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The 1960s marked the rise of hedonism — the "if it feels good, do it" generation. A cursory review of what came afterward tells a haunting story. Teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, school dropout rates, drug use, divorce, youth crime and other social maladies escalated. We poisoned our culture and society when we began caring more about ourselves than the collective good of society at large. Values, mores and standards—the very things that make a just and civil society—were carelessly tossed aside in favor of reckless abandon. There are consequences for actions, something liberals and the hippies carelessly ignored at...

UPDATED): While Senator Obama was giving his acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver to tens of thousands of Fedzilla supporting numbskulls, I was busy pummeling musical fun gluttons at the New York State Fair with my R&B spirit-infested guitar as I’ve done over 6,000 times so far in my gravity-defying career. My ace crew taped Senator Obama’s speech so that I could watch it after I got off stage and now I’m slamming this out on my laptop. I won’t go away. Write that down. Again. Before I slice and dice the Obaminator’s speech, let’s get one thing clear....

UPDATED): While Senator Obama was giving his acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver to tens of thousands of Fedzilla supporting numbskulls, I was busy pummeling musical fun gluttons at the New York State Fair with my R&B spirit-infested guitar as I’ve done over 6,000 times so far in my gravity-defying career. My ace crew taped Senator Obama’s speech so that I could watch it after I got off stage and now I’m slamming this out on my laptop. I won’t go away. Write that down. Again. Before I slice and dice the Obaminator’s speech, let’s get one thing clear....

Similar to communism, socialism, fascism, and religious voodooism, liberalism is a political cancer designed to control you, not liberate you. Liberalism is based upon the theory that government—and lots of it--knows better than you what is best for you. Liberals believe you are too stupid to make wise decisions for yourself. The entrenched liberal paradigm is to grow and sustain Fedzilla, the amorphous blob that is gobbling up more and more of our tax dollars and in the process, becoming more and more unresponsive and unaccountable to its employers—you and me, the American taxpayer. No one who’s smarter than a...

Four of nature’s most powerful forces to reckon with are a sow grizzly with cubs, a coiled rattlesnake at close range, Ted Nugent driving a rental car, and Rush Limbaugh seated in his command module ensconced behind the golden “EIB” microphone. Surely one of life’s greatest rewards is driving idiots and intellectual cotton balls of all political stripes berserk by simply being who you are. As C.S. Lewis once wrote, “Enemy occupied territory -- that is what the world is.” In other words, we live in a target rich environment. No human alive has caused more angst and frustration to...

Exclusive: US rocker Ted Nugent's outrageous rant on UK knife crime By Jody Thompson, 17/07/2008 (What's this?)American rock star Ted Nugent has followed in Lily Allen's footsteps to be the latest celebrity to comment on the UK's knife crime problem. However, unlike Lily, he's set to spark controversy with his outrageous views. An advocate of hunting and gun-ownership rights, Nugent currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association and thinks the problem would stop if Britons were allowed to arm themselves with guns. Talking mid-set during his gig at London's Indigo venue in the 02 Arena...

I have a few questions for those running for president and expect some answers. After all, the winner will be my employee, serving "we the people," pledging an oath to the U.S. Constitution. * America is $9 trillion in debt. Does this concern you, and if it does, what would you specifically do to work toward eliminating this debt and shave the flagrant waste and corruption of out-of-control bureaucracies? * Do you think too many Americans receive a paycheck, one way or another, from the government? * Do you believe the average American is taxed too much, not enough or...

As I swab down one of my hundreds of privately owned, individually possessed firearms again this fine morning, I snicker and shake my head in disbelief that there are four "justices" on the "supreme" court that do not believe Americans have individual rights. Sure, I am somewhat pleased that we now have a SCOTUS confirmation of the self-evident truth and God given individual right to keep and bear arms, but the 5-4 ruling is another painful example, like Guantanamo and the decree against the death penalty for child rapist decisions that indicate a divisive culture war raging on, and four...

Ted Nugent has the formula for the perfect life, or so he’ll tell you as he spends an afternoon loading machine gun magazines in his Waco, Texas, home with his dog at his side, using a little downtime before he hosts a barbecue with war veterans he reveres. The Motor City Madman, vector of “Cat Scratch Fever,” brings his Rolling Thunder 2008 Tour to the Fox Theater Thursday. An outspoken supporter of hunting rights and host of “Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild” on the Outdoor Channel, he isn’t bothered if he comes off like a talk radio screaming match....

