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Date Posted: Wed, Oct 03 2001, 20:38:52
Author: *allison
Subject: I think I like this guy. I may not agree with EVERYTHING but, I like him.

Subject: Bad American
>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 20:09:31 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Written by Ted Nugent, the rock singer and
>hunter/naturalists, upon hearing that California
>Senators B. Boxer and D. Feinstein denounced him for
>being a "gun owner" and a "Rock Star."
>
>This was his response after telling the senators
>about his past contributions to children's charities
>and scholarship foundations which have totaled more
>than $13.7 million in the last 5 years!!
> ****************************
>I'm a Bad American-this pretty much sums it up for
>me. I like big trucks, big boats, big houses, and
>naturally, pretty women. I believe the money I make
>belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel
>governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who
>wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out
>babies.
>
>I don't care about appearing compassionate. I think
>playing with toy guns doesn't make you a killer. I
>believe ignoring your kids and giving them Prozac
>might.
>
>I think I'm doing better than the homeless.
>
>I don't think being a minority makes you noble or
>victimized. I have the right not to be tolerant of
>others because they are different, weird or make me
>mad. This is my life to live, and not necessarily up
>to others expectations. I know what SEX is and there
>are not varying degrees of it.
>
>I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's
>fine; I just don't feel like everyone else should
>have to.
>
>I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy Queen
>shake, a pack of cigarettes, or hotel room you do it
>in English. As of matter of fact, if you are an
>American citizen you should speak English. My
>uncles and forefathers shouldn't have had to die in
>vain so you can leave the countries you were born in
>to come disrespect ours, and make us bend to your
>will. Get over it.
>
>I think the cops have every right to shoot your
>sorry butt if you're running from them after they tell
>you to stop. If you can't understand the word
>'freeze'
>or 'stop' in English, see the previous line. I don't
>use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for
>unpopular opinions or actions. I know how to count
>votes and I feel much safer letting a machine with
>no political affiliation do a recount when needed. I
>know what the definition of lying is, and it isn't
>based on the word "is"-ever.
>
>I don't think just because you were not born in this
>country, you qualify for any special loan programs,
>gov't sponsored bank loans, etc., so you can open a
>hotel, 7-Eleven, trinket shop, or any thing else,
>while the indigenous peoples can't get past a high
>school education because they can't afford it.
>
>I didn't take the initiative in inventing the
>Internet. I thought the Taco Bell dog was funny.
>
>I want them to bring back safe and sane fireworks. I
>believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy
>Osbourne, Ice-T, or Marilyn Manson sang, but that
>doesn't mean I want to listen to that crap from
>someone else's car when I'm stopped at a red light.
>But I respect your right to.
>
>I think that being a student doesn't give you any
>more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster or Jack
>In The Box.
>
>I don't want to eat or drink anything with the words
>light, lite or fat-free on the package.
>
>Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and
>risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution
>so that decades later you can tell me it's a living
>document ever changing and is open to
>interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years
>ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said -
>now leave the document alone, or there's going to be
>trouble.
>
>I don't hate the rich. I help the poor. I know
>wrestling is fake. I've never owned, or was a
>slave, and a large percentage of our forefathers
>weren't wealthy enough to own one either. Please stop
>blaming me because some prior white people were idiots
>- and remember, tons of white, Indian, Chinese, and
>other races have been enslaved too - it was wrong for
>every one of them.
>
>I believe a self-righteous liberal Democrat with a
>cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an
>attitude.
>
>I want to know exactly which church is it where the
>"Reverend" Jessie Jackson preaches; and, what
>exactly is his job function. I own a gun, you can own
>a gun, and any red blooded American should be allowed
>to own a gun, but if you use it in a crime, then you
>will serve the time.
>
>I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every
>penny he made and continue to make more. If it makes
>you mad, then invent the next operating system that's
>better and put your name on the building. Ask your
>buddy that invented the Internet to help you.
>
>I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even
>suggesting it makes me mad. You're telling me that
>someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another
>nationality, or otherwise different from the
>mainstream of this country has more value as a human
>being that I do as a white male. If someone kills
>anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We don't
>need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already
>have.
>
>I think turkey bacon, turkey beef, turkey fake
>anything sucks. I believe that it doesn't take a
>village to raise a child-it takes a parent with the
>guts to stand up to the kid and spank his butt and
>say "NO!" when it's necessary to do so. I'll admit
>that the only movie that ever made me cry was Ole
>Yeller. I didn't realize Dr. Seuss was a genius until
>I had a kid. I will not be frowned upon or be looked
>down upon or be made to keep silent because I have
>these beliefs and opinions. I thought this country
>allowed me that right. I will not conform or
>compromise just to keep from hurting somebody's
>feelings. I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no
>matter how desperately the mainstream media would like
>the world to believe otherwise.
>
>Yes, I guess by some people's definition, I may be a
>bad American.
>
>But that's tough.
>Ted Nugent
>

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Re: I think I like this guy. I may not agree with EVERYTHING but, I like him. -- foxx, Fri, Oct 05 2001, 22:14:32