Ted Nugent: Memo to Media: Truth Marketable

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Ted Nugent: Memo to Media: Truth Marketable
Waco Tribune Herald ^ | 8/24/2008 | Ted Nugent

Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:54:56 AM by McLynnan

By Ted Nugent, Texas Wildman

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Much to the chagrin of my liberal neighbors in Central Texas, the damn Yankee guitarboy from Detroit just keeps on raising Cain.

With pure, unstoppable, logic-driven defiance coursing through my veins and slamming through my fingertips, I am compelled to exercise my glowing, unstoppable "we the people" crowbar of truth in spite of the anti-Texan editorial policy running rampant in the newspapers across this otherwise Great Republic.

I keep looking, but for the life of me I cannot find any real Texans who agree with John Young. Go figure.

That I better and more accurately represent the Great Texas Spirit than my editors is tragic.

I shall carry on.

Since finally coming home to Texas, and after recoiling in shocking disbelief at the very un-Texas-like drivel I read in every major newspaper in the state, I decided a simple letter to the editor wasn't quite "we the people" enough for me.

It was time to insert the pulse of the best, most productive, real American Texan's point of view into the hometown newspaper.

I've been told that the online hits on my columns are more than one thousand times that of the liberal writers. Duh.

Of course, the lunatic fringe got its diapers all in a tizzy, questioning just who I thought I was barging in here like this, daring to express myself and defy the entrenched lefties. Clearly, I am far beyond the thinking stage, as if I need anyone's authorization or to qualify my credentials in order to flex my First Amendment-guaranteed, God-given rights.

Step aside, you pathetic little squawkersheep. There's a new sheriff in town, and he ain't backing down.

We're better shots

I'm from Detroit. It's not a murder capital because folks are more violent. We are just better damn shots. Get over it.

With all due respect to the socialist fantasies of my fellow writers and editors, and being the only author on the Trib staff with two New York Times best-sellers with an annual readership that dwarfs my "professional" comrades, little ol' humble me shall carry on, thank you, with more confidence and supported authority than my journalistic brethren. Guitar players just wanna have fun.

So as I bring in national and global media to conduct interviews, representing the most positive and productive of Texas and America, I will continue to celebrate and promote the self-evident truths that still inspire and guide the vast majority of good people everywhere. Get used to it.

* We know that hunting, fishing and trapping are perfect.

* We know that to keep and bear arms is an individual, God-given right.

* We know that "keep" means "it's mine, you can't have it," and that "bear" means "I've got it right here on me."

* We know what "shall not be infringed" means.

* We know all too well that "gun-free zones" are a guaranteed recipe for disaster.

* We know that the current system of over-taxation cripples entrepreneurs and small businesses while rewarding the most slovenly amongst us.

* We know that upon the death of a loved family member, the government has no rational right to one red cent of our families' after-tax savings.

* We know that the IRS is a joke.

* We know that throwing money at our failed education system will make it worse.

* We know that the current system of testing students is counterproductive to actually teaching them.

* We know that violent criminals should never be let out of their cages.

* We know that child predators should be put to death.

* We know that you cannot live the American Dream without speaking English. Properly.

* We know that generations of welfare brats are slaves to soulless policies.

* We know that Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a racist.

* We know that David Koresh was loony, but the government was guilty of criminal acts against its citizens in how its agents dealt with him.

* We know that ethanol is a joke.

* We know that Willie Nelson is stoned.

* We know America is doomed if we don't secure our borders from illegal invaders.

* We know that Hillary and Obama have made it clear they want to ruin America.

* We don't know what the hell John McCain wants to do.

* We know what "Don't Tread on Me" means.

God bless America and God bless Texas. Ted Nugent loves you.

Ted Nugent is a Waco-based musician and television show host. Contact him directly at tednugent.com

[a1timer]

Great stuff, break.

Rock on, Ted.

[bbob1972]

I thought Nugent lived in Washington, the state.