By Ted Nugent, Texas Wildman Sunday, May 18, 2008 Gather 'round, boys and girls, and listen closely. What I am about to tell you will help you immensely throughout the rest of your lives if you commit to practicing and living your Uncle Ted's proven modus operandi for quality of life. You won't get this ironclad and loving advice in a classroom or from a textbook. Sadly, some of you will not have received this advice from even your parents. Here goes: * Nobody owes you a thing. Nothing. Everything you will get out of life will only be based...

Musicians Ozzy Osbourne, Stevie Nicks, Ted Nugent, Steve Winwood, Robert Plant, Kenny Loggins, Glenn Frey, Alice Cooper, Tony Iommi, Chris Squire, James Taylor, Todd Rundgren, Jackson Browne, Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer, John Bonham (R.I.P.) & Rick James (R.I.P.)

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Just as I did not believe it when President Clinton claimed that he smoked marijuana but did not inhale, I do not believe that Sen. Barack Obama was unaware of the incendiary, racist, anti-American sermons of his pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Give me a break. Politicians must think we the people are idiots. Obama went to Wright's church for 20 or so years where the reverend preached. The Rev. Wright married the senator and his wife and baptized their children. The senator titled his book The Audacity of Hope after a Wright sermon. The senator appointed the reverend to serve on...

God gave man a soul, a powerful, instinctual moral and intellectual True North compass, something that completely differentiates us from all other living creatures. Respecting the gift of life and the power of responsible choice, man can pursue complete happiness while being a positive force for all things. When man experiences personal benefits from wrong choices at the expense of others and the environment, he has lost his soul. His misdeeds will eventually catch up with him. In the meantime, the majority of good people will be forced to perform damage control. That is the feeble and pathetic condition of...

I am not a Republican. I am a conservative. Yes, Scarlet, even an over-the-top, uppity, defiant MotorCity MadMan guitar wrangler can be a real conservative. Get used to it. Claiming to be a Republican signifies allegiance to a political party. Being a conservative denotes a commitment to a self-evident, truth-based philosophy and disciplined lifestyle. A conservative believes in and fights for limited government and individual rights to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In today's big-government juggernaut, it is truly progressive to be a conservative. Conservatives are independent, rugged individuals who believe the "American Dream" is achieved through...

I'm incensed at the Bush/Pelosi $150 billion economic stimulus package. You should be, too. Sending us a check for a couple of hundred bucks is a pandering joke — an economic slap in our faces. Hopefully you are smart enough to see through this economic smokescreen. Even if you spend all of the money — your money, by the way, coming back to you — it will do little if anything to improve the sagging economy. Sending Americans a check is economic flash over substance. If our professional politicians really wanted to improve the economy, they would do a couple...

Saw this *VIDEO* going through GOP friends and associates emails as my FlAttorney Free Republic “Straight Talk” page is updated for the start of 2008. Uncle Ted blasts Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, and Hillary Clinton over gun control and gun safe zones. Good stuff here! Please let me know of any other good Ted On the Issues videos that I don’t have links posted. Thanks in advance. – FlA FlAttorney's FR "Straight Talk": Ted Nugent section Have a fantastic Christmas and New Year Holiday! Posted for FlAttorney by TAB

A week ago I chuckled while reading the Pennsylvania Game Commission's helpful tips on dealing with black bears. It had to do with avoiding problems should one of the bears get too close and personal with a human. Having spent a good deal of time in bear country over the years and having watched, admired and, yes, hunted them, I don't know if there truly is any good advice save for the standard, "Don't put garbage in easy-to-open trash cans outside your house because it will attract bears." Don't laugh. It can happen fairly close to Washington in nearby Loudoun...

In the video, which has made the rounds online and on television, Nugent stands onstage with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle in each hand. First he tells of his recent visit to Chicago, during which he claims he said to Sen. Barack Obama, "Hey, Obama! You might want to suck on one of these [guns], you punk!" Nugent adds, "Obama, he's a piece of s---, and I told him to suck on my machine gun. Let's hear it for him!" Nugent then relays details of a recent visit to New York, during which he putatively conveyed a similar message to another...

Everybody knows Michael Moore is lying. Everybody knows Hillary wants to tax us into socialist submission. Everybody knows that Ted Kennedy and Barack Obama want to force American families into unarmed, helpless victimization by forbidding citizens the right to self-defense. And I suspect that, other than the 50-some million Americans who enjoy the $60 billion human abuse industry of porn, most conscientious people agree with me that it is repugnant and sinful and a surefire recipe for ruined lives. But hey, live it up, America, for clearly, freedom of choice is the American way. Have at it. This wonderful melting...

