Posted on 06/05/2008 6:53:23 PM PDT by marktwain
Ted Nugent outlines the keys to leading a good life in America
Ted Nugent
Gather around, high school and college graduates, and listen good -- real good. What I am about to tell you will help you immensely throughout the rest of your lives if you commit to practicing Uncle Ted's proven modus operandi for a quality of life.
Work
Nobody owes you a thing. Everything you will get out of life will be based solely on what you put into it.
As humorist Mark Twain said, "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
The only free lunches are at the homeless shelter. If you want to dance, you have to pay the band. And you will get what you pay for.
Get a job. If you work hard, real hard, at your favorite craft, you will ultimately succeed. If you are lazy, you will not succeed. Expect to be fired over and over again and aimlessly drift from job to job, your soul as empty as your bank account.
Find your passion in life, your calling, something you crave, that special thing that makes you giddy. Set a goal and never, ever quit. When you get close to the brass ring, move it farther away from your grasp.
Do not complain. Any spineless whiner can do that. Instead, look for solutions to tough problems. This will earn you respect from your boss and get you promoted.
Never do anything for money. Do what you do exceedingly well and thoroughly enjoy, and money will come looking for you.
Be frugal. Live responsibly within your means. Bling-bling is not making ends meet.
Values
Never be afraid to let yourself go and exhibit unbridled raw emotion and enthusiasm. Emotions need exercise. March to the beat of making your own loud and obnoxious guitar breeding noises no matter how many times they tell you to turn down and stop the feedback. Following trends and peer pressure is for mindless sheep that are never happy.
Avoid negative people and slobbering hippies like the plague. They never accomplish anything. Surround yourself with positive people who are better than yourself and will mentor, help and guide you honestly.
If you want to know how others perceive you, look around at whom you associate with. In the end, all you have is your character and integrity. Do not ever compromise or sell them.
Take care of your precious, sacred temple. Eat smart and stay clean. Do not smoke, use drugs, eat or drink too much or chew on glass sandwiches. Partaking in these mindless misadventures will shorten your life.
Find a relaxing hobby to recharge your batteries that has nothing to do with your profession. I have found that peaceful time with family, friends, loved ones and my dogs, fishing, hunting, shooting, setting rocks on fire, giving birth to brass rainbows by shooting machine guns till barrels burn up, and killing sacred protein with sharp sticks recharges my batteries beyond redline. I cleanse my soul as I cleanse the good mother earth by eating her surplus.
Take the time each day to show love and affection for your family and loved ones. The smallest gesture goes straight to the heart.
Never miss an opportunity to say thank you to the men and women in our military and law enforcement. They are the defenders of freedom putting their lives on the line for you so you can reach your American Dream.
Politics
Be intelligently and effectively defiant. Defiance is the very spirit that gave birth to this country when our forefathers fought against overwhelming odds, signed the Declaration of Independence and fired the "shot heard 'round the world." Lock and load. Really.
Remember Rosa Parks. Be prepared to defy stupid laws and regulations wherever you find them. Raise hell. Vote smart.
If you have not made a few well-deserving idiots boil over in anger by the time you are 25, get busy. We live in a target-rich environment of liberal denial.
Famous philosopher and legendary San Francisco police detective, my hero Dirty Harry, once said, "A man has got to know his limitations." This is good advice.
Stand up for what you believe. Remain polite and courteous, but never back down. You have an obligation to leave America in better shape than when you arrived. Work to ensure that future generations of America have a better shot at the American Dream as well as more freedom, more liberty and more pursuits of happiness than you did.
Trust your gut feelings. Only trust people who have earned your trust. Trust but verify. Never trust the French.
Have fun. Life is not a dress rehearsal. Live smart, live good. Rock hard.
Ted Nugent is a rock musician who runs a safari and hunting operation and is a board member of the National Rifle Association. Write comments to Letters, Editorial Page, The Detroit News, 615 W. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48226 or e-mail: letters@detnews.com.
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I would love to see the look on Barack O’Bomber’s face if he read this!
GRRRREAT American! BTTT!
Journey to the center of the mind.
Liberals will have a heyday with that one. They love taxing the hell out of us to help themselves first and others as might be convenient.
Amen, Ted. I think you have life in a Stranglehold. Hey Baby, Where Have You Been All My Life? You just have to remember it’s Dog Eat Dog and you have Just What the Doctor Ordered if you read the Writing on the Wall. So Turn Up the Volume and let the Street Rats know You Make Me Feel Right at Home and help me watch out if the government decides it’s Stormtroopin’ time.
ROCK ON, Ted!
I’m a Huge fan of the Motor City Madman.
From Tucson, Arizona where there are way too many Snakeskin Cowboys.
Thanks, marktwain.
Fine, fine job by the Motor City Madman. And compliments on fitting Mark Twain, one of America’s finest into the equation.
Ted you did us proud.
Remember Rosa Parks. Be prepared to defy stupid laws and regulations wherever you find them. Raise hell. Vote smart.
AMEN.
Good stuff. Are we pretty sure that it’s really Ted this time? It’s just that there’s been so much attributed to him that wasn’t, truly.
Can’t say for sure, but killing sacred protein with sharp sticks sounds like Ted Nugent....
Giving this to my kids and e-mailing to all. He said mostly what I’ve wanted to say with a great tone and dynamic.
What’s with the phony link?
btt
Ted Nugent rocks!
And he is a good shot, too.
He is a liberal’s nightmare. A rock N roller, a shooter, and an intelligent, articulate white man.
Or, as Sen. Biden (D-De) said about Obama. “He is articulate and clean.” Hee, hee, hee.
What was wrong with his music when you were a teen?
The same thing that was wrong with a lot of music that was around when I was a teen, and which is still around today: it's nursery-rhyme simple being treated as if it's literature. When it's angry adolescent driven, it's boring and ugly. Kind of like rap. Sorry if that offends you -- it's just always the way I've felt about mindless guitar-grinding three-chord "rock" where volume must serve as the major value.
Sorry, and I am a music snob -- complex music is something I admire and respect. The stuff that Nugent did, as I remember it, was the musical equivalent of making chocolate chip cookies. Not a lot of skill required or admiration earned other than general kudos for playing. On the other hand, the stuff that Santana, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake & Palmer, to mention a few, were doing, was more like the musical equivalent of preparing a five-course meal. A lot more interesting, a lot more skill involved, and a lot more admiration from me, musically speaking.
I admire the heck out of Nugent and value him. In spite of the very bad 70s, and they were worse than we remember, if you want to know the truth! That's what his "success" as a rock musician indicates to me now, is that it was his ability to lead. Nugent is a born, inspiring leader with a message of God-fearing and just rebellion that I embrace and my family's traditions have embraced for as long as I can see back. It doesn't get much smarter, wiser, or better than advising open-eyed:
Be prepared to defy stupid laws and regulations wherever you find them.
Music snob me -- for all those seemingly long hours where I had to put up with his sh*t music blasting in late workhours because the guys I worked with thought he was so great, all those long minutes I cursed him under my breath when we could have been listening to something inspiring and cool ... well, with four words that follow he has COMPLETELY REDEEMED himself. I could kiss him:
Raise hell. Vote smart
That is our battle cry! God bless Ted Nugent and thanks God for blessing us with him. See my new tagline.
Ted is a good guitar player -- good phrasing, passionate, good tone, etc. -- for the music he does. I heard him last year in concert in the park and I was impressed.
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