I'd Like a Little Help Re: Ted Nugent

[cosmik debris]

He has a weekly column in my local paper, The Waco Tribune Herald. I would like to see it terminated. Here is a link to today's column. You don't need to read it, just scroll to the bottom of the page and leave a comment. (no vulgarity please)

http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/nugent/08262007_wac_nugent.html

And when you finish that, you might want to drop a note to the editors of the paper at this address:

[email protected]

It won't get published, but they need to know how we feel.

And thanks to one and all.

[zabet]

1. I left a comment...

says it will take at least 5 minutes to show up.

"I think that after your blatant threats of death to 2 presidential candidates, you should be locked up and mentally
evaluated. If they wait a few weeks, you can shit yourself
silly before going in like you did to avoid serving in Vietnam.
Patriot my ass...more like idiot."

[zanne]

2. He has a column?

In a real newspaper? Holy shit; it's worse than I thought. I saw his "rant" video recently and the first thing that came to my mind was that he had to be on something. If he wasn't under the influence, he needs serious help.

[cosmik debris]

4. He was even published in the WSJ

but it was a one shot deal. He is franchised out of his home town paper, the Waco Trib, A Cox Newspaper.

Thanks for your support.

[krispos42]

43. You stole the words out of my mouth!!!

:-)

[alteredstate]

3. done.

k & r

[trumad]

5. My comment

[VP505]

19. That link

now puts you on a page to register, LOL.

[guruoo]

28. Try copy and pasting it into a new window.

They probably blocked DU as a referer.

http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/nugent/08262007_wac_nugent.html

[TahitiNut]

78. Mine ...

I love the fortune cookie academics. I haven't seen such wisdom since I last had to use a gas station men's room. That's real Americana. Bravo. Only drunks puking in the parking lot of their local long-neck belch and strut could possibly assimilate more extensive bumper-sticker idiocy. Don't give up, Ted. Drink up.

As a Viet Nam veteran, I must express my appreciation for Ted's choice to stay out of Viet nam. The Wall is surely long enough as it is without Ted's tally. As a Michigander, I'm similarly appreciative that Ted calls Texas 'home.' It renews my trust in dharma.

[mikekohr]

6. Ranting from the lunatic fringe

Wielding a brace of automatic weapons, Ted Nugent called Barack Obama "a piece of shit," and said he should suck on his automatic weapon, and then called Hillary Clinton a "bitch," that should ride his machine gun into the sunset.
Nugent, an embarrassment to all responsible, sensible, gun owners and hunters continues to spread his bile and lunacy and helps poison public opinion against hunting and responsible gun ownership. Nugent's outrageous advocacy of hunting and gun ownership is as nauseating as his music, and proves that there is nothing so pathetic as an aging rocker that can't let go of his teen-age addiction to public attention.

If anyone deserves to go on a hunting trip with Dick Cheney, it's Ted Nugent. Light him up Uncle Dick.


mike kohr

[cosmik debris]

7. The Dick Cheney bit was excellent, thanks n/t

[CrispyQ]

24. Fantastic!

:thumbsup:

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[John Q. Citizen]

60. Well said. and welcome! n/t

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. The comments are great, Kick and R!

LOL, the wit and wisdom of DU'ers. :rofl: MKJ

[Mojorabbit]

9. There was a comment deleted

that said he got a girl pregant and forced her to have an abortion. It said,"remember Caroline Ted?".

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

10. Saw it, now it's deleted, huh? Well, there was another full page of comments which one can't click

upon, now.

Ah, censorship...9/11 did change everything, didn't it?

:eyes: MKJ

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

12. Just checked myself, it's still there. Still can't click through the previous, now two, pages of

comments.

So, it seems this paper is trying to cycle through the first three pages and then get to the core group of dishonorable scoundrels for comments.

Don't let those first reactions show through.

Not unexpected for this "publication".
MKJ

[Mojorabbit]

15. Now it's back

that is weird

[cosmik debris]

11. It is still there.

And thanks for the support.

[Stand and Fight]

62. The comment was not deleted.

Just read it on there.

[acmavm]

13. Here's what I get when I tried to post...

The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

_______________________________________________________________________

I'll try again later. Seems like almost no one appreciates poor old Ted and his ingnorant exibitionism. But face it, what else would allow his to continue to force his untalented ass into the spotlight?

