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Former '60s/70s Good time Rock 'n Rollers, all grown up, hesitant to take on The Nuge
From Eric Dondero:
Nugent appeared on Neal Cavuto Thursday, and made some rather hardline comments against ObamaCare.
From Fox News (via Breitbart):
You've had some very astute politicians on Neal. But I am Ted Nugent. Governor of Pigland. So, I'm the expert on the Health Care bill. Cause I kill pigs. And I just shot a monster big pig here in Texas. And seeing how this is a pig bill, created by pig bureacrats to help out American pigs, as I approached this big pig that looked like a beached sperm whale, I was expecting George Castanza to come out of the bushes and extract a titlest number three ball from his blow hole. And as I was about to put a ten millimeter slug through this pig's head, the last thing he said as rrrrhhhhh. Which is pig for where's my health care.
(Pause in the interview)
In November we gotta vote the pigs out of office, because this is a redistribution of wealth, this is the Communist/Mao/Che agenda of the Communist/Mao/Che fans in the White House! They're all pigs Neal!
Even Cavuto seemed alarmed.
I know you're talking kill the pig, I know you're talking humorously and all that... there's a lot of folks on the other side who've read into that a not so coated message for violence.
Nugent responded by fanning his cap sardonically, but reiterating, "I'm a Glenn Beck sort of guy... non-violence."
Still, if Nugent's pal Sarah Palin had used the same sort of language, or a Tom Tancredo, Jim DeMint, or some other Tea Party aligned politician had said the same, they would have been simmered alive in the liberal media. Imagine if Glenn Beck had made such a comment.
A check of the leftwing sites normally on watch, such as Media Matters, DailyKos, TPM, et.al. shows no coverage of the Nugent comments.
Does Terrible Ted get away with it cause of his socially hip, culturally liberal persona? Former long-haired hippie types from the Swingin' '70s afraid to take on one of the greatest Rock legends from their youth?
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“Tinkering with the Earth and its atmosphere in an attempt to fend off global warming—a.k.a. geoengineering—seems like the stuff of science fiction: Lacing the stratosphere with sulfur aerosols or whitening clouds over the ocean to reflect sunlight back into space. Fertilizing the oceans with iron to help them absorb more carbon dioxide. It’s big science on a comic-book scale, and as such, it carries no small dose of risk and controversy.
“Some of these technologies seem inappropriate,” Victor Menotti, director of the International Forum on Globalization, told MoJo at a press briefing Thursday. “There’s a sort of scientific arrogance that these experiments will be manageable. But before we get into talking about a Plan B, we want to get back to how we can cut emissions.”
“People think this is still science fiction, but it’s not,” added Silvia Ribeiro, program manager for ETC Group, an environmental advocacy organization. “Science [magazine] said this conference was like geoengineering coming out of the closet.”
She’s referring to the Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies, where I’ve spent the past week schmoozing some of the field’s top researchers. ETC Group has circulated a letter—signed by dozens of like-minded organizations—questioning the entire conference and the motives of its attendees. (You can download the group’s report here.) Quoting the conference’s stated goal, Ribeiro [...]
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1980s Ninny-Staters give way to Leather Skirts, High Heels and Jeans
by Eric Dondero
It's a long ways from the days of the PMRC. For those youngsters out there the PMRC stands for Parent's Music Resource Center. It was all the rage in the early and middle 1980s. The group pushed for labels on records and cassettes warning parents of explicit lyrics. It was the dawn of the MTV era. And PMRC targetted rock and pop videos most notably Madonna, New Wavers like the pro-gay sex band Frankie Goes to Hollywood (photo below - left), and a myriad of Heavy Metal artists.
Ironically, the leader of the group was none other than Tipper Gore, Al Gore's wife (photo - standing right). But Republicans participated as well, most notably the wife of then Reagan adminstration Sec. of State Jim Baker.
There were even congressional hearings. Republican Senator Paula Hawkins of Florida, remember her?, was one of the most vocal against explicit rock during the hearings. She was joined by Senator Gore himself, and Democrat Sen. Fritz Hollins of South Carolina. On the opposing side Frank Zappa, Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister (photo - right) and even Folkster John Denver testified for free speach.
