The following commentary by rock legend TED NUGENT has been posted at Wacotrib.com:

"This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the so-called Summer of Love. Honest and intelligent people will remember it for what it really was: The Eve of Destruction.

Forty years ago, hordes of stoned, dirty, stinky hippies converged on San Francisco to "turn on, tune in and drop out," which was the calling card of LSD proponent Timothy Leary. Turned off by the work ethic and productive American Dream values of their parents, hippies instead opted for a cowardly, irresponsible lifestyle of random sex, life destroying drugs and mostly soulless rock music that flourished in San Francisco.

The Eve of Destruction climaxed with the Monterey Pop Festival, which included some truly virtuoso musical talents such as JIMI HENDRIX and JANIS JOPLIN, both of whom would be dead due to drug abuses a couple of years later. Other musical geniuses such as Jim Morrison and Mama Cass would also be dead due to drugs within a few short years. The bodies of chemical infested, braindead liberal deniers continue to stack up like cordwood.

As a diehard musician, I terribly miss these very talented people who squandered God's gifts in favor of poison and the joke of hip-ness. I often wonder what musical peaks they could have climbed had they not gagged to death on their own vomit. Their choice of dope over quality of life, musical talent and meaningful relationships with loved ones can only be categorized as despicably selfish.

I literally had to step over stoned, drooling fans, band mates and concert promoters and staff to pursue my musical American Dream throughout the 1960s and 1970s. I flushed more dope and cocaine down backstage toilets than I care to remember. In utter frustration, I was even forced to punch my way through violent dopers on occasion. So much for peace and love. The DEA should make me an honorary officer.

I was forced to fire band members and business associates due to mindless, dangerous, illegal drug use. Clean and sober for fifty-nine years, I am still rocking my brains out and approaching my 6,000th concert. Clean and sober is the real party. Young people make mistakes. I've made my share, but none that involved placing my life or the lives of others at risk because of dope. I saw first-hand too many destroyed lives and wrecked families to ever want to drool and vomit on myself and call that a good time. I put my heart and soul into creating the best music I possibly could and I went hunting instead. My dream continues with ferocity, thank you."

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