The O'Reilly Factor tonight, Unresolved Problems segment, Kasich subbing for Bill. Played video of The Nuge saying rude things about Hildebeast and Barack Hussein Obama in a concert. Kasich whined like a baby about the "tone", and personal attacks, even though this was a rocker during a PAID private performance. The Nuge was having none of the kowtowing to political correctness. "If you don't know rock-n-roll, you don't get it". Kasich kept crying. Reminded me of Mike Kryszewewsivkvkk during the NCAA tournament. Good night, man, grow up. As the Godfather said, "YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!" Nugent ate his...

Outspoken rocker Ted Nugent has been told to keep his political thoughts to himself when he performs at the upcoming South Dakota State Fair after offending fans with a rant about presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The fervent Republican blasted the Democrats during a concert on August 21, when he called Obama a "piece of s---" and Clinton a "worthless bitch". And organizers of the state fair in South Dakota don't want a repeat when he performs there on Sunday. State Fair manager Susan Hayward says, "We don't approve of what he does at his other concerts, but...

Ted Nugent gave an interview this morning on a local station and specifically stated that he "registered for the draft" and that they simply "didn't call my number."He hammered the 'journalists' who reported that he had reported to the draft board caked in his own waste.I listened to him say these quotes in response to direct questions.

So Ted Nugent roams a concert stage while toting automatic weapons, calls Barack Obama "a piece of -----" and says he told Obama to suck on one of his machine-guns. He also calls Hillary Clinton a "worthless bitch" and Dianne Feinstein a "worthless whore." That Nugent, he's a man's man. He talks the talk and walks the walk, right? Except when it was time to register for the draft during the Vietnam era. By his own admission, Nugent stopped all forms of personal hygiene for a month and showed up for his draft board physical in pants caked with his...

Back in June, Motor City Madman Ted Nugent said he admires a lot of the 2008 Republican presidential candidates, and especially would-be candidate Fred Thompson. "I really like Mike Huckabee and Tommy Thompson," Nugent told Dennis Miller. "I admire Mitt Romney. I admire John McCain. But to whittle it down right now I really have the Nugent spotlight, and I've been scrutinizing Mr. Fred Thompson. I think he glows a little bit more than those other great gentlemen." Does Thompson think that Nugent glows? And if he does, will he still think so after watching a concert video in which...

Ted Nugent threatens Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton during a performance- with machine guns in hand!

Toby Keith and I stood at the bedside of Pfc. Todd Bolding of Central Texas. We were far from home, having just landed via Blackhawk battle copter on the tarmac of Bondsteel U.S. Military Hospital in Germany. Visiting with wounded heroes of the world's greatest warriors from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard and Marine Corps, we were deeply humbled — not only by the courage of these amazing men and women, but also by their commitment to get their shattered bodies repaired as soon as possible to "grab my rifle and get back to the front lines...

Ted Nugent might run for Governor of Michigan By: Adam Tanner Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:24 AM EDT LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Ted Nugent is exuberantly excited most of the time, but he grows even more animated when asked if he ever tires of playing "Cat Scratch Fever," the 1977 hit he's played thousands of times in a 40-year career. He shouts repeated obscenities, then picks up a guitar and plays part of both "Cat Scratch Fever" and his 1975 song "Stranglehold" with unbridled enthusiasm. "When I get on stage, I know what it means to people, I know what...

Ted Nugent Blames Hippies for Divorce, Abortion, Drugs and Crime 7/3/07, 2:22 pm EST It was only a matter of time before Ted Nugent decided to rain on the Summer of Love’s anniversary parade. In an article from today’s Wall Street Journal titled “The * Summer of Drugs,” the notoriously opinionated guitar god took some time off his busy hunting schedule to blame “stoned, dirty, stinky hippies” for “rising rates of divorce, high school drop-outs, drug use, abortion, sexual diseases and crime, not to mention the exponential expansion of government and taxes.” * Highlights (including some choice words for Jimi...

The New York journalist, and I use the term "journalist" generously, was attempting to take me to task for claiming that slovenliness and laziness are unnecessary choices anywhere, anytime, but especially in America. I had just explained to him how, as a child of a lower middle-class family living on the outskirts of Detroit in the roaring 1950s, I got nothing unless I earned it. We did without. We were frugal by design. You want a guitar, kid? Get a job. Or two. I went into detail how my mother and father loved me and properly parented us kids in...

