Monday, February 12, 2007
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The Silencing of the Dixie Chicks Continues Unabated
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Posted by:
Mary Katharine Ham at
11:18 AM
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They won five Grammys last night. I didn't even hear any of their album, I don't think. All I know is "they're not ready to make nice," or something. Eh.
Lorie Byrd finds the vapid musician quote of the night.
I think people are paranoid," former Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart told Reuters. "I think that if they speak out, they think they're gonna get whacked by the government. It's pretty oppressive now. Look at the Dixie Chicks. They got whacked."
Uh-huh.
Allah has video of Natalie Maines delivering a searing "Ha-ha" Nelson-style to the country music world. Dude, no one cares about you more than enough to be just vaguely annoyed by you. You're tiresome to the people who liked your music but hate your personality, and you're a political prop for those who love your personality and don't care for your music. Congrats.
The award for Ludacris, on the other hand? Totally and completely warranted. He's also on the tape, giving a shout-out to Bill O'Reilly. Heh. See how Luda gets just slightly political without crushing us with condescension and righteous indignation? Watch and learn, Chicks and Kanye.
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I am laughing at myself for ever thinking that someone as you could ever understand the poor.I give up your are soooooo right. I wasn't ever ready to help myself when I faced an unfortunate circustance and was out in the cold (literally.) That is why now I am with an Associates Degree of Applied Science and living comfortable. I am not the only one out here like me. So you see Dottie the ones that do want to make it will and those are the ones (not you ) we can't turn our backs on. Most of the people that are down on there luck did at one time have a good job, nice home and were making it, but something happened and pooooof it was gone. So again UNTIL YOU can walk in my shoes or anyone elses that is experiencing an unfortunate circumstance please keep your ignorance on this subject to yourself. Another words please don't speak on something you have no clue as to what it is about. You strike me as some one that when you give to an organization or volunteer it makes you feel good and you can go tell all your friends how you did so. This is all I have to say to you. You are a very closed minded person that needs to expand your mind so that you can enjoy people and lIFE. |
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I see you yell when you become unhinged. I am laughing at you. I have no problem with helping people, and I give to charity and do volunteer work, however, it is not the government's job to redistribute wealth. And by the way, you seem to be stuck on liberal in that you think it is the government's job to "help" people. It isn't, and never should have been. It is awful easy to be "generous" with other people's money. The war on poverty has been a total failure; when will the liberals defund that war? We have seen that conservatives give more to charity than liberals. Is it because the liberal conscious is soothed by the fact that government is "helping" these people?
I chose to make sacrifices in life. I worked hard in high school to make good grades. I worked all through high school, and continued to work through college saving every penny I could. Nobody else was going to pay for my college, and I knew it. It was tough, but I did it. If I can do for myself then anyone can. I am tired of the excuses that those who are trying to "help" the poor come up with. How many sex ed classes are needed before teenagers realize they need to prevent pregnancy? How many teachers have to tell them that an education is important before they start listening? People want to blame schools for the problem, but ineffective parents share the blame!
