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The Value Voters Summit is underway in Washington this weekend, and many political animals are looking forward to the straw poll which will be taken Saturday at the conference. While it's just a straw poll, and the 2012 presidential race is still pretty far down the campaign trail, some pundits think they will be able to read something significant in the tea leaves. One of those is Bernie Quigley of The Hill's Pundits Blog: It should be useful in cutting through the ambiguity and denial about the various grassroots movements around the country. In a poll six months ago, Palin...

I received lots of comments and mail about an entry here Thursday relating Ron Paul to Sarah Palin in a political atmosphere where 43 percent consider themselves independents. Many were from Paul supporters who didn’t like the connection. Others did. Glen, who says he has supported Paul for 20 years and Palin for one possibly got closest to the current reality: “I think Palin and Paul have a lot in common,” he wrote. “They are both libertarians, but they come to it from different approaches. Paul is an erudite scholar on both economics and foreign policy. Palin comes at it...

A crowd of more than 75,000 gathered in Holden, West Virginia today to celebrate Labor Day and show their support for American workers. The rally, hosted by Friends of America and sponsored by roughly 100 businesses and organizations, was emceed by Ted Nugent and featured live performances by country music stars Hank Williams Jr., John Rich and Fox News personality, Sean Hannity among others. The focus of today's rally was the threat overreaching government, environmental extremists and corrupt corporate interest pose to American labor. Thousands of cars began lining up outside the Harless Industrial Park before dawn and attendees traveled...

There was a lot of nervous laughter in the room. Some of it was mine. I was leading a church discussion on religious practices in Appalachia. The topic of the night was snake handling. The multitudes had not shown up; I think it was because of the subject. Just the thought of snakes, much less the thought of handling them, gives most folks cold chills. A number of people in the room alluded to Wendy Bagwell’s old story of singing in a West Virginia church. Bagwell described how people had begun to take snakes out of baskets and boxes while...

Recovering liberal Democrat Carrie Hudson discusses the difference between her democratic values and the insanity embraced by the Obama administration. She responds to the nomination of Cass Sunstein as "regulatory czar," a man who believes lawyers should be able to sue farmers on behalf of animals. We discuss the rational end to irrational public policy. Plus, clips of Congressman Alan Grayson, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, and the great Ted Nugent.

More Than 70,000 People to Attend Labor Day Rally in West Virginia As more than 70,000 people have signed up to attend the Friends of America Rally, Holden, WV, is likely to be home to America’s largest Labor Day gathering. The free event, to be held on a previous surface mine, will feature country music stars Hank Williams Jr. and John Rich; Sean Hannity, a nationally-syndicated radio host and Fox television host; and Lord Christopher Monckton, a former science adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. American Legend Ted Nugent will emcee the event. Friends of America from 30...

Ted kicking arse and taking names.

The facts, however interesting, are just plain irrelevant when it comes to President Barack Obama and his allies on Capitol Hill. They truly seem to be doing their best to destroy America. To avoid tough scrutiny and debate, Obama tries to convince us that everything is a “crisis” and must be passed today, ASAP, or gravity will fail and America will float off the planet into a White Hole abyss. We should have expected as much. Obama jammed through his stimulus bill this same way, and all that it has stimulated is an increase in the unemployment rate and national...

Barry’s Latest Crisisby Ted Nugent (more by this author) Posted 07/28/2009 ET The facts, however interesting, are irrelevant when it comes to Barry O's administration and his merry band of Fedzillacrats on Capital Scam Hill who are doing their level best to destroy America. In order to avoid tough scrutiny and debate that would allow for the facts to rise to the surface, Barry tries to convince us that everything is a "crisis" and must be passed today, ASAP, or gravity will fail and America will float off the planet into a White Hole abyss.  What a cheap, manipulative,...

Winston Churchill, the great and wise British statesman, once stated: If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time -- a tremendous whack. Winston was a whack'em & stack'em kind of guy -- the kind I respect and admire. Everything good in life is a direct result of piledrivers piledriving on. I piledrive at all costs. I am a piledriver. Apparently Barry O does not share my admiration of Mr. Churchill because, after...

