it could have been Ted Nugent.
At 11:15 PM 2/12/02 -0500, Beth Benoit wrote:
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- Nope, wasn't Ted Nugent, nor was it George Carlin, who was given credit earlier. So maybe Rip Pisacreta can start taking credit.
- See either the Urban Legends website (snopes.com) or www.truthorfiction.com
- Beth Benoit
- University System of New Hampshire
- Here is a copy of the essay called "Am I a Bad
- American".
- "I'm A Bad American" 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 five
- 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
- mid-level 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; 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 a 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
- ass 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 sh
- ield 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 that, just because you were not born in
- this country,
- you qualify for any special loan programs,
- government-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 open to
- interpretation. The
- guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone
- today, and they meant
- what they s! aid. 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 peop le 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 I
- hope he continues 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 hurtin g 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.
- Rip Pisacreta, Ph.D.
- Professor, Psychology,
- Ferris State University
- Big Rapids, MI 49307
- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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