I still say until "the poor" are ready to help themselves, there is nothing anyone can do to change their circumstances. Throwing my tax dollars at the poverty problem is the very definition of insanity! The poor have caused compassion fatigue among the intelligent. With your penchant for socialism, I would be interested to know what your career is. |
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YOU ARE SO STUCK ON CONSERVATIVE THAT YOU STILL DON'T GET IT. NO ONE NOT ANY ONE IS AKING YOU TO DO A THING AND ON THAT THOUGHT I WOULD'NT, IT MIGHT BREAK YOUR PIGGY BANK. AS FOR BLAME YES ALOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ASKED TO BE WHERE THEY ARE AND WON'T CHANGE; AND FOR THEM THEY WILL STAY ON STUCK. BUT FOR THE ONES THAT TRUELY WANT CHANGE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR LIFE RIGHT THEY DO DESERVE HELP FROM THE ONES OF US THAT DO HAVE COMMON DECIENCY AND COMPASSION. I SURE HOPE THAT YOU CAREER CHOICE IN LIFE WAS NOT IN HEALTHCARE. IT DOES SOUND MORE LIKE POLOTICS ONLY READING AND PUTTING IN TO IT WHAT YOU WANT. AND BUDDY PLEASE DO NOT EVER THINK THAT YOU CAN NOT BE IN THIER SHOES ONE DAY. BUT THEN MAYBE THAT IS WHAT PEEPS LIKE YOU NEED IS A GOOD WAKE UP CALL. |
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You are blaming those "mean" conservatives for not wanting to share. Well, I am not buying what you are selling, buddy! In this oountry, most of us have a choice, and that choice is to make the most of our opportunitie or to expect others to take care of us because we are too lazy to do it ourselves. Your golden rule works both ways. You need to start talking to the lazy and worthless about what their responsibilities are, and not tell me what I should do. Charities are there for the poor, and to some of those, I give quite freely. Government will never do an effective job of taking care of the less fortunate, and it is unconstitutional as well. I refuse to take responsibility for the murder rate or anything else to do with crime. I tend to think those things are problems of the liberals' making because they are the ones who have created a sense of entitlement in these people, and the ones who have screamed anytime the conservative element has tried to punish the criminals. I wasn't going to mention this, but since you accused me of being greedy, I must: thanks for learning to post only once. |
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Did you not read what I wrote. I am not in favor of helping the ones that do not want to help themselves. That would be useless. I have great thoughts on how this can be done and NOTHING will come out of your pocket. By what I wrote I meant that helping those that came by their bad circumstance and they are trying despartately to correct it. Let me ask you something "Have you not ever been hit by unforseeable circumstances and needed a lil help to get back to basics"? If you haven't then let me tell you something Buddy I do not Judge anyone until I have walked In THEIR shoes. See your comments are just why I think the majority of the world has forgot about common deciency and compassion. This is why I hear of at least 4 killings A night, this is why I hear of all of the adults and children that go to bed without a bed and or food, because of all the RICH RICH people that have so much money that they will not ever be able to spend in 100 lifetimes. Yes the Muslums do have the correct definition of Americans ( GREEDY ) Always ready to turn their cheeks (out of sight out of mind) So please let me tell you that, I would not ever expect someone that is so in love with the almighty dollar to ever understand the misfortunes of all of the People that want to get back on their feet and be a productive part of society again. The ones that don't, are few, and those few give the majority a bum rap this is what is sad. You see Dottie I do believe in Human Compassion, and I have to have faith that one day we will all wake up and recognize that we are all in this together. |
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Interesting thoughts you have. Correct me if I am wrong, but does "taking care of all of the people in the USA" mean you want to pick my pocket to do it? If not, pardon my rant, but if so, listen up buddy! I am tired of hearing how we need to "help" people. I do not know a single person who is against helping those who NEED help because they CANNOT do for themselves. However, I know many who are sick of "helping" those who are lazy and worthless. I know, I know, most politically incorrect to say the truth, but somebody has to do it. When the left begins telling those who make bad choices in life that they need to clean up their acts and quit being a drain on society, I may listen to what they have to say. Subsidizing lousy lifestyles with my money ticks me off! If you have not noticed, Islamofacsists have made their intentions clear, and as much as I would like to, I don't think I can ignore the threat they pose. |
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are nothing more than shallow, spoiled, self-centered brats who happen to have been "fiscally saved"(well 2 million in sales of the latest album brings them some money at least although previous album sales probably brought them a lot more)by the liberal left. This family did not tune into the Grammy's at all because we knew that the Dixie Nitwits would be glorified simply because of their political leanings. As one other poster mentioned, our Netflix rental was more than superb compared to that tv trash. |
