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Summary: Life with Gonzo
Review: This is a book of how Mr. Ted Nugent was raised and what his relationship with the outdoors has done to improve his life. My sense is that Ted is a staunch believer in the values taught and upheld by an active family life and that hunting and "communing" with the outdoors is a perfect and natural way to do this. He is also a very outspoken advocate for Second Amendment rights.This book is delivered in the way only the Nuge knows how: Gonzo. How else? Living and growing up on the mean streets of Detroit would have a way of doing that. He refers to these places as the "Planet of the Apes." This does not assume any sort of racial inference. Quite the contrary, he holds all people equal when it comes to any sort of mind-altering activity, crime and preying on society...they're all citizens of The Planet of the Apes regardless of race, creed or color and are a special bunch of idiots. If you like "Full Bluntal Nugenty" then this is a good insight into what makes the Nuge tick. I saw him at the House of Blues in downtown Chicago on 29 Dec 2000. I could tell, despite being in his 50s, that he is not ready to slow down yet. That is a good thing. I was first exposed to the Nuge in Omaha, NE on 3 Dec 1978. It was my first rock concert and I was hooked. He still has the fire in his soul and the searing rock-n-roll guitar today but with a new awareness and a political agenda that I am in total agreement with! I found this book to be entertaining. At times it is humorous, insightful and profound. Keep strokin', Ted. I'm with ya.
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Summary: Prepare Yourself for Full Bluntal Nugeity
Review: This book is F-U-N, folks. It's divided into three sections titled Cocked, Locked, and Ready to Rock (politics); The Ballistics of Spirituality -- You Can't Grill it 'Til You Kill It (hunting); and Kids, Family, and the Spirit of the Wild (family). Ted Nugent's opinions are pedal-to-the-metal, full-steam-ahead. I don't think he knows where the brake is, or what it's for. And though he can indeed spell "tact", I'm not sure he really understands the concept. (That was a compliment, by the way.) Here are some of the gems from God, Guns, & Rock 'n' Roll: Ted Nugent on anti-gunners: "Only a coward would want fewer good guys with guns on the streets in today's world. Only a fool would support -- much less design -- such a policy of helplessness....To be against law-abiding citizens carrying concealed handguns is literally encouraging and assisting evil to have the upper hand."
Ted Nugent on the liberal media and their attitude toward guns: "I've known it forever, and Jesse Ventura figured it out pretty quick. The vast majority of America's free press doesn't report the news, they make it up. Anyone who dismisses the claims of a conspiracy is either a paid employee of the media or a deaf, dumb, and blind fool. Especially dumb."
Ted Nugent on the "coolness" of doing drugs: "Hey, I got a good idea, let's go to a jam session celebrating the spirited and creative overjuiceflow of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon, Mike Bloomfield, Brian Jones, Phil Lycott, Dennis Wilson, Bon Scott, John Belushi, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jerry Garcia, and a stupefying long list of the hippest idiots that ever lived. And died. Would if we could, but Jimi got high and Jimi's dead, I went huntin' and I'm still Ted....The one time Jimi saw my gun, he thought I was way out there. Now they ain't got no life nowhere. 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky." Is it just me, or would some of that make great song lyrics? Ted Nugent on gun banning as crime control: "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective. And if handguns are made only for killing people as the actions of Sarah Brady and her lying scum friends like Diane Feinstein and Charlie Schumer would suggest, swimming pools are made only for drowning, and ladders only for falling off of." Ted Nugent on concealed carry: "To my mind, it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic....What kind of spineless dolt would dare venture forth virtually incapable of wiping his or her nose or surviving the vicious predator mentality of the paroled masses on the planet of the apes? Not I, sayeth the guitarboy." I don't want all of the foregoing to give you the impression Ted Nugent's only skills as a writer are being outrageous and insulting anti-gunners (although he's very good at both). In his hunting stories he has a positive gift for evoking mood and place. Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia has written, "As I read God, Guns, & Rock 'n' Roll, I could hear the fall leaves crunch under Ted's boots and wince at his many falls into the Michigan mud." His tales of family are full of honest love and unabashed sentimentality. Ted Nugent is foursquare for love of family, love of America, love of guns, and he doesn't care who knows it.
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Summary: he's a hypocrite
Review: Ok, i haven't read this book, but apparently it includes stuff on how you should spend time w/ your family. For Ted Nugent, does that include the illegitimate child he admitted fathering w/ a Dover, N.H. woman eight years ago? (he has been married for 15 years). According to the Fox news site (that's right, Fox), he has only expressed interest in custody & visitation because the woman wants financial support. Just another hypocritical conservative...
