Such a claim, though, seems dubious when it comes to choosing entertainers, who oftentimes show their partisanship. At its website, for example, Fort Knox is touting an appearance this month by comedian Jay Phillips who is supportive of Obama through his Twitter activities. And Ludacris has performed at U.S. Army bases even after the 2008 release of his pro-Obama song “Politics As Usual,” which calls Hillary Clinton, who was running against Obama at the time, a “bitch” who is “irrelevant.” The ultra-partisan song also called President George W. Bush “mentally handicapped” and says that Sen. John McCain "don't belong in any chair unless he’s paralyzed.”

Comments at the Fort Knox Facebook page have been running about 3-1 against the decision to boot Nugent from the concert.
msnbc.com Entertainment - Military cancels Ted Nugent show citing anti-Obama comments
 
You've got a strange definition of "punishment." I guess Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber were "punished" by not even being invited in the first place.

Did the troops want to see them? Were they invited? Were they interested in performing? I'm thinking that Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga wouldn't have sold many tickets at an Army post.
 
They sure did. Are you insinuating they don't have the right to?

The government doesn't have the authority to punish someone for political speech.
 
The military isn't funding this concert. It's being funded by ticket sales to attendees.

Source??

Usually a promoter is on the hook for the money. That's how the industry works, the promoter fronts the money, then recoups his expenses from ticket sales. If ticket sales aren't high, the promoter loses money on the night, not the performer. It would be extremely unusual for anybody to wait for ticket sales. I doubt Ted would perform if his money wasn't guaranteed. Is the military the promoter or just the venue? Because that's a whole other ball of wax to begin with. If the venue doesn't want to make themselves available, they aren't under any compulsion to do so.

Or we could just go on believing that there's a vast worldwide libbo conspiracy to suppress and discredit American Conservatism.
 
Source??

Usually a promoter is on the hook for the money. That's how the industry works, the promoter fronts the money, then recoups his expenses from ticket sales. If ticket sales aren't high, the promoter loses money on the night, not the performer. It would be extremely unusual for anybody to wait for ticket sales. I doubt Ted would perform if his money wasn't guaranteed. Is the military the promoter or just the venue? Because that's a whole other ball of wax to begin with. If the venue doesn't want to make themselves available, they aren't under any compulsion to do so.

Or we could just go on believing that there's a vast worldwide libbo conspiracy to suppress and discredit American Conservatism.

Thank you for proving my point that the military isn't funding the concert.
 
The government doesn't have the authority to punish someone for political speech.
You have a very poor grasp on the concept of free speech, I could go into work Monday morning and tell my boss his wife is a ****, and I would be well within my legal means to do so, however that doesn't mean he couldn't fire me because of it. You're entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't mean you're absolved from any consequences that may stem from your words.
 
Is that supposed to make sense?
It does to those who understand protected speech and the methods used in litigating them.

If the concert goers, who as you claim were deprived of speech they wanted to hear, want to punish those who did this, they can bring suite, just as the Tucson students are doing right now concerning Hispanic studies.

If Theodore feels his rights were denied, he could sue. He won't sue based on speech rights...if anything he might based on any contract he had.

Good luck with any of that.
 
My understanding is it is on a Military base, the concert is funded by ticket sales. So the military is taking it upon themselves to cancel Ted. The tickets sold for the opening act will have to be refunded. Nothing like biting off your nose to spite your face.
 
You have a very poor grasp on the concept of free speech, I could go into work Monday morning and tell my boss his wife is a ****, and I would be well within my legal means to do so, however that doesn't mean he couldn't fire me because of it. You're entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't mean you're absolved from any consequences that may stem from your words.

You're talking about a private company. I'm talking about the government. Apples and oranges.
 
You're talking about a private company. I'm talking about the government. Apples and oranges.
Wait, you're under the impression that a private company is allowed to refuse or terminate a citizens services because of speech they deem inappropriate, but not federally funded institutions? I'm afraid you're mistaken.
 
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Thank you for proving my point that the military isn't funding the concert.
But they were providing the venue. And since it was government property they had the right to cancel Nugents act.

Why are you still crying about Nugent? Don't tell me he's your dad, too. LOL
 
Freedom of speech protects your from punishment by the government. The Constitution says that, actually.

wrong, again.

the United States govt. is under no obligation to hire musicians who threaten our President.
 
so not one dime of taxpayer funds is involved with this concert, in anyway?

that's bull**** and you know it.

So what if there is? Seems no matter what the military is in charge here. Evidenty they sold the tickets when there was going to be no concert with Ted Nugent...sounds like false advertising to me. You can sue the government you know.
 
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