WACKO OF THE WEEK

TED NUGENT
'MOTORCITY MADMAN"
ENTERTAINS
TEXAS GOVERNOR


Using machine guns as props, Nugent, 58, appeared onstage as the final act of the inaugural ball for Texas Governor, Rick Perry. He was wearing a shirt decorated with the Confederate flag, and he shouted offensive remarks about non-English speakers, according to people who were there.

Perry's spokesman, Robert Black, downplayed the Tuesday-night incident and said that Nugent would have been invited even if it were known ahead of time what he'd wear.

Another Republican strategist, Royal Masset,disagreed. "I think it was a horrible choice," Masset said. "I hope nobody approved it."

The guitarist — known as the "Motor City Madman" — lived in Michigan most of his life before moving to Crawford in 2003. Crawford is also the location of President Bush's 'ranch.'

"Whenever someone sports the Confederate battle flag, many Texans will be offended, and rightly so, because of what it symbolizes — the enslavement of African-Americans and more recently the symbol of hate groups and terrorists," said Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Here at the ARBORETUM, we don't want to censor anyone, nor condemn anyone's choice of clothing, especially when it reflects a political point of view. But, we cling to our right to laugh at some of them. And for Michigan and Texas, we think Ted's relocation was definitely a "win-win" situation.

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Neil Havens Rodreick II
a 29 year old previous sex offender who shaved off all his body hair and attempted to enroll in a charter elementary school in Arizona as a 12 year old. The school saw through his ruse and had him arrested. It is assumed that the man enrolled to get close to younger boys.

Also nabbed: several older men with whom Rodreick was living; on a variety of charges

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