[cosmik debris]

14. That is the delay that they mentioned. Go back and look

You will see your comment soon if it is printable.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

17. I was looking for the first two pages of comments, several of which were witty and sharp.

Those are no longer accessible. MKJ

[cosmik debris]

18. I guess Ted wrote the Java Script for that feature.

:rofl:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

20. The "censorship" feature, a feature I imagine he loves. If ever someone should fear truth

it would be Mr. Kittyscratch Fever. MKJ

:rofl:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

16. The fields for entering the info to post are populated with the word "null".

I think later is a good idea. MKJ

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

21. P.S cd, I reread your OP. "I'd like to have it terminated" and "you don't have to read it"

I should have read more closely, definitely.

Sigh, I keep thinking certain folks are more honorable than they actually are.

Hope you had fun. :hi: MKJ

On edit, say hi to your buddies at the Trib!

[cosmik debris]

23. I don't understand what you are implying.

Would you please be less cryptic.

[acmavm]

22. Ah! There it is...

By acmavm

Aug 26, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this

Now Ted Nugent is to 'journalism' what he was to rock. A complete and total hack. He's nothing if not consistent.

It's easy to stand up for wars that other's have to fight, isn't it Ted? That's all you've ever done.

[OzarkDem]

25. He's far worse than Imus

Its time to put this idiot out of business before the right wing tries to lend him any more credibility.

[cosmik debris]

26. And from my POV

The best place to start is his home town newspaper.

Thanks for your support.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

30. True that.

Sometimes a coincidence is just a coincidence.

Watching the craven actions of the Waco Trib/Herald as they "manage" public discourse has been aggravating.


MKJ

[cosmik debris]

31. Not me, I'm the Red Baiter n/t

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

33. I edited my post, thanks for clarification.

And, we have seen disruption from media outlets here, before, although usually from the fringes of internet publications or, of course, the screeching pundits of FAUX and their minions.

There is a major element of censorship at work in the management of this newspaper's comment section.

MKJ

[WacoTrib.com]

37. Alleged "censorship"

I'd just like to clarify that there isn't any censorship exercised in our comments. All comments post automatically without any manual approval process. Any delay in the posting of your comments is a purely technical limitation.

Thanks for reading,

-WacoTrib.com

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

38. Thanks for responding directly. Why can't we see the previous comments?

(and, that comment about Mr. Nugent making someone pregnant did disappear and then reappear)

And, why was one able to read the article without having to register initially and then one was required to provide personal information a short while later?

Thanks.

MKJ


edited for spelling.

[WacoTrib.com]

40. Technical problems

Right now, you can see all the comments here:

http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/comment/entries/2007/08/26/ted_nugent_opinions_no_just_th.html

After some large number of comments (100, I believe) the older comments will begin disappearing from the top of that page. It has to do with how Movable Type was installed, IIRC.

I'm not sure what's currently wrong with the comment paging -- a Java issue, likely. I'm only having the problem in MSIE (version 6). Firefox, Safari and the like are working. It's odd, since comment paging is working on other stories (e.g. last week's Nugent column: http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/nugent/08192007_wac_nugent.html). I've got a call in to our technical people to prevent it from happening in the future.

Thanks

-WacoTrib.com

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

42. Thank you! I take back my censorship remarks with sincerest apologies.

Thanks for your support of the marketplace of ideas.

Now, please pull this columnist. Pretty please.

Let him join the riff raff, like us, who aren't compensated by a mainstream media outlet.
MKJ

on edit, there I go again, believing in honorable intentions.

[Mojorabbit]

52. Thank you, it is appreciated

and welcome to DU.

[Swamp Rat]

41. I would never read a "newspaper" that hosts chicken-hawk draft dodgers who threaten

the lives of U.S. Senators. Furthermore, I would never buy products advertised on your website. I will, however, write to each advertiser and explain why I will not buy or recommend their products. :)

Also, you should prepare for a visit from the U.S. Secret Service in the near future. ;)

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

50. And one which still won't show all the comments made, even though the software has never had ANY

problems, until today.

:shrug:

MKJ

[Mojorabbit]

51. I can read all of the comments

or at least seven pages of them.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

68. Unfortunately, I can't yet. The problem described above is continuing for me, anyway.

I can, however, read the comments at the link the trib provided in the same post.