The cute chimp attacks its owner’s best friend and eats her face and hands off. The primate’s owner calls 9-1-1 and cries for help that, as always, comes much too late. A 9-year-old girl takes a 160-pound bull mastiff for a walk and loses control. The giant dog clamps down on her head, and all people can do is scream and yell. Another little girl steps off the school bus in rural Michigan and is instantly attacked by a pack of dogs, all wearing collars. Again, all anybody can do is scream as the girl’s face is ripped to shreds....

Here's the full audio of Governor Palin and Ted Nugent. Excellent!

Palin appears on gun rights radio talk show By By MARY PEMBERTON | Associated Press Writer Gun rights enthusiasts welcomed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as she made an appearance Friday on a radio talk show, whose callers included rock n' roller turned avid hunter Ted Nugent.Palin spoke on the Michael Dukes' "Firearms Friday" show on KFAR radio in Fairbanks. She was in Alaska's second largest city to sign a gun rights bill and several resolutions.Nugent, well-known for the 1970s hit "Cat Scratch Fever," told Palin from his home in Michigan that he was firing up the grill to cook up...

Gun rights enthusiasts, including rock 'n roller turned avid hunter Ted Nugent, are expected to call in to a talk radio show in Fairbanks, where Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has scheduled an appearance. --snip-- Palin spokesman Dave Murrow says while the governor is in Fairbanks, she will sign several pieces of legislation supporting citizens' rights to carry and bear arms. Murrow says the governor has been a consistent supporter of Second Amendment rights and the bills reflect that.

As the stunned and defeated British army marched out of Yorktown, its band appropriately played “A World Turned Upside Down.” Our forefathers pledged their lives and fortunes to fight and defeat the world’s mightiest army and give birth to America. Our victory over King George was the greatest military upset in the annals of human history. George Washington believed our amazing victory was a result of divine providence. The dream of limited government, personal freedom and liberty, rugged individualism, and self-sufficiency for which our forefathers fought and died is rapidly disappearing in 2009. Once again it is a world turned...

In his role as the Captain of a Florida prison camp in the movie Cool Hand Luke, one of actor Strother Martin’s more famous lines was: “Some men you just can’t reach . . .” Such is the case for international kooks Kim Jong Il of North Korea and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. These men can’t be reached with diplomacy, logic and reason. There have always been psychos intoxicated on power and evil. It’s incredibly naive and arrogant of the Obama blowhards to believe they can “talk” and reason through pragmatism with such people. I suggest we instead give kooks...

President Truman had a sign on his desk that said, “The buck stops here.” If Barry Obama (B.O.) decides to place a sign on his desk in the Oval Office, I recommend he go with something such as, “Don’t point me at anything you don’t wish to destroy.” The destruction in the first 100 days of our sentence under B.O. is staggering: * He first follows through on a campaign promise to close Guantanamo Bay in a year, even though the subhuman debris are housed under nicer conditions than many of our heroic troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has...

A reality show coming to cable network CMT will have recent National Bowhunters Hall of Fame inductee Ted Nugent hunting the most dangerous game — man. "Runnin' Wild ... From Ted Nugent" will debut in August. According to CMT's Web site, episodes will feature Nugent teaching a set of survival skills to three competitors. Those competitors then will put those skills to use in the wilderness while Nugent and his 18-year-old son, Rocco, "hunt them down." Unlike some of Nugent's previous forrays into reality television, the show will not be taped on his Leoni Township property. According to his publicist,...

As one who was privileged and honored to train and hang out with the greatest warriors the world has ever known, it comes as no surprise that mighty U.S. Navy SEALS came through in the recent pirating of a U.S. Merchant Marine ship. The best of the best saved the kidnapped captain, killed three bad guys and captured a fourth. Those of us who cherish justice and good over evil salute the heroes of the American special ops and a commander in chief who gave the green light to do the right thing. God bless the warriors But if common...

