Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 01:47 PM Apr 2012

Army Cancels Ted Nugent Show

Citing inflammatory language while expressing his displeasure with President Barack Obama, the military has uninvited rock star and conservative political activist Ted Nugent from performing at Fort Knox in Kentucky, according to the U.S. Army post’s Facebook page.

“After learning of opening act Ted Nugent’s recent public comments about the president of the United States, Fort Knox leadership decided to cancel his performance on the installation," it's Facebook posting says.

So far, the June 23 concert remains on the Fort Knox schedule, with REO Speedwagon and Styx listed as “co-headliners,” but army personnel said they will grant requests for refunds in light of their decision to nix the opening act.


http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/21/11324499-military-cancels-ted-nugent-show-citing-anti-obama-comments?lite

44 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Army Cancels Ted Nugent Show (Original Post) joeybee12 Apr 2012 OP
Holy Jeebus. GO, ARMY! Absolutely the right thing to do. Booster Apr 2012 #1
Then what is limbaugh still doing on Armed Forces Radio?? Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #2
Whining about Michelle's body, and losing marketshare among the young, last I heard. freshwest Apr 2012 #32
This is a windfall for Ted. Walk away Apr 2012 #3
Well they can have wendylaroux Apr 2012 #20
k&r... spanone Apr 2012 #4
Yes!!! proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #5
It's supposed to be an "at ease" event, not an "at sleaze" event Blue Owl Apr 2012 #6
how disappointing arely staircase Apr 2012 #7
You do have a good point there. MH1 Apr 2012 #18
Yeah, I was in the military in the 1970s and this was my sort of music Guy Montag Apr 2012 #41
John Wayne and Joey Heatherton klook Apr 2012 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author jorno67 Apr 2012 #8
Good for you, jorno67. EFerrari Apr 2012 #12
Whooo hooo! Thank you! wendylaroux Apr 2012 #21
Brilliant! And thank you!! Ishoutandscream2 Apr 2012 #23
BLESS YOU, JORNO67!! GOOD ON YA!! You have scruples and a sense of decency Ecumenist Apr 2012 #24
Good for you! We need more principled people in that business! calimary Apr 2012 #27
Well done! joeybee12 Apr 2012 #42
I doubt if his absence will even be noted by that audience. lpbk2713 Apr 2012 #9
+1 arely staircase Apr 2012 #33
HOOAH! 11 Bravo Apr 2012 #10
yay!!! G_j Apr 2012 #11
Narcissistic collapse in 3...2...1... nolabear Apr 2012 #13
Damn! pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #14
I'm sure The Nuge is just heart-broken... mojitojoe Apr 2012 #15
he would have to wendylaroux Apr 2012 #22
Now if Big Brother and Big Sisters of America would fire him as ambassador n/t cynatnite Apr 2012 #16
K&R BumRushDaShow Apr 2012 #17
Wow! I wouldn't have them to do that but I'm sure glad they did! n/t jenmito Apr 2012 #19
Opening act... LOL SemperEadem Apr 2012 #25
Thanks to whoever made the decision to *uninvite* the CrapMyPants Patriot. freshwest Apr 2012 #26
What kind of show is this in the first place? mwb970 Apr 2012 #28
no joke arely staircase Apr 2012 #29
I suppose you'll be telling us 8-track isn't the next great thing in music? IDemo Apr 2012 #34
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #30
I would hope so. spicegal Apr 2012 #31
Motley Crue would be a more respectable act than this scumbag. Crowman1979 Apr 2012 #35
Agreed Meiko Apr 2012 #36
For the why, you only need to look here... pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #37
JUst the way he talks he seems emotionally and mentally disturbed... joeybee12 Apr 2012 #38
Yes! MoonRiver Apr 2012 #40
Good - give him the ole "Dixie Chicks" treatment. cbdo2007 Apr 2012 #43
The last time Ted Nugent put on a show for the Army it didn't go so well.... Erose999 Apr 2012 #44

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
32. Whining about Michelle's body, and losing marketshare among the young, last I heard.
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 06:30 PM
Apr 2012

Still, he needs to be gone. He's got enough money to keep going on sex tourist jaunts and doping, he'll get by. The moves to reduce the power of rightwingnuttery is growing slowly, but it's still happening.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
3. This is a windfall for Ted.
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 02:33 PM
Apr 2012

He does this crap to get attention and make money. He and Sarah Palin are two peas in a pod! He'll be the darling of groups like the Tea Party and the KKK and his creds with them will have an extended shelf life!

wendylaroux

(2,925 posts)
20. Well they can have
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 04:02 PM
Apr 2012

them,show the rest of the nation what scumbags they for supporting these terrible people. Good riddance.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
7. how disappointing
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 03:14 PM
Apr 2012

Reo speedwagon? Styx? Ted Nugent? Aren't our brave women and men in uniform worthy of an act that had a hit within their lifetimes? Domo arigato Mr. Roboto LOL

MH1

(17,600 posts)
18. You do have a good point there.
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 03:54 PM
Apr 2012

I wouldn't mind an REO and Styx show .... but I've been out of the Army for quite some time ...

Guy Montag

(126 posts)
41. Yeah, I was in the military in the 1970s and this was my sort of music
Sun Apr 22, 2012, 01:07 PM
Apr 2012

But I always have had a dread of Ted. The man is just not right in the head.

Response to joeybee12 (Original post)

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
24. BLESS YOU, JORNO67!! GOOD ON YA!! You have scruples and a sense of decency
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 04:28 PM
Apr 2012

we don't often see nowadays!

