Press Release - February 12, 2004

Oxford, OH - Today, the Miami University College Republicans announced
that the keynote speaker for the annual club sponsored Conservative Week will be Second Amendment activist and author of the New York Times Bestseller
God, Guns, and Rock-n-Roll, Ted Nugent. Conservative Week is an annual celebration of conservative thought at Miami University sponsored by the College Republicans. Mr. Nugent, the keynote speaker, is scheduled to speak at 7:00 PM Thursday, February 19 in Presser Auditorium on the campus of Miami University.

Mr. Nugent is well known for a successful rock career with over 30 million albums sold and his voice of reason on issues of personal freedom. Mr. Nugent is a regular guest on programs such as Larry King Live, The O'Reilly Factor, and Hannity & Colmes. His bold and discerning commentary along with his talent as a musician has brought Ted Nugent iconic status in America today.

"I have long been a fan of Ted Nugent," stated College Republicans Chairman Matt Nolan, "It is certainly a pleasure to bring Mr. Nugent to this campus to share his insight with the students, faculty, and the entire Oxford community."

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Rocker Ted Nugent weighs in on Ohio's self-defense ban

We've been warning for months that the gun ban extremists' would resort to even more irrational scare tactics (mainly targeted at businesses) than already known for, after Ohio legislature finally passed a concealed carry law.

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On August 29, 2003, we published a story about how a man in Minnesota was actually working to put people in a great deal of danger, by offering "Carries No Gun" t-shirts for sale, and working to get businesses to post "Gun-Free Zone" signs to ban CCW licenseholders from their property. The article was titled "A View of the future in Ohio?" As witnessed by the OH.A.G.S. button at left, the future is now.

We'd rather not be right about predictions like this, but Ohio's gun ban extremists have obviously bought a copy of the CCW Opponent Loser's playbook.

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February 14, 2004
The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Many sign their names. Many don't. They're the book reviewers on Amazon.com who use such words as "masterful," "page-turner" and "tear-jerker." But the ones who sign their critiques only as "a reader from (fill in the city)" lost their anonymity this week when their identities were revealed on Amazon.com's Canadian Web site.

Among those named were authors who posted glowing reviews of their own work, apparently to boost sales.

The glitch, reported Saturday by The New York Times, replaced pseudonyms with reviewers' real names, laying bare a culture of self-promotion and potential for revenge among authors and users of the online retailer.

Amazon spokeswoman Patricia Smith told the Times the problem, fixed after a week, was "an unfortunate error."

"We'll examine whatever happened and make sure it won't happen again," she said.

Amazon allows readers to write reviews without providing their names or other personal data, an aspect of the sites that the company says is popular. About 10 million reader reviews have been posted, a number that continues to grow.

One writer, John Rechy, confessed to writing a review of his new book, "The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens," under the pseudonym "a reader from Chicago," the Times said.