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Summary: An inhuman monster
Review: What a disgust this man is. How dare Ted Nugent, call himself an environmentalist and conservationist and yet enjoy killing so much. Hunting is one thing, but to actually enjoy watching animals suffer and die as this scumbag does, manifests to me an inhuman monster with a gun. A disgrce to the human race.
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Summary: clearly shows whats wrong with this country today
Review: It is people like this freak called Ted Nugent that are desensitizing kids and dumb adults alike and making them immune to commiting snseless slaughter. Although I don't like hunting I know that many people do and I respect their views. But I can't respect Ted's views because he is so barbaric about it. He actually enjoys killing and talks about the killing of the animals in disturbing detail. You really gotta be sick in the head to enjoy killing in such manner. I also cannot respect him because he is so self-righteous and arrogant that he considers all anti-hunters freaks. He goes on to say that it is irrational to be an anti-hunter. But look at his arguements, he says he kills off only surpluses of animals and yet there is a disgusting picture of him in the book smiling as he stands over the carcass of an endangered African elephant he shot. Hello, elephants are vanishing. Ted is a barbarian and any parent that lets their children read the chapter "Ted's message to kids" can only blame themselves when their kids turn out to be sick and twisted like this loser who wrote the book is. One of the most disgusting and blatantly offensive books I've seen.
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Summary: true quick read
Review: I don't get a chance to read much, but I liked and agreed with the subject matter, his thoughts, and attitude. And the fact it wasn't glossed over with usless babling words like a soap opera. It' got to the point, and the quick reading, larger type print gave you inspiration, that you would be able to finish the book. Unlike some books in small print with a 3 inches of paper, that could take 40 years to read.
I haven't hunted that much, but I love my glocks, and
target shooting. And I study things for freedom of indoor hunting. :-)
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Big disappointment. I'm a huge Ted Head and looked forward to the release of this book. However, all Nugent talks about is blowing away wild life in the back woods of Michigan. I've got nothing against hunting but you'd think he talk a little about his 50 or so years of playing rock music! I think he has like 3 sentences in the whole book where he speaks about recording a song/ album. I truly wonder how many people bought this book only to be let down by his ... hunting stories. Even if Ted focused on politics it would have been more interesting.
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Summary: Bullseye!
Review: A very inspirational book! The Motorcity Madman is one of the few celebrities that I would class as a role model. His dedication to family is unparalleled and matched only by his love of the Great Outdoors.
Throughout his book he continually stresses safety, education, being drug-free and spending as much time with family as possible. Each hunt vividly comes alive as if you were there looking over his shoulder. He made me regret missing last year's hunting season.
And now knowing the story behind the "Fred Bear" song sends chills down my back and brings tears.
Growing up under the image of Ted Nugent from his "Cat Scratch Fever" album cover, I had mistakenly stereotyped him as a drug-abusing, hard-drinking, womanizing rock-n-roller. Ted will quickly let you know that he is a Father, Husband, Mentor, Citizen, Hunter and an excellent Guitar player!
This book is a must for anyone who has a love for hunting or the Great Outdoors.
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Summary: A hero for us all
Review: Ted has been a great influence in my life for over 20 years. As a kid I loved his music and understood his antidrug message - something that you didn't get from the other rockers. As a young adult I learned about hunting and a healthy lifestyle from him. Now I am learning about parenting and leadership.
This book has tremendous advice for parents. Raising your kids is the most important job you will ever do. Listen to Ted - don't let them sit in front of the TV, take them outside to enjoy the beauty of nature.
Read this book and learn how to be a responsible adult. As a bonus, you'll learn about guns and hunting. I am buying copies for all of my friends.
Thanks, Ted for your leadership.
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Summary: Gun Scratch Fever
Review: If I could list five celebrities that I would drop everything in my life to go meet, the Motor City Madman would be at the top of my list. Ted Nugent is a refreshing, hardnosed icon of rugged individualism: the antithesis of the whining, socialistic activism running rampant in today's entertainment industry. When making an appearance on one of the cable talk shows, his no-nonsense, pull-no-punches conservativism usually leaves his liberal antagonist speechless, gaping for air like a fish out of water. GOD, GUNS & ROCK 'N ROLL is Nugent's conservative manifesto. His love for hunting--for relishing the right to own guns--is revealed time after time, page after page. I'm not much of a hunter myself (don't have the patience for it), but I do possess unflinching admiration for the outdoorsmen of our society. And I'll defend to the death their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. This book is pure Nugent-speak; you can practically hear him talk as you read the words. GOD, GUNS & ROCK 'N ROLL is more than worthy to take its place in anyone's conservative book collection.
--D. Mikels
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