Ted Nugent celebrates Black History Month by being an ill-informed douche.

Usually I ignore Ted Nugent's rants precisely because they are rants.  After I turned 20, I realized there is no point in reasoning with someone whose primary argument is that if you disagree with him you can suck on the end of his gun.

Nevertheless, recently Nugent strung a few words together in World Nets Daily (notorious conspiracy theory kooks) that included no discernible threats.  Instead, Nugent argues that his way of celebrating Black History Month is more respectful and more to the advantage of the black community than any Democratic policy has ever been.  I'll dismiss outright the argument that Obama is the best policy-maker for the black community because he is black--that is just silly.  Armed with a fact or two regarding unemployment among the black community, Nugent claims the failure of the New Deal and every other democratic policies intended to close the equality gap between whites and blacks in America.  Indeed, in some instances he may be right, though he offers no analysis, no statistics to support his claims.  I'd like to point out that that the Republican party went out of its way to exclude black and other minority voters in many states this election cycle.  I'd like to point out that certain Republican states are trying to repeal the  voting rights act, and that Mississippi (a predominantly Red state) just ratified the 13th Amendment a few days ago (in case you are unaware, the 13th Amendment outlaws slavery).  I'd like to point out these sorts of things, but I won't because they are not entirely relevant.  The best part of Nugent's article is his preferred way of honoring the black community during Black History Month--it's not to push legislation that will solve the economic or social gaps between the black and white communities; it's not a proposed fix to public education.  Nugent is going to honor the black community by playing black music.

I hope he has a great tour, and I hope he pays royalties...