I’ll go way out on a limb and say the people complaining here vote Democrat. Call it a hunch.

Middletown, New Jersey (My9NJ) – Some residents of Middletown, N.J. are apparently complaining that Earle Naval Weapons Station has been playing the National Anthem too loud every morning at 8:00 a.m. for the past few months when a new base commander started the tradition.

One civilian neighbor is quoted asking why civilians should have to wake up to bugle calls on the PA system every morning.

Most neighbors don’t understand what the fuss is all about. Angie Belicose lives near the Earle Naval Weapons Station.

“I don’t see why you should complain, you shouldn’t be here I guess, I don’t know,” Belicose says. “It’s just a patriotic thing that makes you feel good to hear so I don’t have any complaints about it.”

The Middletown public address has been quiet since late last week, not because of complaints but because of a technical malfunction.

Earle’s public information officer Mike Brady said it’ll be back and at the same volume, but the base wants to also be good neighbors.

“We will look into it further. We’re not going to raise the volume that’s for sure. We will keep it where it is or we’ll lower it if that’s possible and doable,” Brady said.

Brady also did some preliminary studies regarding the sound and he found that trucks passing by the naval base on Highway 36 are at least as loud as the bugle call being complained about.

In addition this same PA system is used to alert all servicemen on the base of an emergency so the sound needs to be loud enough for everyone to hear.

In the end, the National Anthem runs about 90 seconds long, is that really worthy of a complaint?