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< Thought you would find this of interest... < < < <I'm a Bad American: Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 < < < <Written by Ted Nugent, the rock singer and hunter/naturalists, 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 any thing < <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 junk 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 every one of them. < < I believe a self-righteous liberal 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 that 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!" whenit'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!! < < < < _________________________________________________________________ < Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at < http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp < < <
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