{"id":602,"date":"2013-02-11T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/11\/this-is-truly-a-great-country-right-ted"},"modified":"2013-02-11T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:38:00","slug":"this-is-truly-a-great-country-right-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=602","title":{"rendered":"This is truly a great country, right Ted?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Loony Bin, is inviting a special guest to President Obama\u2019s State of the Union address Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s none other than the Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, himself. Stockman, who now represents a portion of East Texas in Congress, has extended the invitation to the man who has called Obama \u201cun-American,\u201d who once said that he were to win re-election that Nugent would be in jail (which some took as an implied threat against the president), who once said that Obama should be \u201cshot\u201d like a coyote, and who once, well \u2026 I think you get the point.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/282283-lawmaker-invites-ted-nugent-to-obamas-state-of-the-union-address-on-tuesday\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/282283-lawmaker-invites-ted-nugent-to-obamas-state-of-the-union-address-on-tuesday\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/282283-lawmaker-invites-ted-nugent-to-obamas-state-of-the-union-address-on-tuesday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nugent, the washed-up rock-and-roll guitarist, is an avid hunter and gun owner. He seems to hate \u2013 and I don\u2019t believe that\u2019s not too strong a verb \u2013 those who want to place more controls on guns. How do I know that? He\u2019s virtually said so himself.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t begrudge Nugent\u2019s love of guns. That\u2019s his right. I do begrudge, though, the virtual hate speech that continues to spew from the guy\u2019s mouth when it comes to those who disagree with him on matters relating to guns. <\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say that Steve Stockman is a member of Nugent\u2019s fan club. Stockman was one of a handful of GOP congresspeople who has threatened to impeach the president if he tries to exert executive authority mandating controls on guns. <\/p>\n<p>My hunch, if Nugent actually shows up to the State of the Union, is that the Madman won\u2019t applaud. Any bets on whether the TV cameras look for him when the president enters the House of Representatives chamber?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Loony Bin, is inviting a special guest to President Obama\u2019s State of the Union address Tuesday night. It\u2019s none other than the Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, himself. Stockman, who now represents a portion of East Texas in Congress, has extended the invitation to the man who has called Obama \u201cun-American,\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=602\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This is truly a great country, right Ted?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}