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ROCK UPSET ABOUT TROOPS PERFORMANCE SNUB
KID ROCK has been denied the opportunity to complete his court-ordered community service by performing for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq.
The All Summer Long hitmaker, real name Robert Ritchie, was sentenced to 80 hours community service following a brawl at a Waffle House restaurant in Georgia last year (07), and he has asked if he can do his time by visiting troops stationed abroad this holiday season.
But Dekalb County judge Alvin T. Wong has decided the free concerts and meet and greets aren't enough.
He says, "Giving him credit for something he would otherwise love to do in front of a camera completely defeats the punitive purpose of performing community service."
And the decision has infuriated Rock, who addressed the matter in a recent blog message.
The angry rocker writes, "Apparently he thinks it's more important that I do something else rather than sing, shake hands, take pictures and spend time with the men and women who put themselves in harm's way to protect the very freedoms he and all of us live by. I really take it as a slap in the face."
Rock, who has become a regular visitor to U.S. troops stationed abroad during the holidays, was fined $1,000 (GBP666) and sentenced to probation after pleading no contest in a battery lawsuit, following the Waffle House fight.
The rock star and five members of his entourage were arrested and charged with misdemeanour battery after the October (07) brawl in Duluth, Georgia.
02 December 2008 22:06
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MARDOLPAN 
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posted on 16.12.2008 15:23
My son is stationed at Ramstein AFB in Germany. He called me this a.m. all
excited that Kid Rock and Zac Brown Band were performing on base. Zac Brown
was on stage singing Country Fried. "Can you hear it? Can you hear it? He was
elated. How dare this judge deny the men and women selflessly serving our
country, the pleasure of this musician performing?!
He should be ashamed of himself. These men and women are away from their
families and loved ones. How dare he deny them the simple joy of music!!!
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Lynnzilla ( 1)
posted on 03.12.2008 20:15
To the judge: Alvin, are you ready to go to Iraq and sing? Are you feeling
any itch at all to go to Iraq for any other reason ? Probably not--You're nice
and snug here, nobody is shooting at you and the chance of a bomb going off
anywhere near you is passing slim.
At first glance one can see how you might think allowing Mr. Rock/Mr. Ritchie
to do his community service by performing for the troops as a vacation of
sorts, but consider deeper: He will be in a dangerous area, a dangerous area
HE chose, giving his fellow American's something to smile about at a time they
have little enough to smile about, and I'll let alone the polemics here and
stick to the subject at hand.
Is it possible for him to make a greater contribution to his, YOUR, country by
wearing an orange jump-suit and picking up trash on the side of I-75 or maybe
collating for the Atlanta Daily Journal ? Dirt on his hands? Ink on his
fingers ? I ask you to reconsider. Let him make some people happy and trust
to the climate that his eyes will be full of sand.
Lynn Stover