This short documentary is a little over 12 minutes long, but it has been split into two 6+ minute parts in order to fit YouTube parameters. This is its description: From "the rant" to the rallies, this documentary covers the national Tea Party movement from its inspiration to its future mandate. Featuring Texas Governor Rick Perry and Ted Nugent. Part One Part Two

Water, water, everywhere water. Know it, embrace it, manage it, or drown. Same goes for cars, trucks, chainsaws, knives, crowbars, blowtorches, and guns. Based on the inept, clumsy, irresponsible failure of brain-dead, uncoordinated numbnuts, I will not be denied the pragmatic, functional utility of anything.

SAN ANTONIO — The Boston tea party was not simply symbolic. It was a physical manifestation of a real, honest-to-God human condition. It was the fire of independence burning in men and women’s souls, determined to escape the shackles of slavery and tyranny, daring to take on an unknown world for their driving instincts to practice the religion of their choice, freely speak their minds, keep and bear arms and pursue their own happiness. The original tea party participants made it clear that the British goons who followed them to the Brave New World would not be allowed to impose...

Eat your heart out P. Diddy... Shout out to Justin Tomczak for the awesome video find. http://conservativebrawler.blogspot.com/2009/04/ted-nugent-rocks-star-spangled-banner.html

Ted Nugent speaks off and on during this outstanding Tea Party at The Alamo. His guitar work is as amazing as his conservative views. His riffs while other things are going on, and around other speakers communicates sometimes better than words can.

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The Alamo, a symbol of freedom and defiance against government oppression, will be the focal point of one of the largest of many Tax Day protests against federal waste held across the country. This evening's rally in Alamo Plaza, billed as the San Antonio Tea Party, will have plenty of color. Rocker Ted Nugent will play the national anthem on guitar. Fox News talk show host Glenn Beck will air his program live, with supporters and the Alamo's familiar shrine behind him. Gov. Rick Perry won't be there. Tea Party officials have declared the stage a politician-free zone. “It's their...

Here we go again, at the shrine of Texas. Throughout our history, brave, defiant fighters have armed themselves to stop oppressors, slavedrivers, tyrants, despots and punks of every stripe. It doesn’t really matter who these oppressors are. We stop them all — Redcoats forcing taxation without representation, British goons coming after our guns, rioting gangs burning down the neighborhood in the name of Rodney King. Bring it. We don’t really care about the origin of evil, but we know it when we see it. Free men know that it must be halted by whatever means necessary. Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie,...

Observe how the Obama media machine and soulless liberal media jumped on Rush Limbaugh’s comments that he “wanted Obama to fail.” Anyone with a half a brain knows Rush wants only this: for America to succeed and for anti-American policies to fail. To leave no doubt where I, your humble Motor City guitarslinger, stands, let me report without ambiguity, that I get down on bended knee daily and pray to God that he does what he can to ensure President Obama fails. To repeat: I pray for President Obama to fail. Like Rush, I wouldn’t want Obama to fail if...

You may have noticed I am a big fan of rugged individualism, self-reliance, individual freedoms, liberty, self-determination and defiance — heavy on the defiance.These uniquely American characteristics course through our veins and pulse in our genes, gifts from our amazing, defiant forefathers.They sailed across an unknown ocean, to an unknown land, to establish a country free of kings and tyrants.In securing our freedom, they wrote a constitution that limited the power of the federal government.They knew even back then that absolute power corrupts absolutely.Of the Bill of Rights, the 10th Amendment says this: Powers not delegated to the United States by...

His choice of Eric Holder to be attorney general bolsters that distrust. Like Obama, Holder is a gun-control zealot —typical of the loony, anti-freedom wing of the Democratic Party. Do not believe the president’s thinly veiled statements about supporting an individual’s right to own guns. Rather, review these men’s previous, career-long, freedom-restricting, gun-grabbing statements.

Amazingly, President Bush said he wanted to close it. Now President Obama has signed an executive order to close it. Both are wrong. We should keep the detention center at Guantanamo Bay open. I have been to Gitmo to visit with the U.S. Marines running what is an essential institution for the security of a free world. The Marines with whom I spoke told me they would never turn their backs on any of the dangerous terrorpunks held there. Job No. 1 of the president is to keep the United States safe. These religious psychos, barbarians, killers and terrorists held...

