US Army dumps Nugent

[MrFun]

Army dumps Nugent from concert after Obama remarks

(Reuters) - The U.S. Army cut rock musician and gun-rights advocate Ted Nugent from a summer concert program at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on the same day he met with two U.S. Secret Service agents over recent comments he made about President Barack Obama.
Nugent was scheduled to perform on June 23, but officials at Fort Knox said on Thursday the singer and guitarist would not be in the lineup with co-headliners REO Speedwagon and Styx.
"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," the Fort Knox family and morale, welfare and recreation group said on its Facebook page.
It was the latest twist for the Michigan-born conservative entertainer, who in court papers filed on Friday agreed to plead guilty to a federal wildlife violation for killing one black bear too many during an Alaska hunting trip.
Ticket holders for the Fort Knox concert at Godman Army Airfield were offered refunds.
Nugent, who is best known for hit 1970s songs including "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Motor City Madhouse," drew attention from the U.S. Secret Service because of remarks he made about Obama and administration officials at a National Rifle Association convention last week.
Nugent, 63, told NRA supporters in St. Louis that he would be "dead or in jail" next year if Obama is re-elected in the November 6 election.
In comments directed at administration officials, Nugent said, "We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November.
On Thursday, Nugent said he had a "solid" meeting with the Secret Service agents and the Secret Service said the matter had been resolved with no further action expected.
The Secret Service is tasked with protecting the U.S. president, senior officials and other figures including presidential candidates.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign called for civility on Tuesday after Nugent made his remarks.
(Reporting by David Bailey and Will Dunham)

Hurts to have the door slammed in your face, doesn't it?

[gribbler]

I don't even know who Nugent is.

[loinburger]

I saw him open at a Metallica concert in 1999 - he rode a buffalo up to the stage

[loinburger]

I was going to post a "US Army dumps nougat" thread, but I can't find a picture of somebody in an army uniform crapping out nougat

[loinburger]

I propose a new forum rule: MrFun must accompany all of his terrible copy-paste threads with a picture of somebody in an army uniform crapping out nougat (must be a different picture for each thread)

[Hauldren Collider]

I saw him open at a Metallica concert in 1999 - he rode a buffalo up to the stage

That's awesome

[Felch]

He killed the buffalo later, right?

[loinburger]

He killed it off stage

Maybe he was worried that Metallica would sue him if they slipped in buffalo blood

[Tupac Shakur]

It's the Army's loss. Even New York liberals like Anthony Bourdain like the Nuge.

[SlowwHand]

Nugent

loinburger still.

[Tupac Shakur]

SlowwHand

[loinburger]

Careful, you might not get a birthday thread

[-Jrabbit]

Nugent started out as a folk singer with an acoustic guitar back in Catholic high school in the Chicago suburbs.

[MrFun]

I propose a new forum rule: MrFun must accompany all of his terrible copy-paste threads with a picture of somebody in an army uniform crapping out nougat (must be a different picture for each thread)

What is wrong with sharing news stories?

[loinburger]

What percentage of threads that you start are copy-pasted news stories? This is a forum, not a gay liberal RSS feed

[loinburger]

I count six MrFun threads on the front page, and all six of them are copy-paste OPs. Ask yourself: if somebody were doing the exact same thing except with an extremely right-wing slant, wouldn't it kind of annoy you?

"Newsflash: God still hates fags"
"Newsflash: Poor people are still lazy"

[regexcellent]

I don't think I've seen a MrFun thread that wasn't copy-paste. Has one ever been posted?

[-Jrabbit]

Personally, I have very little trouble ignoring uninteresting threads. It's pretty easy, actually.

[SlowwHand]

I count six MrFun threads on the front page, and all six of them are copy-paste OPs. Ask yourself: if somebody were doing the exact same thing except with an extremely right-wing slant, wouldn't it kind of annoy you?

"Newsflash: God still hates fags"
"Newsflash: Poor people are still lazy"

Now this is funny.

[-Jrabbit]

Personally, I have very little trouble ignoring uninteresting threads. It's pretty easy, actually.

Regarding Nugent, all that happened is that he lost one gig, albeit a cushy gummint one where he's guaranteed his full rate. He'll more than make up for the lost revenue elsewhere if he's so inclined.

[loinburger]

Personally, I have very little trouble ignoring uninteresting threads. It's pretty easy, actually.

And I usually don't open MrFun threads unless I see an opportunity for a bad poop joke.

[-Jrabbit]

So you're saying these threads do serve a purpose.

Fair enough.