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Ted Nugent Blames Hippies for Divorce, Abortion, Drugs and Crime 7/3/07, 2:22 pm EST It was only a matter of time before Ted Nugent decided to rain on the Summer of Love’s anniversary parade. In an article from today’s Wall Street Journal titled “The * Summer of Drugs,” the notoriously opinionated guitar god took some time off his busy hunting schedule to blame “stoned, dirty, stinky hippies” for “rising rates of divorce, high school drop-outs, drug use, abortion, sexual diseases and crime, not to mention the exponential expansion of government and taxes.” * Highlights (including some choice words for Jimi...

The New York journalist, and I use the term "journalist" generously, was attempting to take me to task for claiming that slovenliness and laziness are unnecessary choices anywhere, anytime, but especially in America. I had just explained to him how, as a child of a lower middle-class family living on the outskirts of Detroit in the roaring 1950s, I got nothing unless I earned it. We did without. We were frugal by design. You want a guitar, kid? Get a job. Or two. I went into detail how my mother and father loved me and properly parented us kids in...

A Democratic Party blogger says he wants to shoot Rush Limbaugh and is calling for volunteers to assassinate rock star Ted Nugent, who champions the Second Amendment. Hart Williams, a former writer for porn magazine Hustler and who now toils for the Democratic Daily, was waxing incoherent about a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Nugent, complaining that it was likely ghost-written. "How we can remain 'civil' in the face of this is beyond my ken," wrote Williams. "I will only reiterate what I've said WHEN they manage to inevitably push their litany of hatespeak into actual bloodletting, and full-blown...

This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the so-called Summer of Love. Honest and intelligent people will remember it for what it really was: the Summer of Drugs. Forty years ago hordes of stoned, dirty, stinky hippies converged on San Francisco to "turn on, tune in, and drop out," which was the calling card of LSD proponent Timothy Leary. Turned off by the work ethic and productive American Dream values of their parents, hippies instead opted for a cowardly, irresponsible lifestyle of random sex, life-destroying drugs and mostly soulless rock music that flourished in San Francisco.

I lived in Michigan when the television news channels played the videos of Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisting his terminally ill patients nonstop, day in and day out. It was clear, as the parties involved spilled out their hearts and souls in the most dynamic of intense emotions, that the good doctor was responding sincerely, thoughtfully, professionally and with deep compassion to those seeking to end their agony. You will find no man who more than I is dedicated to the self-evident truth that human life is sacred. I value, respect and completely cherish the precious gift of life that God...

I like sizzling meat on the grill. Wild, huh? Anybody? Now, we all know ol' Nuge isn't by any stretch of the imagination a weirdo when it comes to an omnivorous diet. Especially here in the great Republic of Texas, a smiling, drooling preference for succulent, protein-rich, nutritious backstrap over aromatic mesquite coals is as American and natural and right as Mom, apple pie and the flag. It's beautiful, really. But a culture war rages against such universal, self-evident truths. It would be laughable if it were not so deranged. Some weirdos actually are on a crusade to outlaw the...

It would start with fingerprints and an IIC. That's an immigrant identification card. The I.D. would be for foreigners who seek to live in, work in or become citizens of the United States. That's if I were writing the immigration laws. It would include the reciting and signing of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America and denouncing any and all allegiances to other countries. But first: If you are not a legal U.S. citizen or documented alien, you would have to complete the following actions: * Upon passage of this legislation, you would return to your...

You only deserve what you earn. No one owes you a thing. Amazingly, many Americans are dumbfounded and utterly confused over these simple truisms. Because of the culture of entitlement many Americans have embraced since the mid-1960s, we have created generations of Americans addicted to the government handout machine. They are ballast in this experiment in self-government, solidly in the liability column simply because they choose to be. Even more amazing are the politicians who would further want to entrench into our cultural and economic fabric the very system that has stripped people of their work ethic, pride and self-esteem....

Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try these on for size: Columbine High School. Gun-free zone. New York City pizza shop. Gun-free zone. Pearl (Miss.) High School. Gun-free zone. Luby's Cafeteria. Gun-free zone. The Amish school in Pennsylvania. Gun-free zone. Virginia Tech University. Gun-free zone. Anybody see what the evil Sarah Brady and her denial-infested gun-banning cult have created? I personally have zero tolerance for evil and denial. And America had best wake up real quick to this fact: The brain-dead celebration of unarmed helplessness will get you killed every time. I've about had enough of it. Conversely, at a...

Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try this on for size: Columbine gun-free zone, New York City pizza shop gun-free zone, Luby's Cafeteria gun-free zone, Amish school in Pennsylvania gun-free zone and now Virginia Tech gun-free zone. Anybody see what the evil Brady Campaign and other anti-gun cults have created? I personally have zero tolerance for evil and denial. And America had best wake up real fast that the brain-dead celebration of unarmed helplessness will get you killed every time, and I've about had enough of it. Nearly a decade ago, a Springfield, Oregon, high schooler, a hunter familiar with...