A Democratic Party blogger says he wants to shoot Rush Limbaugh and is calling for volunteers to assassinate rock star Ted Nugent, who champions the Second Amendment. Hart Williams, a former writer for porn magazine Hustler and who now toils for the Democratic Daily, was waxing incoherent about a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Nugent, complaining that it was likely ghost-written. "How we can remain 'civil' in the face of this is beyond my ken," wrote Williams. "I will only reiterate what I've said WHEN they manage to inevitably push their litany of hatespeak into actual bloodletting, and full-blown...

This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the so-called Summer of Love. Honest and intelligent people will remember it for what it really was: the Summer of Drugs. Forty years ago hordes of stoned, dirty, stinky hippies converged on San Francisco to "turn on, tune in, and drop out," which was the calling card of LSD proponent Timothy Leary. Turned off by the work ethic and productive American Dream values of their parents, hippies instead opted for a cowardly, irresponsible lifestyle of random sex, life-destroying drugs and mostly soulless rock music that flourished in San Francisco.

I lived in Michigan when the television news channels played the videos of Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisting his terminally ill patients nonstop, day in and day out. It was clear, as the parties involved spilled out their hearts and souls in the most dynamic of intense emotions, that the good doctor was responding sincerely, thoughtfully, professionally and with deep compassion to those seeking to end their agony. You will find no man who more than I is dedicated to the self-evident truth that human life is sacred. I value, respect and completely cherish the precious gift of life that God...

I like sizzling meat on the grill. Wild, huh? Anybody? Now, we all know ol' Nuge isn't by any stretch of the imagination a weirdo when it comes to an omnivorous diet. Especially here in the great Republic of Texas, a smiling, drooling preference for succulent, protein-rich, nutritious backstrap over aromatic mesquite coals is as American and natural and right as Mom, apple pie and the flag. It's beautiful, really. But a culture war rages against such universal, self-evident truths. It would be laughable if it were not so deranged. Some weirdos actually are on a crusade to outlaw the...

It would start with fingerprints and an IIC. That's an immigrant identification card. The I.D. would be for foreigners who seek to live in, work in or become citizens of the United States. That's if I were writing the immigration laws. It would include the reciting and signing of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America and denouncing any and all allegiances to other countries. But first: If you are not a legal U.S. citizen or documented alien, you would have to complete the following actions: * Upon passage of this legislation, you would return to your...

You only deserve what you earn. No one owes you a thing. Amazingly, many Americans are dumbfounded and utterly confused over these simple truisms. Because of the culture of entitlement many Americans have embraced since the mid-1960s, we have created generations of Americans addicted to the government handout machine. They are ballast in this experiment in self-government, solidly in the liability column simply because they choose to be. Even more amazing are the politicians who would further want to entrench into our cultural and economic fabric the very system that has stripped people of their work ethic, pride and self-esteem....

Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try these on for size: Columbine High School. Gun-free zone. New York City pizza shop. Gun-free zone. Pearl (Miss.) High School. Gun-free zone. Luby's Cafeteria. Gun-free zone. The Amish school in Pennsylvania. Gun-free zone. Virginia Tech University. Gun-free zone. Anybody see what the evil Sarah Brady and her denial-infested gun-banning cult have created? I personally have zero tolerance for evil and denial. And America had best wake up real quick to this fact: The brain-dead celebration of unarmed helplessness will get you killed every time. I've about had enough of it. Conversely, at a...

Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try this on for size: Columbine gun-free zone, New York City pizza shop gun-free zone, Luby's Cafeteria gun-free zone, Amish school in Pennsylvania gun-free zone and now Virginia Tech gun-free zone. Anybody see what the evil Brady Campaign and other anti-gun cults have created? I personally have zero tolerance for evil and denial. And America had best wake up real fast that the brain-dead celebration of unarmed helplessness will get you killed every time, and I've about had enough of it. Nearly a decade ago, a Springfield, Oregon, high schooler, a hunter familiar with...

When was the last time you lovingly explained to your children that one's body is a sacred temple, a gift from God? During my DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) presentations at schools across the land, when asked, not a single child has ever heard the phrase "sacred temple" used to refer to his or her body. There are so many tattoos and pierced body parts on American kids that in order to really be different nowadays, you simply have to choose to not get a tattoo or piercing. The sheeping of America is almost complete. Righteous defiance would be a...

FALLUJAH, Iraq ? The huge, jagged crater from the previous day's IED blowout could have swallowed up our Humvee. My U.S. Marine driver, however, did what U.S. Marines do so well. He improvised, adapted and overcame the cavernous obstacle as we motored vigorously into this city. My Kevlar helmet banged back and forth against the bulletproof interior of my military ride. My heavy flak vest cushioned the body slams against the door and frame. With a mind-jolting bang, the door violently swung open. I frantically grabbed and pulled it back, but it would not latch shut. I bounced like a...