The group waned in the early 1990s and eventually dissappeared, ironically right in time for Gore's run for Vice-President with Clinton. By the last 1990s, Gore was running for President, and references to his wife's PMRC activities were toned down in the liberal media. Leading up to the 2000 campaign Tipper even famously called herself a "hard rocker," and Albert appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Even more coincidental, PMRC closed up shop just as Rap and Hip-Hop were taking off in popularity. Many speculated at the time that it was perfectly reasonable for PRMC to target White Rockers, but going after Black Hipsters could be seen as "Racist."
And now here we are today. From the Daily Beast:
Sarah Palin delivered a fiery speech for Sen. John McCain's reelection to the U.S. Senate at a rally in Tucson, Arizona. Donning a leather jacket and entering to AC/DC's "For Those About To Rock, We Salute You," Palin exclaimed, "send the maverick back to the United States Senate!"
Hard Rock now American as Apple Pie
Now, we've all been to Republican events where some sappy Pop song like Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" gets blared on the speakers before the candidate's entrance. But for the McCain rally it was AC/DC. No longer is it just upbeat Pop song previously deemed appropriate and "safe: for the GOP. Now we're now talking one of the hardest of hardcore, sex-talking, whiskey and beer drinking bands of all-time. With Palin decked out in a leather jacket, no less.
I've noticed harder rock creeping into the Right more and more, particularly in the last year or so. Glenn Beck now uses bumper music from the Sex Pistols and The Clash. And not "Rockin' the Casbah" either; rather the opening riff of "I fought the law and the law won."
The list of aging Hard Rockers identifying themselves as "Republican," now includes Ted Nugent, Sammy Hagar, members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alice Cooper, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Gene Simmons of KISS, Kid Rock, Uncle Cracker, Jeff Hetfield of Metallica, Skunk Baxter of Steely Dan and even Meatloaf.
There's even an Alternative Punk band popular in Arkansas and seen on MTV called A Good Fight, who has a somewhat famous bassist: Republican State Rep. Jon Woods of Springdale. (legislative website). (See MTV video, includes a clear reference to 9/11 "Never Forget" halfway through.)
Sarah Palin was a Teen and later College chic during the height of the 1980s MTV/Punk Rock/Heavy Metal boom. And the Republican Party/Tea Party spokesman's got that heavy metal hotness, on full display today.
We've come a long ways from the PMRC indeed.
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Rising sea levels have claimed another island, this one in the Bay of Bengal.
Marine patrols have confirmed that New Moore Island is now totally submerged beneath the surface of the water. This isn’t the first island to disappear under water. In 1996, another island called Lohachara was submerged and it forced the inhabitants to move to the mainland.
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A 30-year-long argument between India and Bangladesh was abruptly resolved after rising oceans claimed a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal.
Several other islands in the Bay of Bengal, pictured below left, are currently under threat from rising sea levels as a result of climate change.
“For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island’s gone.
New Moore Island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said.
“What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming,” said Hazra.”
Bay of Bengal -- Photo source: Getty Images
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Scientists at the School of Oceanographic Studies at the university have noted an alarming increase in the rate at which sea levels have risen over the past decade in the Bay of Bengal.
Until 2000, the sea levels rose about 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) a year, but over the last decade they have been rising about 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) annually, he said.
Another nearby island, Lohachara, was submerged in 1996, forcing its inhabitants to move to the mainland, while almost half the land of Ghoramara island was underwater, he said. At least 10 other islands in the area were at risk as well, Hazra said.
“We will have ever larger numbers of people displaced from the Sunderbans as more island areas come under water,” he said.
Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation of 150 million people, is one of the countries worst-affected by global warming. Officials estimate 18 percent of Bangladesh’s coastal area will be underwater and 20 million people will be displaced if sea levels rise 1 meter (3.3 feet) by 2050 as projected by some climate models.
India and Bangladesh both claimed the empty New Moore Island, which is about 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) long and 3 kilometers (1.5 miles) wide. Bangladesh referred to the island as South Talpatti.”
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