Ted Nugent's Inaugural Act In Questionable Taste
Famed rocker Ted Nugent recently helped reinstated Gov. Rick Perry celebrate the kick-off of his second full term in office. However, Nugent's performance left some of the black-tie events attendees with a bitter taste in mouth and mind. With machine guns as props, Nugent stepped up as final act to the Inaugural Ball stage wearing a cut-off Tshirt advocating the Confederate flag and yelling abuses at non-english speaking peoples.
The embarrassment has been down-played by Robert Black, Perry's spokesman, who said "Ted Nugent is a good friend of the governor's. He asked him if he would play at the inaugural. He didn't put any stipulation of what he would play", whilst GOP strategist Royal Masset stated "I think it was a horrible choice, I hope nobody approved it."
Civil rights leaders also made their criticisms known, with Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People advising "Whenever someone sports the Confederate battle flag, many Texans will be offended, and rightly so, because of what it symbolizes — the enslavement of African-Americans and more recently the symbol of hate groups and terrorists".
Ted, who openly supports hunting and gun-rights, was unable to be reached for comment on Thursday, according to a spokesperson. He was hunting.
Source: Yahoo! Music
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'Ere Scorched Earth, you seem like a decent bloke and everything but to make the comments you did and then say the best kind of bigot is a dead one is a little ironic. Obviously I don't know the full extent of the power of the Confederate flag but from where I see it, it's just more a symbol of rebellion than a statement, example over here in the punk days kids used to wear swastika badges and sh**, purely as a way of rebellion and most of them hated Nazis. And the Iron Cross, that's used in rock so much. I know the Iron Cross isn't exclusively Nazi but they used them all the same.
dmasa: You can't.
Diamond Oz: Its not ironic at all. Thing is-do you love people who hate you? Sometimes the best option is to give what you get. If I guy show up with guns on a stage and plethora of racist shxt-I'm supposed to want to talk to his ass? I don't excuse his action. I say give him what he deserves...
Sorry kids-years of combat training brings it out sometimes..
Diamond Oz-
Let me also add that I am quite versed in the cultural, social, social/economic and history of racism in America and to some degree, the history of Europe. I understand, relate to and even can explain how these things work and why-and how I, personally, think they should work. But if someone comes in the room doing what Nugent did-rest assured, there will be no talking...
Since the issue of gun control has come up, I'd like to share something with everyone. The following is a list of organizations who the NRA has posted on their website as "the Enemies of the NRA". Here is just a small portion of that list:
American Association of School Administrators
National Association of Police Organizations
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Federation of Teachers
American Medical Association
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
American Trauma Society
Hmm... now what could all these groups have in common? Maybe it's they're sick and tired of cleaning up after the NRA.
Ted Nugent = Redneck with too much money = Yuppie. Math is power.
Thanks Godlike-I respect your opinion too-as well as others.
Let me try this from a different angle...the man obviously doesn't want to have intellegent discourse on the situation and what it is-apparently he showed up with a gun...what is the called for response?
I'm not a Lefty-and I'm certainly not conservation (I think and like it) but my Leanings are pro Earth and pro humanity. I also have NO issue meeting violence with Ultra-Violence. Nugent can say whatever he likes-as can anyone-just be ready to deal with the consequence of what you brought one yourself. Excusing him being an a$$hole cos he's a rockstar is lame. If he speaks hate-I say-return the hatred-IMFO.
Yea lets talk about hick rock on a metal site!!!! Teds got some good music i wont lie and i like hunting but man, you damn inbred southerners lost the war and just cant get over it. Whatever its fine just carry on with your grits and bacon grease and turn up the toby keith music i guess.
Last thing I'll say for a while...lets follow Nugent idiocy to its logical conclusion...
Well stop our economy from interacting with Non English speakers...
The whole construction industry-that fucoses on hiring people from south of the border would stop cold-or people like him-the rich-would have to pay a real wage to AMERICANS (hey Ted-who is actaully working in you Beef jerky factory-who prepares your products-are they all US Born?).
Two let's stop dealing with China so Walmart can't keep buying ultra cheap products so people like Ted-the rich-can pay a living wage to AMERICANS to make electronic product and such. Let's see what your party has to say about that, Ted
...You can love him all you want-but he's a f***ing idiot.