If there were any true justice left in America, John Couey would already be dead. Couey is the evil monster who molested, raped, tortured and then buried alive little 9-year-old Jessie Lunsford. A jury sentenced him to death last week. Couey doesn't deserve any more food, oxygen or any other creature comfort. We should kill him as soon as possible. If his death takes years to carry out the sentence, there will be no justice. I want all child molesters executed, not just murderers like John Couey. I do not care if the child molester is Couey or a priest....

I am absolutely high on a hi-octane cocktail of freedom, liberty, spirit, attitude, goodwill, defiance and positive energy. It is delicious and oh-so-healthy for an uncontrollable American Dream. My nearly 50-year gravity- and liberal-defying rhythm and blues rock ’n’ roll career would be fulfilling enough simply on a musical level. Add to the organic defiance factor of such a ferocious musical style, a lifetime of societal defiance against an overt left-wing hippie-dominated media, and I do believe I get more satisfaction from causing my brain-dead critics so much anguish with virtually zero effort. Thank you, God. I am truly a...

Nugent insists Perry loved show Aide admits the governor may not agree with rebel rocker's attire AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry to rocker Ted Nugent: "Give 'em hell." Nugent insisted Monday that the governor loved his inaugural ball performance last week and never criticized his decision to wear a shirt emblazoned with the Confederate battle flag. In a telephone interview Monday, he said Perry approached him backstage after the Jan. 16 event, complimented him on "the greatest rock and roll" and thanked him for coming. The governor followed that up with a weekend telephone call that ended with Perry telling...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Musician Ted Nugent is getting mixed reviews for his performance at the second inauguration of Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Nugent appeared on stage at the black-tie gala Tuesday in a cutoff T-shirt with a Confederate flag on it. He used machine guns as props and shouted offensive remarks about non-English speakers, according to people at the event. Perry's spokesman, Robert Black, said Nugent is a good friend of the governor's. He said Perry did not put any stipulation on what Nugent would play. GOP strategist Royal Masset said Nugent was "a horrible choice." Gary Bledsoe, president...

When last we left the interaction between Ted Nugent and this person, the Nuge told him, "eat me." Ted Nugent, you are a stinking redneck and a fool. I am tired of beating around the book with your tired crap. That racist, stupid crap has finally pushed my last button. No more Mr. Nice guy you rotten sumbitch bastard. Take your gun and your stupid, sexist songs and shove them up your ass. Just because they let you on VH1 doesn't mean that your not a hasbeen and a burnout. You served your last good song years ago and your...

FRIDAY24MARCH2006123456789101112............The Bill Of NO Rights... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We, the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid any more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other bedwetters. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim that they require...

Nugent sticks to his gun on VH1 set A pistol-packing Ted Nugent startled a VH1 film crew member. Gun enthusiast Ted Nugent won a showdown with a VH1 film crew assistant director the other day. Nugent, in town for the filming of VH1's "Supergroup" reality show, walked onto the set early this week exercising his right to bear arms. The startled assistant director asked the rocker to remove the holstered firearm from the active set, citing safety concerns. Nugent, 57, stuck to his guns (gun), and the AD has not been seen on the set since, I'm told. Reached at...

-Country's most outspoken star, Toby Keith is learning to enjoy these 'happy days'- Toby Keith learned a valuable lesson in the late 1990s, he says. "You can't be anything other than you are," the country music superstar said recently in a free-wheeling interview that touched upon his ventures into label ownership, acting, his friendship with the always-colorful Ted Nugent and testy relationship with Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines. Keith, whose flashy "Big Throwdown II" tour comes to The Palace of Auburn Hills on Friday, is known for being his own man. He speaks his mind. He does what he wants....

A picture similar to the one below attracted to me to an op-ed by Jon Margolis, who used to write about politics regularly for the Chicago Tribune. Jon's moved on and out-- he lives in Vermont. An author, he wrote this book, The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964 : The Beginning of the "Sixties." Yes, another book about "the Sixties." If it wasn't for a picture of Republican rocker Ted Nugent, would've skipped the article, Tribal America defends right to ignore facts. Free registration may be required. It's a typical, "Man, most Americans (but not me) are dumb" piece....

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of Common Sense who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. he will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm and that life isnt always fair. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (dont spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting stategies (adults, not kids, are...