When was the last time you lovingly explained to your children that one's body is a sacred temple, a gift from God? During my DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) presentations at schools across the land, when asked, not a single child has ever heard the phrase "sacred temple" used to refer to his or her body. There are so many tattoos and pierced body parts on American kids that in order to really be different nowadays, you simply have to choose to not get a tattoo or piercing. The sheeping of America is almost complete. Righteous defiance would be a...

FALLUJAH, Iraq ? The huge, jagged crater from the previous day's IED blowout could have swallowed up our Humvee. My U.S. Marine driver, however, did what U.S. Marines do so well. He improvised, adapted and overcame the cavernous obstacle as we motored vigorously into this city. My Kevlar helmet banged back and forth against the bulletproof interior of my military ride. My heavy flak vest cushioned the body slams against the door and frame. With a mind-jolting bang, the door violently swung open. I frantically grabbed and pulled it back, but it would not latch shut. I bounced like a...

If there were any true justice left in America, John Couey would already be dead. Couey is the evil monster who molested, raped, tortured and then buried alive little 9-year-old Jessie Lunsford. A jury sentenced him to death last week. Couey doesn't deserve any more food, oxygen or any other creature comfort. We should kill him as soon as possible. If his death takes years to carry out the sentence, there will be no justice. I want all child molesters executed, not just murderers like John Couey. I do not care if the child molester is Couey or a priest....

I am absolutely high on a hi-octane cocktail of freedom, liberty, spirit, attitude, goodwill, defiance and positive energy. It is delicious and oh-so-healthy for an uncontrollable American Dream. My nearly 50-year gravity- and liberal-defying rhythm and blues rock ’n’ roll career would be fulfilling enough simply on a musical level. Add to the organic defiance factor of such a ferocious musical style, a lifetime of societal defiance against an overt left-wing hippie-dominated media, and I do believe I get more satisfaction from causing my brain-dead critics so much anguish with virtually zero effort. Thank you, God. I am truly a...

Nugent insists Perry loved show Aide admits the governor may not agree with rebel rocker's attire AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry to rocker Ted Nugent: "Give 'em hell." Nugent insisted Monday that the governor loved his inaugural ball performance last week and never criticized his decision to wear a shirt emblazoned with the Confederate battle flag. In a telephone interview Monday, he said Perry approached him backstage after the Jan. 16 event, complimented him on "the greatest rock and roll" and thanked him for coming. The governor followed that up with a weekend telephone call that ended with Perry telling...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Musician Ted Nugent is getting mixed reviews for his performance at the second inauguration of Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Nugent appeared on stage at the black-tie gala Tuesday in a cutoff T-shirt with a Confederate flag on it. He used machine guns as props and shouted offensive remarks about non-English speakers, according to people at the event. Perry's spokesman, Robert Black, said Nugent is a good friend of the governor's. He said Perry did not put any stipulation on what Nugent would play. GOP strategist Royal Masset said Nugent was "a horrible choice." Gary Bledsoe, president...

When last we left the interaction between Ted Nugent and this person, the Nuge told him, "eat me." Ted Nugent, you are a stinking redneck and a fool. I am tired of beating around the book with your tired crap. That racist, stupid crap has finally pushed my last button. No more Mr. Nice guy you rotten sumbitch bastard. Take your gun and your stupid, sexist songs and shove them up your ass. Just because they let you on VH1 doesn't mean that your not a hasbeen and a burnout. You served your last good song years ago and your...

FRIDAY24MARCH2006123456789101112............The Bill Of NO Rights... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We, the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid any more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other bedwetters. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim that they require...

-Country's most outspoken star, Toby Keith is learning to enjoy these 'happy days'- Toby Keith learned a valuable lesson in the late 1990s, he says. "You can't be anything other than you are," the country music superstar said recently in a free-wheeling interview that touched upon his ventures into label ownership, acting, his friendship with the always-colorful Ted Nugent and testy relationship with Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines. Keith, whose flashy "Big Throwdown II" tour comes to The Palace of Auburn Hills on Friday, is known for being his own man. He speaks his mind. He does what he wants....

A picture similar to the one below attracted to me to an op-ed by Jon Margolis, who used to write about politics regularly for the Chicago Tribune. Jon's moved on and out-- he lives in Vermont. An author, he wrote this book, The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964 : The Beginning of the "Sixties." Yes, another book about "the Sixties." If it wasn't for a picture of Republican rocker Ted Nugent, would've skipped the article, Tribal America defends right to ignore facts. Free registration may be required. It's a typical, "Man, most Americans (but not me) are dumb" piece....