Yo Scorched Earth that lefty comment wasn't aimed at you mate. With regards to the actual story here, it doesn't give a f***load of detail into what he actually said did it? He was probably just making a joke that got blown out of proportion. 'Cause it said "non- English speaking peoples" and he's played in plenty of countries that don't speak English. I respect your opinion too (even if it doesn't show very well) but at the end of the day I think what you said about skinning him and sh** was uncalled for. If you were chatting about My Chemical Romance then you'd be excused :P
Diamond Oz-LOL! What have u got against My Chem Romance? LOL!
I didn't think you meant me, I just HATE this man. Nugent resprensents every bad about America to me (...and I'm African American so f*** the love it or leave crap-lets make it better shall we?). I would sit down and have a conversation with Pat Buccannan and walk away with a handshake agree to disagree (or meet him on the battle field) because AT LEAST THE MAN IS INTELLIGENT. He's three steps from a Nazi-but he could tell you why. Nugent is just an a$$hole with a huge mouth who likes offending people-why should I respect that??? There's no love-I'd piss in a balloon and throw it at his b**** a$$ in a heart beat! (you know what I mean D Oz!)
Lol I do know what you mean! I didn't know you were African- American so now I can see why you'd get offended by the Confederate flag I guess. And you're right, we gotta make things better. f*** the KKK and f*** the New Black Panthers Party. In Britain, white people and black people tend to get along OK as a rule. You see white kids at gigs which are considered "black" music and you see black kids at "white" music gigs (and to be honest I've never seen a metal band that has a black musician that sucks, just look at Katon from Hirax!). Don't get me wrong, we're a far cry from racial harmony but we're doing pretty cool over here .I apologize if I offended you in any way and you do make some good points. I like The Nuge but he definitely isn't the smartest man in the world!
Have to say I'm a little disappointed that no one pursued my 'logical conclusion' comment. It's shocking that people ignore the fact that wealth is being localized, oppurtunites are being destroyed and the same people pushing the 'immigrants and blacks destroying America' style politics are the ones who benefit and prevent the massive from getting jobs by lowering their bottom line and hiring the 'illegals'(guest worker program and Walmart anyone?). Its sad that people like Nugent who benefit by the way the system is and where it is going can pull a bait and switch all day and no one gets it or cares, but they'll cheer him on all day.
I'm as amazed as Warren Buffet that so many people willing work against their own intrest...
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People??? Are you kidding? Sounds like a racist / terrorist organization to me. I hope none of Texas's tax dollars are wasted on that ridiculous outfit. What about the advancement of AMERICANS and PERSONAL FREEDOMS??? These idiots aren't sure what to be p***ed about...the guns, the Confederate flag, or the fact that they're stuck here in AMERICA. Screw em, don't like it...go to Mexico with the rest of the anti-American trash.
BTW, Ted is no more radical than any of these idiots talking about racism, immigration, gun control, etc. He just speaks out against it and that's what this country needs more of. People are too lazy or too scared to speak up out of fear of being labled a racist. We're in sad shape and this country needs to WAKE-UP and do something about it.
Jackal-you need to learn something about the history of this country before you write something so stupid. Do you have any idea why there was a NEED for an NAACP? Do you have any idea what has happened in America to create the climate. Don't join the conversation from the position of ignorance.
Hahaha..."Scorched Earth" that about sums it up alright. A NEED for the NAACP? They are racists at it's truest form, and fools such as yourself eat it up. You go ahead and "learn" your "history" through CNN and high-school text books, and I'll continue to "learn" the facts and decide for myself. You're no one to question my intelligence, so don't pretend to be.
It's about time. I don't care WHO loves our country's tradition of language, and values, be it arab, mexican black, or even the Nuge.
Every place in the world is adamant about assimilation.
Why, do you pretend that is suppose to be a bad thing in America? No one gets it. Not even the forighners, I know cause I ask them every day.
What's the point of the article supposed to be anyway?
Wow...pure idiocy...
Ok f***er-back up what you're saying.
In a country that Europeans took over in the late 1700's and then proceed to trade in Human to builld an economy on free labor and then only resolve that free labor in the 1800s during reconstruction and THEN only passed laws to enforce what they had disolved in a culture or race riots and lyching (how many whites were lynched during that time-virtually none), almost 75 years later and you think there was no need for an organization that USED LEGAL MEANS AND PACIFISM to support an oppressed group that was about 12% of the ruling population? The NAACP is and has been a human rights organization from jump. I don't even really direct support them, but I understand what they do and why they do it.
Your turn, dumbass...
Huh...it says here (below) that personal attacks wouldn't be tolerated, otherwise I'd have promptly owned you already. Since I can not, I will respect board rules and won't waste my time. You can feel like a poor underprivledged minority all you want, or sympathize with them either way, so long as it makes you feel better. No point in arguing with a lib-tard...it's a disease.