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Natalie did what alot of us only wish we could do. She spoke HER belief. She did NOT dis the Troops she Dissed the man that put our young men and women in harms way and for WHAT?????? I believe the people with open minds can figure what the WHAT is. It comes with many explanations. WE as Americans need to start STANDING together to get the good Ole US of A RIGHT. I don't know about any of you but I do not want to live in a Police State. (Third World Ways)The government telling me what I can do where I can do it when I can do it. Sounds alot like the prison system. EEEK Enough about the small talk. We all need to get on with Taking CARE of the United States of America and ALL of the people here. Why can't we all get along and do what is RIGHT for everyone. There should NOT be ANY hungry people in the USA there should not be ANY homeless people in the USA (only if they choose to be). Stand Up and be counted for. Let us together start changing the way we treat one another. "Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You" |
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Natalie did what alot of us only wish we could do. She spoke HER belief. She did NOT dis the Troops she Dissed the man that put our young men and women in harms way and for WHAT?????? I believe the people with open minds can figure what the WHAT is. It comes with many explanations. WE as Americans need to start STANDING together to get the good Ole US of A RIGHT. I don't know about any of you but I do not want to live in a Police State. (Third World Ways)The government telling me what I can do where I can do it when I can do it. Sounds alot like the prison system. EEEK Enough about the small talk. We all need to get on with Taking CARE of the United States of America and ALL of the people here. Why can't we all get along and do what is RIGHT for everyone. There should NOT be ANY hungry people in the USA there should not be ANY homeless people in the USA (only if they choose to be). Stand Up and be counted for. Let us together start changing the way we treat one another. "Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You" |
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Natalie did what alot of us only wish we could do. She spoke HER belief. She did NOT dis the Troops she Dissed the man that put our young men and women in harms way and for WHAT?????? I believe the people with open minds can figure what the WHAT is. It comes with many explanations. WE as Americans need to start STANDING together to get the good Ole US of A RIGHT. I don't know about any of you but I do not want to live in a Police State. (Third World Ways)The government telling me what I can do where I can do it when I can do it. Sounds alot like the prison system. EEEK Enough about the small talk. We all need to get on with Taking CARE of the United States of America and ALL of the people here. Why can't we all get along and do what is RIGHT for everyone. There should NOT be ANY hungry people in the USA there should not be ANY homeless people in the USA (only if they choose to be). Stand Up and be counted for. Let us together start changing the way we treat one another. "Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You" |
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Nobody is saying that the Dixie Chicks can't voice their opinions, but a lot of us saw Maines' remark that they were ashamed "Bush was from Texas" (and that is HARDLY a sensitive or incisive critique of Bush's policies)...as cowardly since they did so on FOREIGN soil. Talk about NOT speaking truth to power. More like complaining to Grandma.
And ever since they've become more famous for critisizing Bush than for their music, they haven't bothered to actually talk about their ciritcisms in depth, for fear of having to actually come up with a reasonable explanation.
What the Chickzy Dwits do is SAY that they disagree with Bush's policies, though I can tell you right now, they could hardly define the word "Governement", or the word "Policy".
All they've done is cash-in on the fact that they were "silenced". |
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Natalie Maines spoke her mind and criticized the President in the best spirit of Freedom. The President is not a god, he is just a citizen, criticizing him is not blasphemy.
The spirit of her statement was disapproval of the Bush administration's policies. This is the same spirit in which the majority of Americans voted in November 2006. The majority could see that the administration's policies are failing this country.
We MUST be able to criticize our leaders to ensure that we do not fall into tyranny. If the leaders don't know when they're failing and we don't have the means to pull them down when they do, we'll end up with leaders like Saddam.
You can complain about their awards and whether their music merits it, but they're in the news because what they said touched a nerve and was in the spirit of Freedom and Truth. |
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Just like the cowardly lion, the dixie chickens couldn't get REAL courage from the wizard, but they did get a medal! Five of them. And that is just as good as real courage, right?
Now they are truly KING of the moonbat forrest! |
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Apparently you do NOT know the meaning of courage. The Chinese students who dared protest, they showed courage. The men and women living in Russia who dared speak out against the regime, they showed courage. Those in Iran who are daring to speak out, they are showing courage. The Dixie Chicks just said something negative about the president (you can rationalize and twist yourself into a pretzel all you want to try to "prove" they were courageous), but they did NOT show courage. You seem to be the type of person who has to be right, as a result, you are a very poor debater.