"Whacko" trib, most excellent name, SR. :-) MKJ

[cosmik debris]

70. The link in post #40 should open a new window with all the posts.

but the page numbers at the bottom of the comment page do not work.

[Swamp Rat]

55. Until Ted's column is dead, I will write the advertisers at WackoTrib.

Btw, the WackoTrib is owned by Cox Enterprises, Inc. of Atlanta, GA:

http://www.counterpunch.org/ford08012007.html

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientsum.asp?txtname=Cox+Enterprises&year=2006

http://teachingmedialiteracy.pbwiki.com/MediaOwnership

http://www.cjr.org/resources/

[southerncrone]

76. Since when does "nuge" live in TX? He's lived in MI his whole life

and was very proud of it! He had a TV show on a few years back (don't remember the name of it) but it was on for quite a while, that was shot at his home in MI.

Did you Michiganders run him out? Wasn't he born & raised in MI?

Guess the only state that would take him was the Sucky state of TX.
I vote we have TX succeed from the Union; this would be a better country for it. Get rid of him, Kay Bailey-Hutchison, Delay, Bushie, Cronyn, and many more "problems".

"Ain't nothin' good EVER come out of TX!" :puke:

[Mojorabbit]

77. He had a place on big pine key

in the seventies or so I heard when I lived on key west in those days.

[southerncrone]

79. That sounds like a vacation home. Where did he claim as his state of residence?

My bet is it was MI until of late, when he obviously was "adopted" by TX.

This just rings of the desperation & sleazy planning of the Repukes (Rove-style). They WOULD go so far as to have some cross-cultural icon (like Nuge) to claim residence in TX to try & influence youth & old rockers that don't know any better. The Bubba's of the South would listen to Nuge, because he espouses gun-tottin' rights & all that jazz.

Nuge claims he's never done any recreational drugs. Well......that is even scarier, because he can't even use drugs & alcohol as excuses for his crazy & bizarre behavior & attitudes!

[Alacrat]

27. Done!

What a hack.
How did he get a column in the paper?
The wacko tribune must really be hurting for filler.

Another has been with an opinion.

[tavalon]

29. Well, your first problem is

you live in Waco. (kidding. I'm from Texas, though a slightly less rabid part - Austin)

[cosmik debris]

32. And those with lower IQ's chime in

http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/nugent/08262007_wac_nugent.html#comment-1510999

[Tsiyu]

34. That was fun

But i can't get back on the site without registering so I'll just add a hope that they get swamped with DU comments.

What a tool the dude is. So frightened of serving his country he crapped his pants two weeks beforehand just thinking about it...and has never stopped spewing Sh** since.

[cosmik debris]

35. Ted's wife weighs in

http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/nugent/08262007_wac_nugent.html#comment-1511165

She defends herself, but not her husband. :rofl:

Even Mommy can't save the scum bag now.

[Coexist]

53. I can't get past the first page of comments - what did she say?

[cosmik debris]

54. The link in post #40 will show all n/t

[Stand and Fight]

63. Here's what she said since it is not easy to find the comments:

By Shemane Nugent

Aug 26, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this

By Caroline
Aug 26, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this
Hey, Hippies may "stink" but at least they aren't rotten, lazy conservative cows (like your wife, Ted) who sit back and allow their mentally-deranged, cowardly husbands to molest children. Or better yet, get their own abused children save the neighborhood kids from their smelly old has-been of a daddy.

Caroline, perhaps you might provide one example of how I am a 'rotten, lazy conservative cow.' I work approximately 50 hrs per week, serve on the boards of many charitable organizations, and devote my life to being a good mother. I am not & would never be married to a child molestor. You are obviously misinformed & fail to acknowledge the facts.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

36. Now, Mrs. Nugent has responded. Still can't get at the previous comments though.

MKJ

[Mojorabbit]

39. I wrote one for my hubby and I

re gun ownershop. As a gun owner I really am appalled at his performance. And on edit, I hope any of those who come here from the paper are as appalled as I am.

[John Kerry VonErich]

44. How Ted Nugent could get away with it....

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=394&invol=705&friend=nytimes

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

46. Does that statute just apply to RW nut jobs? Or could a someone threatening a Conservative rep

employ this, as well?

MKJ

[John Kerry VonErich]

69. If it came from SCOTUS

it has to be both.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

81. Ah, SCOTUS, "fair and balanced".

MKJ

[John Kerry VonErich]

82. Remember, this ruling was in 1968/69..

When SCOTUS was cool.