HAHAHA...just read some of your comments above and now realize I should have just ignored you to begin with. If holding my AR and talking $hit on ILLEGAL immigrants makes you want to "split my face open"...then you are a #($^ ANTI-AMERICAN NUTJOB. Nuge wasn't making racial comments...he was talking about illegal immigrants because like the hardcore liberals, they are the disease of this country. Combat training / experience? HAHAHA...another $hit-talking wannabe. Care to share your branch / unit information with the rest of the class??? IF you are former military who managed NOT to be dishonorably discharged, THEN you have my apoligies for questioning the fact, and my thanks for your service...but get your head checked man. There is NOTHING wrong with being proud of your heritage and your country. This country needs to be restored THEN preserved, and NO that doesn't mean any sort of slavery. Blacks are black, whites are white, and everyone wants to be proud of the fact, yet it seems only blacks can speak / act proud and if a white person does it, they are racist or oppressing the blacks. Excuse after excuse and even many blacks are growing tired of it. Another fact, slavery exists / existed in ALL cultures.
Nice, coward. Duck the subject.
I never said/implied there was anything wrong with being pround of your heritage-you did.
Whites are the majority power/population-there is no need for advocacy for anyone except the poor. Figure it out.
I have extensive MMA/underground circut/weapons training. Come out and meet me in the Bay Area and I will scar you for life.
Bay Area huh, let me guess...you're of Mexican decent aren't you? That would explain the blind sympathy. Dodge the subject? I implied there was something wrong with being proud of one's heritage? Where? Oh, you have extensive MMA training, BIG F&#($& DEAL!!! I have several years of Muay Thai experience under heavyweight champ (several times over) Jeff Ford, and I'm 6'3" 220 lbs of Missouri white-boy, but what in the hell does that have to do with anything? You implied that you had combat experience and that was where your blatant and vulgar mindset came from. Now you just look like a damn fool. HAHAHA!!! Of course I knew better though as no self-respecting member of the military would talk the way you do.
Sorry, I don't see myself ever going to Kalifornia. Nothing there for a freedom-loving individual such as myself except for a few bands I listen to, and they tour MO regularly cept for Malice. Besides, why would I waste my time with an "internet thug" like yourself? If our immigration / racial issues could be solved with a simple fight, I'd be there for dinner. Unfortunately this $hit is real, and hopefully it will be settled in DC sooner than later.
Internet thug? You started-I responded...anyway, if you do decide to come-and I hope you do-give a few days notice-I need to make arrangements with the local Police to make sure we are in an isolated area.
I met conversation with conversation and attacks with attacks. Blame no one but yourself for what comes of this...
Alright, the maturity level is now on the table for all to see. No point in continuing this nonsense. I'm sure the police would be all too happy to provide you with all the isolation you can stand, so why don't you get on that...
To the rest of the Nuge fans and Americans alike...write, call, and badger your congress people and for God's sake...VOTE smart.
You don't get it Jackal-I train them for combat-not Military of course...anyway-you're Mr Muay Thai-Im just talking sh**, right? Come on out-my family will consider this a test...
And btw-maturity level? Once again, the conversation was over, everyone respected each others opinions and you came in, acted like a d*** and then said I was immature...nice...
Nuge says it best about this story
"I cannot be destroyed. I cannot be silenced. I cannot be compromised," Nugent said. "And if you desire to do so, by all means examine my schedule and let's get it on. And here's the bottom line: They have to call me a racist in the convenient insulation of distance from their putridity of abuse of the First Amendment."
"go to mexico with the rest of the anti american trash" i think you mean the rest of the world... if you watch anything other than cnn you'll see that this kind of attitude is what makes the rest of the world hate america. illegal immigrants are a disease? what about rednecks the most backward social group of this country who still pretend to live in the 1800s and half of them live in worse conditions than these people who are a so called disease. ohh and guess what they're aliens to this country, and i say that because historically they are immigrants as well. you know whats so funny they love their guns so much but what do they do with them? not a f***ing thing. at least mexicans use their guns look how their carteles got the border so mixed up down south.