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I DON'T CARE IF THEY WIN THE OSCARS,EMMYS , TONYS OR EVERY CATEGORY OF THE GRAMMYS I WILL NEVER SPEND A DIME ON ANY OF THEIR MUSIC. AMERICANS DO NOT GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND CONDEMN OUR PRESIDENT. NO MATTER HOW OR WHAT YOUR OPINION IS. FREE SPEECH IS FREE SPEECH, LOYALTY IS LOYALTY. |
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Not sure if this is clear from the post, but of course Ludacris was being sarcastic in shouting out to O'Reilly. Previously, O'Reilly has called both Pepsi and Anheuser-Busch on the carpet for using the misogynistic gansta rapper as a pitchman for their products. |
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You get your definitions from Wikipedia???
That would be the pseudo-reference arena where
anyone can make up their own reality, right?
You may think the Chicks rock
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For each subject covered, Wikipedia naturally belongs to those persons who CARE MOST about that particular issue and want to write about it, and for "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," it's mostly the Far Left who care desperately about it. The Left cares about obscuring the actual history. The 200+ SBVT members have mostly moved on, since their not political animals by nature, and their only goal was to reveal the abysmal personal integrity of one John F. Kerry--a man who doesn't deserve to be anywhere near a Vietnam Veteran reunion, let alone anywhere near the Oval Office.
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Actually, Dottie, they had the courage to say what they said back in early 2003 when W's approval ratings were still pretty high.
And for Frog From Wikipedia:
Swiftboating is American political jargon for an ad hominem attack against a public figure coordinated by an independent or pseudo-independent group, usually resulting in a benefit to an established political force.
This form of attack is controversial, easily repeatable, and difficult to verify or disprove because it is generally based on personal feelings or recollections.[1] It frequently refers to a campaign that uses viral marketing techniques to sell the allegations. By using credible-sounding sources to make sensational and difficult-to-disprove accusations against an opponent, the campaign leverages media tendencies to focus on a controversial story.[2]
The name comes from the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth organization's negative portrayal of 2004 Presidential candidate John Kerry's military service in Vietnam and subsequent antiwar activities. Although many of the charges were unverifiable or subsequently disproven, they were disseminated widely[3] leading to swiftboating's reputation as a controversial but effective form of "smear campaign".[4]
The Chick's rock! The only thing obnoxious around here are all the wing nuts who can't/won't admit they are wrong.
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To watch what all the celebs would do if a few of them were actually whacked, though. These aren't exactly steely anti-Soviet dissidents; rather, they are all effete, over-indulged, self-deluded fluffs. Watching them scatter after a few high-profile hits would be grand theater indeed. |
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I will not get into whether or not the Dixie Chicks are talented, obnoxious, brainless, etc. The only thing that irks me about the whole thing is people talking about how "brave" they are for the stand they took. Now, seriously, how brave is it to attack a president with a rather low approval rating? They are Americans for Pete's Sake, they do have First Amendment rights, and they will not be "whacked" for saying anything. It can be argued that they were a little foolish to not understand there would be consequences for what was said, but to act like there was courage involved is crazy! |
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...to serve a different fan base. Now they appeal to emotionally fragile people with short attention spans, and various other mentally challenged people on the left. Nothing wrong with that.... For them, it's worked out well.
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I swear, you can't make this stuff up!! :o) |
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after doing some bored research the collection of noise called "The Long Way Home" is now sitting at 24th on the billboard charts, having peaked at #1.
I counted 10 other albums ranked highger that made it to #1 a few of them being on the chart longer than the winning album; and having more platnum whatevers.
To say they were the best album of the year is a joke.
By any standards they had a moderate year and barley deserved the nomination.