[Mojorabbit]

45. Wow

Mr Shepard seems to have lost his cool...

[cosmik debris]

47. He acts like he is a hero

for finding what anyone could find by using google. I'm not sure if he has crossed the line that the Trib would shut him down, but he is near it. They have in the past shut down people for profanity and racial slurs. But I know that he is all hot air. So what's to worry about.

[Mojorabbit]

48. Well he says he has read hundreds of posts here

so he must find something interesting to read. What is with the homo comments? Is this second grade?
Is he so amazed that people who are upset at Mr Nugent's performance are making comments about it? I mean no one is making anyone post there unless they have a beef with the comments are they? Is my comment invalid less because I found a place where Mr Nugent might read my opinion on line?

[cosmik debris]

49. The homo thing is standard insult for the far right nut jobs down here

They think it hurts me when they call me a homo. If they really want to hurt me they would call me a Republican. Now THAT'S an insult that would almost hurt my feelings.

The right wing fundies in Texas are not used to being confronted. They behave as if they are the only ones on the planet. Dissent is so alien to them that they go bonkers at any suggestion of their failures. It is really funny to me. I hope they are enjoying it too.

[Mojorabbit]

56. wow

He says this
MILITANT HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISM IS OFTEN RELIGIOPHOBIC< DISTORTS THE TRUTH AND SHOULD BE STOPPED. I DO HOPE YOU GUYS WIN MARRIAGE RIGHTS THO...GAY DIVIRCE COURT WOULD BE FUNNY AS HECK ON COURT TV!

then says he is a Dem. Sure. OK.

[cosmik debris]

57. And he says he lives in Mass.

Don't they already have Gay Marriage rights in Mass? Hmmm? I smell a fish. But that's what Red Baiters catch :)

[Mojorabbit]

71. I believe the site has now

been hacked. Wild comments that make no sense.

[cosmik debris]

72. Indeed, my screen name is being used

by at least one and possibly two other people.

[Mojorabbit]

74. People never cease to amaze me

Whoever posted as his wife was way out of line. I always hope for civilized conversation and these days I am disappointed more often than not.

[cosmik debris]

75. Did you notice the irony

Matthew Shepard was the screen name of the guy tossing around all the homo name calling.

Matthew Shepard is also the name of the gay man who was tied to a barbed wire fence and beaten to death in Wyoming a few years ago.

[AlCzervik]

58. i made the mistake of reading that column and he has much nerve talking about

how great war is especially since his chickenhawk ass couldn't be bothered with during Vietnam or the first desert storm.

[cosmik debris]

59. Don't tell me, tell the editors.

And thanks for your help.

[Cha]

61. teddy's a lyin' hypocritical,

hatemonger and that's what I wrote in the first link(without vulgarity :))

[KharmaTrain]

64. Got Some Friends? Pay The Paper A Visit

Include picket signs and a bullhorn...invite some of the competing papers and TV stations to join the party. Also, why not visit a local record store that may stock his albums...or a major advertiser of the paper...those business people just LOVE seeing protestors out their doors.

[cosmik debris]

65. It may come to that, but I don't think so

I think Ted is Toast. Just like Michael Richards racist Rant in that night club or Don Imus's racist comments on TV. You just can't be seen in public with people like that. It is too embarrassing. They have to ditch him just to keep their dignity. I think it is over for poor Teddy boy.

[KharmaTrain]

66. Nugent Is Irrelevant

Part of me is repulsed by what this POS blew out his pie hole, but I also see this as a stunt by the fukstick to get some headlines.

Usually his rants and crap are now limited to the hate radio and Faux opinion world...making this into an Imus or other story elevates what he said onto a stage where "Nuge" wants to be...getting corporate media attention. Let's face it, this guy can barely draw flies to his concerts or whatever he tries to do on stage now...let's keep him at the state fairs and shopping center openings...away from a larger audience.

[Cabcere]

67. He can write?

Sorry; couldn't help myself. :dilemma:

[Truth2Tell]

73. OMG

Paragraph three:

I fancy myself a human sponge for information, facts, data, wisdom and truth.

- Ted Nugent

Then, snip, paragraph five:

...I am a rather humble guy...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

80. We would ALL like a little help re: Ted Nugent.

;)