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
9. I doubt if his absence will even be noted by that audience.
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 03:19 PM
Apr 2012



Most of the audience would be in the 18 - 25 age group. They would probably
tend to think if you've seen one aging rocker you've seen em all.


mojitojoe

(94 posts)
15. I'm sure The Nuge is just heart-broken...
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 03:50 PM
Apr 2012

...what with him being such a devoted chickenhawk and all. It never ceases to amaze me how many of these right-wing clods are willing to do anything for the military except serve in it.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
26. Thanks to whoever made the decision to *uninvite* the CrapMyPants Patriot.
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 05:39 PM
Apr 2012

Enough is enough with this garbage.

mwb970

(11,360 posts)
28. What kind of show is this in the first place?
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 05:46 PM
Apr 2012

I mean, Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, and Styx? What year is this show scheduled for? 1977?

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
29. no joke
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 06:15 PM
Apr 2012

i bet most american service members' parents were in jr. high or high school the last time anyone gave a s#@t about any of those acts.

Response to joeybee12 (Original post)

spicegal

(758 posts)
31. I would hope so.
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 06:26 PM
Apr 2012

President Obama IS the Commander in Chief. Personally, I'm kind of sick of the level of disrespect from these right wing idiots. It's bad enough coming from the average yahoo, but when celebrities and elected officials are setting that kind of example, it's beyond offensive.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
37. For the why, you only need to look here...
Sun Apr 22, 2012, 07:01 AM
Apr 2012
High Times:How did you get out of the draft?

Ted Nugent: Ted was a young boy, appearing to be a hippie but quite opposite in fact, working hard and playing hard, playing rock and roll like a deviant. People would question my sanity, I played so much. So I got my notice to be in the draft. Do you think I was gonna lay down my guitar and go play army? Give me a break! I was busy doin’ it to it. I had a career Jack. If I was walkin’ around, hippying down, getting’ loaded and pickin’ my ass like your common curs, I’d say “Hey yeah, go in the army. Beats the poop out of scuffin’ around in the gutters.” But I wasn’t a gutter dog. I was a hard workin’, motherfuckin’ rock and roll musician.

I got my physical notice 30 days prior to. Well, on that day I ceased cleansing my body. No more brushing my teeth, no more washing my hair, no baths, no soap, no water. Thirty days of debris build. I stopped shavin’ and I was 18, had a little scraggly beard, really looked like a hippie. I had long hair, and it started gettin’ kinky, matted up. Then two weeks before, I stopped eating any food with nutritional value. I just had chips, Pepsi, beer-stuff I never touched-buttered poop, little jars of Polish sausages, and I’d drink the syrup, I was this side of death, Then a week before, I stopped going to the bathroom. I did it in my pants. poop, piss the whole shot. My pants got crusted up.

See, I approached the whole thing like, Ted Nugent, cool hard-workin’ dude, is gonna wreak havoc on these imbeciles in the armed forces. I’m gonna play their own game, and I’m gonna destroy ‘em. Now my whole body is crusted in poop and piss. I was ill. And three or four days before, I started stayin’ awake. I was close to death, but I was in control. I was extremely antidrug as I’ve always been, but I snorted some crystal methedrine. Talk about one wounded motherf*cker. A guy put up four lines, and it was for all four of us, but I didn’t know and I’m vacuuming that poop right up. I was a walking, talking hunk of human poop. I was six-foot-three of sin. So the guys took me down to the physical, and my nerves, my emotions were distraught. I was not a good person. I was wounded. But as painful and nauseous as it was – ‘cause I was really into bein’ clean and on the ball – I made gutter swine hippies look like football players. I was deviano.

So I went in, and those guys in uniform couldn’t believe the smell. They were ridiculin’ me and pushin’ me around and I was cryin’, but all the time I was laughin’ to myself. When they stuck the needle in my arm for the blood test I passed out, and when I came to they were kicking me into the wall. Then they made everybody take off their pants, and I did, and this sergeant says, “Oh my God, put those back on! You f*cking swine you!” Then they had a urine test and I couldn’t piss, But my poop was just like ooze, man, so I poop in the cup and put it on the counter. I had poop on my hand and my arm. The guy almost puked. I was so proud. I knew I had these chumps beat. The last thing I remember was wakin’ up in the ear test booth and they were sweepin’ up. So I went home and cleaned up.

They took a putty knife to me. I got the street rats out of my hair, ate some good steaks, beans, potatoes, cottage cheese, milk. A couple of days and I was ready to kick ass. And in the mail I got this big juicy 4-F. They’d call dead people before they’d call my ass. But you know the funny thing about it? I’d make an incredible army man. I’d be a colonel before you knew what hit you, and I’d have the baddest bunch of motherf*ckin’ killers you’d ever seen in my platoon. But I just wasn’t into it. I was too busy doin’ my own thing, you know?

http://www.examiner.com/article/romney-supporter-ted-nugent-pedophile-and-draft-dodger-his-own-words
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
38. JUst the way he talks he seems emotionally and mentally disturbed...
Sun Apr 22, 2012, 07:14 AM
Apr 2012

And people listen to him is the scary part!

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
43. Good - give him the ole "Dixie Chicks" treatment.
Mon Apr 23, 2012, 01:20 PM
Apr 2012

Sure, he doesn't have much to lose since he hasnt' really been famous for 30 years, but still we shoudl take away the small amount of glory he still has left.

Erose999

(5,624 posts)
44. The last time Ted Nugent put on a show for the Army it didn't go so well....
Mon Apr 23, 2012, 01:40 PM
Apr 2012
?w=298&h=400


The local draft draft board were not impressed.
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Army Cancels Ted Nugent S...