How soon before they drop into has been status? |
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It's sad. The Dixie Chicks are actually very talented musicians, among the best acts going today. Their popularity would be in the stratosphere if they weren't so obnoxious. And unfortunately like too many liberals these days, they seem blissfully unaware that they aren't being carted off to jail for expressing their views. The Dixie Chicks' problems have nothing to do with the government and everything to do with people just finding them personally unlikable, in spite of their talent. |
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I'm not sure what that is anymore. Last night I saw Rascal Flatts, a rock band, and Carrie Underwood, a pop singer, do a tribute to country music where 3 of the 4 songs were by the Eagles, another rock band.
Another supposed country act, Shania Twain, is Canadian, married to the man who produced Def Leppard, and is another pop/rock singer.
Alan Jackson is about the only guy who consistently sells records that can seriously be called country. |
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Given all the talk about the First Amendment, it's hard to believe there are Americans who still don't get it. The First Amendment prevents the government from interfering with our right to freely and openly express our opinions. It does not prevent negative reactions to those opinions.
With rights and privileges come responsibility and consequences. Those who choose to share their opinions with others should anticipate that not everyone will agree with their opinions. The First Amendment does not safeguard any of us, celebrities included, against the negative consequences of expressing our opinions.
The three Dixie Chicks make up a for-profit commercial enterprise that markets and sells a "product" to consumers. Natalie Maines did not make her anti-Bush comment as an individual citizen; she made it as a member of the Dixie Chicks during a commercial performance. She claimed at the time that the comment wasn't intended to be disrespectful; it was intended to help the group connect with the British audience.
At no time did anyone deny Ms. Maines the right to say she was ashamed President Bush was from the State of Texas. Had that happened, we would be having quite a different discussion. Apparently, Ms. Maines believes that she is the standard against which all other Texans should be measured and if you don't share her political views, you shouldn't be living in Texas.
Those who disagreed with Ms. Maines' comment had every right to express that disagreement by refusing to buy the product the Dixie Chicks sell. That's how free enterprise works.
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Sooth,
I agree with you on one point - the attention paid to these silly women, and any celebrity, is crazy. Why should we worry about Iran's nuclear capability, or China's adventures in space, when we can obsess over liberal awards shows, the Super Bowl, and Anna Nicole Smith's demise?
If you look way back, my original point was that it's no surprise when liberals give other liberals awards. I think the idea the DC came up with that they are being muzzled and losing their freedom of speech is what irks many of us. Usually you don't appear on national TV when you have no freedom of speech.
On the other hand, I do congratulate them on the shameless self-promotion and their latest multi- platinum album. It is show BUSINESS, after all. |
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Hi Phil! Interesting to devote 2 articles (both with lots of comments) to a topic "you neocons" don't even care about. :o) |
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We "neocons" care way less than you imagine that some left-wing voters gave meaningless awards to some average singers. The funny part, and I'm surprised no one has mentioned it, is that the same people who voted for them a) don't know a fiddle from a banjo, and b) wouldn't be caught dead around real country singers, or they call them, "hicks", "yokels", and "rednecks". THAT is what's ironic. |
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In a way, you can't blame the Dixie Twits for thinking the boycotting was all a conspiracy...they had never suspected that real Americans could actually make up their minds about something so definitely. I'm not sure they ever figured out it was just us boycotting them, not Bush ordering their songs off the radio. |
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Kimberly wrote: "Maybe the country - and the world - like the dissent that they are hearing?? "
Why is it that when moonbat lefties make negative offensive or anti american statements it is called 'dissent', and it is the cornerstone of our democracy, but when anyone rebuts or disagrees with those leftist rants, it is 'stifling debate' and 'swiftboating'(?).
You have every right to make any statement, no matter how illogical or hate filled it is. And I have the SAME right to remark how illogical and hate filled it is. That is called 'free speech'. It is a two way street.
The left needs to get over themselves. They are tired of conservatives debating them, because conservatives keep throwing all that common sense and those inconvenient facts around. So they just cry 'victimhood' when anyone responds to their childish rants.
