Ted Nugent's Ted, White, And Blue

Book Critique

Ted, White, and Blue by Ted Nugent was by far one of the best books I have ever read. This book is mainly opinion of what he thinks about our government, but still has some factual statements. Ted Nugent does not base this book on respectable authorities. Rather, Nugent talks about how poorly our government is run and how our own government screws us over. He also talks about his early childhood, his ideas if he was President, how bad taxes are, his thoughts on immigration, and many more aspects. Through this book, I agreed with most of his points, but a few I didn’t. A hunter and political activist, Nugent's statements to gun ownership and politics increased his success in the 1990s (Nugent Biography Para. 7). To American citizens,

I don't agree with that, because we need to eliminate as many of war casualties as we can. Nugent also states that he will make English a mandatory American language. I agree with this statement only because we waste too much time, energy, and money on trying to learn other languages so we can communicate with the immigrants here. America started off with the English language and it needs to stay that way (Nugent Pg. 34). It is also soulless to have to press "1 for English" (Nugent Pg. 43). Also, St. Cloud (MN) reported in March 2003 that almost 200,000 dollars was spent in a nine-month period on a variety of interpreter and translation services (Official English, Para.1). Another of his points is that he will instruct all law enforcement, hospitals, government agencies, and the public to identify all illegal aliens and immediately deport them with the guarantee of severe prison time if ever caught illegally being here again. I most definitely agree with this statement because it is unfair to any naturalized U.S. Citizen for one reason and it is also unfair for anyone born in the U.S. It is unfair for

No way,” – in chapter five, he talks about how war is the answer (Nugent Pg. 61). Lasting peace can only be achieved through the application of relentless and superior fire power (Nugent Pg. 62). The U.S. Marine Corps has a lengthy record of heroism, bravery, and patriotism (Nugent Pg. 63). Through this chapter, Nugent talks about how warfare is the answer. It's not. Warfare is not the answer because, when we commit to war on other countries it will make even other countries mad and angry at us, because they would feel as if we were trying to take over. That's not what we are about. Also because, we don't need to send American troops into combat over warfare. We need to try and keep the troops here with their families. It is so unfair that we have them in Afghanistan and Iraq when it's not necessary for them to be there. The Pentagon is spending nearly $5 billion per month in Iraq and Afghanistan, a pace that would bring yearly costs to almost $60 billion (Moniz Para.1). Those expenses do not include money being spent on rebuilding Iraq's electric grid, water supply and other infrastructure, costs which had no parallel in Vietnam. Let Afghanistan and Iraq settle out their own problems and keep us out of it. We need to also try and reduce as much U.S. casualties as possible. He also provides in this chapter information that Iraq is providing arms and training to Shiites in Iraq to kill American