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Gun Rights: The Secret Service wants to talk to an iconic rocker about metaphorical references to a movie while the administration ignores genuine threats of violence. When Ted Nugent addressed the annual convention of the National Rifle Association, he used words no more strident than when, at a June 2008 Philadelphia fundraiser, candidate Barack Obama told of how he would respond to Republican attacks. "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun," said the former community organizer familiar with the street gangs of Chicago. Attempting to rally fellow NRA members already agitated by the administration's push...

MTV Decides to Censor Public Enemy Monday - September 16, 2002 Deniece Mason When Public Enemy released their new video for “Gotta Give The People What they Need”, they didn’t expect it to cause a huge uproar. Chuck D says that MTV says they will not play the video until audio and visual references to Mumia Abu-Jamal are taken out of the video. In a statement to Daveyd.com Chuck D says, “The new power elite in America the selection board of MTV. The new power breed of selectors who govern images to feed to the world youth, invisibly anonymous...