Never at a loss for words and always locked and loaded with an opinion on anything and everything, Ted Nugent recently penned an op-ed in The Detroit News , giving advice to recent graduates. He breaks it down into three prongs: Work, Values, Politics. It's pretty much what you'd expect from The Nuge: guns are good, liberals are bad, don't do drugs, avoid hippies, and don't be a lazy freeloader.

Here are some highlights:

"Avoid negative people and slobbering hippies like the plague. They never accomplish anything. Surround yourself with positive people who are better than yourself and will mentor, help and guide you honestly. "

"Find a relaxing hobby to recharge your batteries that has nothing to do with your profession. I have found that peaceful time with family, friends, loved ones and my dogs, fishing, hunting, shooting, setting rocks on fire, giving birth to brass rainbows by shooting machine guns till barrels burn up, and killing sacred protein with sharp sticks recharges my batteries beyond redline. I cleanse my soul as I cleanse the good mother earth by eating her surplus."

"Be intelligently and effectively defiant. Defiance is the very spirit that gave birth to this country when our forefathers fought against overwhelming odds, signed the Declaration of Independence and fired the "shot heard 'round the world." Lock and load. Really."

"If you have not made a few well-deserving idiots boil over in anger by the time you are 25, get busy. We live in a target-rich environment of liberal denial. "

"Trust your gut feelings. Only trust people who have earned your trust. Trust but verify. Never trust the French."