Barack Obama jumped over a bunch of longer-experienced presidential candidates to win the White House, so will that pattern take at the National Rifle Association? It might, considering rocker and hunter Ted Nugent's popularity among NRA members. We hear that the Nuge is being urged to get into the race, and a key NRA insider tells us: "He does have a grass-roots following." That's for sure. The singer of "Cat Scratch Fever" fame and 23 albums is being promoted on Facebook. While Nugent is an NRA board member, he doesn't have the type of top slot in the organization normally...

Barack Obama jumped over a bunch of longer-experienced presidential candidates to win the White House, so will that pattern take at the National Rifle Association? It might, considering rocker and hunter Ted Nugent's popularity among NRA members. We hear that the Nuge is being urged to get into the race, and a key NRA insider tells us: "He does have a grass-roots following." That's for sure. The singer of "Cat Scratch Fever" fame and 23 albums is being promoted on Facebook. While Nugent is an NRA board member, he doesn't have the type of top slot in the organization normally...

Like other entities that abandons basic quality control, political parties rot from within. It happened to the Democrats long ago. Now that has become the case with a Republican Party that has strayed from its conservative underpinnings. There are really only four things to which I have a strong aversion: unloaded guns, dull knives, banjos and Republicans in Name Only (RINO). RINOs feign support for conservative principles only when it serves their political interests. They are known for their moderate positions, such as tax increases, gun control that guarantees more innocent victims, opposing the death penalty, and growing and sustaining...

I’ve got a big problem with newspapers who put American lives at risk by publishing our nation’s secrets. But that’s nothing compared to what I think should be done to the people -- trusted people within our government -- who leak our secrets. If I can borrow a little from by blood brother Willie Nelson, we should send ‘em all to their Maker and he’ll settle ‘em down. Government employees entrusted with our national secrets are morally, ethically, logically and legally required to keep them secret. Those employees who intentionally leak national secrets should -- no, must -- be charged...

Before the election, Howard Stern's Sirius radio show conducted interviews in Harlem, N.Y., in which the interviewer, not identified with the show, recited John McCain's economic proposals but portrayed them as Barack Obama's. Not knowing whose ideas they actually were, these people raved and gave them their full support. The election of Obama is an example of Americans voting against their own self interest. It's also further evidence of the dumbing down of America. Trying to explain how our economy works and why lowering taxes is always better for them and America than imposing higher taxes is an economic bridge...

From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, all across America and in Iraq, Afghanistan and wherever America is being defended, the world’s most exclusive gun club is the celebrating its 233 birthday today. Born in a roughneck Philadelphia bar in 1775 on a dare to surpass standard warrior excellence, the United States Marines Corps has distinguished itself over its history as the finest military force the world has ever seen. Do not point the US Marines Corps at anything you do not wish conquer. They are the pointy end of America’s spear. The Devil Dogs are always...

OK. This is it. The big day has arrived. Do or die. The moment of truth, the big Kahuna, where “we the people” of the one and only experiment in self-government in the history of humankind get to step up to the plate and give it our best shot as individual participants in this grand "American Dream" of independence and autonomy. Election Day has arrived, my fellow Americans, and it is now that we shall see just what we are made of. Pull the lever, take your shot. There is no take two. I am as frustrated and disenfranchised as...

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Over the course of a 40 minute phone conversation rock legend and conservative firebrand Ted Nugent discussed his new book, Ted, White and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto, his charity work, the state of the presidential race, gun control and even Mayor Bloomberg's attempt to change the term limit laws. Nugent is planning two new books, including a tell-all on his rock lifestyle slated for 2010. "I'm a pretty exciting young man, at the tender age of 60," said Nugent, adding that the perfect response to almost any situation is a big "xxxx you." Here are some highlights.

NUGENT: IF I WERE PRESIDENT . . . October 10, 2008 -- THOSE who say John McCain and Barack Obama waffle on the issues should vote for gun-toting, meat-loving rocker Ted Nugent, who makes no bones about what he'd do as president. "[I'd] instruct the US military warriors to do their job - win the global war on terror right now and eliminate all threats from all sources by any means necessary," Nugent writes in his new book, "Ted, White and Blue." He'd also "take appropriate gas and oil from Mexico and the Middle East as payment for all...

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...