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Dear Mr. Obama:

Sir, you confuse me. Those of us who conduct our lives based on logic, truth, good will, decency and the driven work ethic to be productive assets to our great country are trying very hard to figure you out.

I hear the words coming out of your mouth. I see the large crowds cheering you on. But for the life of me I cannot believe the contradictions and hypocrisy coming out of you and your supporters.


Your advertisements and campaign speeches claim that you believe in Americans who work hard and try to be the best that they can be to achieve their American dreams. Then you turn around and rave about how you apparently hate rich, successful people. For some strange reason you want to punish them with punitive taxes.

You wish to take those increased taxes and put them into proven wasteful bureaucracies, many of which reward able-bodied Americans who simply refuse to get a job.

Worse, our tax dollars too often go to purchase bling instead of the proper care of children.

How in God's name can you support such slavery to the nanny state?

America is $9 trillion in debt. Increasing the debt further saddles future generations of America with even more dangerous debt. I cannot see how this is moral, just or makes good economic sense.

Senator, you even support the outrageous, duplicitous taxing of families' after-tax savings upon the death of a family member.

Redistribution of wealth is out-and-out anti-American, and the essence of communism.

As for further taxing the wealthy, do you believe there is a ceiling on success? At what level are you prepared to "take those profits?"

In a recent commencement speech, you recommended the graduates consider the "collective" rather than the individual.

Are we to expect that you actually believe that a quality society can possibly exist without rugged individuals as the nucleus for productive, positive neighborhoods, creating a truly great society, not to be confused with the disastrous "Great Society" that rewards slovenly dependency?

Another thing: Most Americans believe that our spiritual lives define us. We also believe that your 20-plus years at the Chicago church of Rev. Jeremiah Wright define you. If so, that would make you a radical racist — an America-hating, white-hating, Louis Farrakhan-supporting extremist.

Do you really expect us to believe that you sat in the pews for 20 years and did not hear any radical, anti-American drivel come out of the mouth of Rev. Wright?

You are on record supporting restrictions on the God-given, U.S. Constitution-guaranteed right to keep and bear arms. Do you believe that we need to pay for your armed security detail? What makes your lives more worthy of protecting than ours?

There is so much more we want to find out about you, and we hope you come forward with every bit of critical information for full disclosure before this fall so we know exactly who you are and what you stand for.

The people of America are genuinely concerned about the nation's future. Surely you owe it to us if you believe you can lead us forward for a better, more secure American Dream.

I'm sure you would want to give your wife something to be proud of.

Ted Nugent is a Waco-based musician and television show host. Contact him directly at tednugent.com.

[jballscalls]

I always thought the Nug lived in rural Michigan.

He makes some very great and true points. I'm sure the "expert" columnists that are his counterparts hate his success as a writer.

The only thing i really questioned in his first article you posted is when he said "the right to keep and bear arms is an individual, God given right" I thought the founders of this country gave him that right, not god??

[ed584]

Originally Posted by jballscalls

I always thought the Nug lived in rural Michigan.

He makes some very great and true points. I'm sure the "expert" columnists that are his counterparts hate his success as a writer.

The only thing i really questioned in his first article you posted is when he said "the right to keep and bear arms is an individual, God given right" I thought the founders of this country gave him that right, not god??

Ted Was born and raised in the Jackson Michigan area. For some reason I can`t explain like many other celebrities once they become famous they Aline themselves with Detroit. In the late 1980`s-1993 I was a fund raiser as well as a camp counselor at his camp for Kids in Sand lake Michigan. I met Ted on several occasions at the camp and found him to be a decent good hearted guy to deal with. I don`t Hunt but do enjoy a good wild game meal. One day at a meeting Ted tung in cheek asked me if some time we could go Cabbage hunting as it`s much less of a savage sport. Well I guess you get the Idea that the Wackster is quit the character on Many fronts. He gave me a collection of picks and Arrows that came from his shows that I framed and are on my office wall.