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"arminius" <richard norton@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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> "Tommy" <127.0.0.1@127.0.01> wrote in message
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> > Motor City Madman runs afoul of LULAC
> > Nugent Barred From Houston Venue (by jew) After Alleged Immigrant
Bashing
> >
> >
> > by Mark Lewis
> > LiveDaily.com
> > After rock musician Ted Nugent allegedly made denigrating and
> > profanity-laced remarks about Latinos at a Houston concert, venue
> > management said that he won?t play there again. And the League of United
> > Latin American Citizens plans to register its concerns with Sony Music
> > Entertainment, which owns Nugent?s label Legacy, a state LULAC official
> > said. Nugent, opening for KISS at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on
> > April 1, allegedly launched into a diatribe on stage about Latino
> > immigrants. ?If you?re not gonna speak English, get the **** out of
> > America,? he told the crowd, according to pavilion president David
> > Gottlieb, who was at the concert. Gottlieb added that Nugent?s use of
the
> > word ?faggot? throughout the show was also a factor.
> >
> > ?We feel that when people spend good money on a concert, they shouldn?t
> have
> > to be abused because of their ethnicity, race or lifestyle,? Gottlieb
> said.
> > This is the first time in its 11-year history that the non-profit venue
> has
> > made the decision to bar a performer, he added.
> >
> > Following the concert, Nugent reiterated his position on immigrants when
> he
> > spoke to the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday (4/5). ?If you?re going to
be
> > an asset to America,? Nugent said, ?it would only be logical to speak
the
> > language. How can you be a benefit to your family, neighborhood or
country
> > if you can?t speak to your fellow citizens? C?mon, if you can?t speak
> > English, get out of America.?
> >
> > Some media sources reported that the League of United Latin American
> > Citizens, which has 115,000 members nationwide and 250 councils in
Texas,
> > would organize a national boycott of future Nugent concerts.
> >
> > But according to Texas LULAC chief of staff Denise Nu�o, the league is
not
> > planning a state or national boycott. (A spokesperson at LULAC?s
national
> > office said that all activities related to Nugent were being handled by
> > Texas councils.) Instead, LULAC plans to notify other cities about
> Nugent?s
> > remarks and to contact Nugent?s record label Legacy, the Sony-owned
label
> > which has re-released many of Nugent?s Epic label albums from the ?70s.
> The
> > league also plans to notify Sony?s corporate headquarters about its
> > concerns.
> >
> > ?I don?t believe there?s a sponsor in the world that wants to associate
> > themselves with that kind of activity,? Nu�o said. ?There?s a lot of
> buying
> > power in the Hispanic community.?
> >
> > She also said that her group was not trying to stifle Nugent?s right to
> free
> > speech.
> >
> > ?LULAC serves to protect the civil rights of all Americans? It [the
> concert]
> > was a poor forum for him to use?we object to that. Role models should
> > promote civil rights and social unity. His comments promote immigration
> > bashing, racial hatred and divisiveness in our country, and that?s what
we
> > object to.?
> >
> > Nugent?s management had no comment. The musician is opening for KISS
> through
> > April 30.
> >
> > http://www.whiterevolution.com/archives/20050604/cat-scratch-fever
>
>

LULAC organizing a boycott against the purchase of "Cat Scratch
Fever", now that's rich....

Gary