Let me guess, another Brit poster? (Please don't take that as an insult, I have no problem with Brits) I said ILLEGAL immigrants, not immigrants, and they ARE a disease. If this country weren't the decent place that it is, then believe me, we would all be down there with our rifles defending our borders. Unfortunately the leaders of our country wouldn't stand behind this action and must be ousted at the polls. Laugh at us all you want, meanwhile whats left of your rights is being stripped from you and your descendents while you take it laying down. Can you even own BB guns over there now? I welcome and even support immigrants who wish to come here LEGALLY like everyone else has to. If a Brit OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER wanted to come here permantently...welcome, but you have a hard, frusterating, and expensive task ahead of you. Meanwhile these illegal aliens walk across the border by the 1,000's daily and their screwed up gov't supports them. They come here and don't pay taxes, they shut down our hospitals because WE PROVIDE FREE CARE to all of them, and they work for NOTHING thus supporting our companies in cheating hard working people. There is no place for it here. I KNOW I'm in the majority on this issue and something WILL be done about it so there is no point in trashing this thread any further.
Funny how you guys like to bash "rednecks" around here. I assume you are referring to the poorer WHITE country folks who live in the southern states. Whatever you choose to label BLACK folks in the very same boat, why don't you bash them as well? They are NO better in any regard. You see, racism is a two way street. Unfortunately, it's "acceptable" to be racist toward whites.
Yo Jackal man I know what ya saying, it's just as bad if not worse in the UK but alot of the outcrys of racism by whites often comes from other whites. The fact is Scorched Earth isn't white and he's offended so fair play. At least he ain't spouting total bullsh** claims of racism example: where I live there's a church with a massive cross on it and a load of muslims tried to get them to take it down claiming it was racist and offended them! The priest literally told them to f*** off. I think that's the sorta claims that people should get p***ed off about. Plus no-one said anything about racism not affecting whites, when one of my mates was in school he was mainly surrounded by muslim kids all the time and they kept calling him the "Milky bar kid". The teachers wouldn't do anything. They threatened him and the teachers still wouldn't do anything. Eventually a load of them jumped him and he beat the sh** out of them He was labelled racist for it. Fair? Of course not. BUT, that's not to say that all muslims are bad. It's a fragile thing is race relations. By the way, I'm not accusing you of being racist or nothing here I'm just letting my feelings be known.
Also, Scortched_Arse is p***ed because he see's a loud mouth southern white guy with a rifle and cut-off t-shirt which has a confederate battle flag on it and HE is racist towards this type of person and this image. Ted wasn't sputing off about whites / blacks, he was referring to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS who don't speak english which should be a minimum requirement to becoming a contributing US citizen.
Thats the way it is anyway...??? How do you figure that everyone here speaks English..???
You obviously dont get out much... Or, you live in some small hick town that know one else wants to live in..!!
In the area I live in, there are sh^tloads of Mexicans,Asians and even Russians that dont speak any English...
Its purely ridiculous, that they can even get off the boat or plane, without knowing more than two or three words that dont include "hello" and "thank you"
once again...I must say thanks..!!!
I dont know what it is...I just have this plethera of funny comments stored in my brain..!!
Have you read any of the comments on the Cristina Scabbie ( Lacuna Coil ) story.??...check it out...
the antihippy... and I have been having a blast with that one..
actually im colombian and i came to the states 8 years ago. i got an ss number and i pay my taxes, and pay for my own hospital bills. im in school and trying to become a network engineer, but thats coming out my pocket because fafsa is only for citiziens or full on residents. and am i a legal us resident with a green card? nope. thats why i get angry because many people generalize us thinking we're all scum and filth that come to this country to crash the system, freeloaders and illiterate trash. we're not all like that.
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in know this is late, but Diamond Oz-- being from iowa, i found your joke rather amusing. but the acronym over here is
Idiots
Out
Walking
Around
anyway, my two cents worth on this heated debate is that all races are essentially the same: you'll find good, decent people and you'll find total a$$holes. I used to like the Nuge, but lately i have been turned off by his shovenistic(sp?) ways and over inflated ego. I've got no problem with the confederate flag because, as anyone with any knowledge of the American Civil war would attest to, it started due to economic pressures levied by north upon the south. Of course the south's prime economy consisted of slave labor, it was more of a price/technology issue that later evolved into a "human rights" issue. Though i dont see the flag as a racist statement, it has clearly become one in the eyes of society. So, Scorched_Earth, i can understand why you would be offended.
I dont think I have ever seen you out walking around...??
Did you hear that, the State of Iowa is considering the idea, of giving their entire southern row of counties to the State of Missouri...it has been suggested, that it would raise the IQ levels of both states..!!!
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Ah, someone needs to inform the racial demogogues that the flag in and of itself is not bad. Hey Ted, You done good. The only mistake you made was not using your guns on those Professionally Offended "I Wants"