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Sorry if this pisses anyone off, but it was sitting in my inbox gathering dust and I just decided to post it here for the heck of it. I don't know if anyone else has seen this or not, but here it is for those that have.

Daniel.

This was written by Ted Nugent, the rock singer and hunter/naturalist,
> > 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 anything
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 everyone of them. Get over it
> > 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 than
> > 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