-----Original Message-----
From: 	Schrab, Mark L.  
Sent:	Friday, October 19, 2001 12:03 PM
To:	Donohoe, Tom
Subject:	FW: Read this



> 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!!
>
>
>
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