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Kimberly,
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"Maybe the country - and the world - like the dissent that they are hearing??"
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Kimberly, it sounds like you don't know a whole lot about the music biz.
Grammy awards are not voted on by the country, nor by 'the world.'
And it has nothing to do with 'album sales.'
Rather, the Grammys are voted on by a small number of people in the insular, left-wing music industry.
But I do agree with you that they were awarded the Grammys as an affirmation of their left-wing political message, rather than as an affirmation of the quality of their music.
As far as album sales go, the fact is, the Dixie Chicks album sales have gone in the tank as compared to their previous monster-selling albums.
Their previous 3 studio albums (Wide Open Spaces, Fly, & Home) sold a combined 28.5 million copies---an average of over 9 million copies per album---while this album has just passed the 2 million mark.
That's a drop off of Titanic proportions.
If the Dixie Chicks were truly terrified of being dragged off to a hideous dungeon by the President's secret police in the middle of the night, they wouldn't have made the album in the first place.
Or better yet, the secret police would not have allowed them to make it.
In Cuba, North Korea, Iran, etc., 'rebellious' musicians are not allowed to criticize the Fearless Leader, then do the late-nite talk show circuit, pose for Rolling Stone cover stories, and win awards on television.
In countries with real Gestapos, such artists end up in prison, or six feet under.
While the Dixie Chicks and their fans demand the right to voice their opinions, they become very upset when average American country music fans exercise their own voices of protest by no longer purchasing their albums, no longer attending their concerts, and no longer requesting their songs be played by country music stations.
And Kimberly even objects to Mary Katharine Ham voicing her opinion of the Dixie Chicks on a blog.
To quote another female musician, Alanis Morrissette, "Isn't it Ironic ?" |
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The only thing more fun than reading the sour grapes on neocon blogs, will be watching bill oreilly foaming at the mouth over the Chicks big win, and Luda's shout out to him. |
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What the heck happened to you guys and gals on the right??? Once upon a time you had the power to transform opinions, make war, obliterate bands... Now all you have is the power to whine and whimper. Radical republicans have become pitiful caricatures of self-loathing anti-Americans and sore losers. But all is not lost, you still have Bush. Oh wait a minute... maybe you have lost... |
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swiftboating -- verb; an act, usually unwelcome, of exposing the truth about a person who pretends, for personal gain, to be militarily heroic, but is actually nothing of the kind. Usually performed by a group of genuine heroes, against someone who is pompous, and who has repeatedly lied about his military service--lied for the purpose of self-aggrandizement.
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Thanks for the laughs, Kimberly. I won't "deny" that the Dixie Chicks are in the entertainment industry, they said something unpopular with their fans, and their fans stopped buying their CDs. Sorry, that's an occupational hazard when you're an entertainer.
And you're right - they are doing VERY well being cheered by a crowd more left wing than the DNC. Good job girls! Send us a postcard from your next tour date in Canada, OK? |
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Kimberly wrote: "Maybe the country - and the world - like the dissent that they are hearing?? "
Maybe so, Kimberly. I personally think one lives in a great country when someone can dissent without fear of government reprisal.
Don't think, however, that a Grammy Award is some kind of vindication from the American people for the "Chicks". A Grammy is nothing more than recognition from voting members of the Recording Academy. The country - and the world - have nothing to do with it.
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Ever since Hillary Clinton won a Grammy so many years ago, it's a bit hard for the Grammys to get even sillier.
How much do Grammys go for on eBay? |
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..I believe being "Borked" came first. |
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AZPhil, I agree with you, mostly. These award shows are the most boring and predictable of events. I haven't been hip to new music in 20 years and even I figured the Dixie Chicks would win something last night. I had thought about watching for the Police reunion, but we ended up watching our Netflix rental instead.
It is really too bad that Mickey Hart had to make such a stupid comment. I really love the Grateful Dead. It used to be that the GD was very conspicuous in not lending their names to anything that was political. It makes smart business sense. I guess the common sense just died with Jerry. It is really a shame.
As for the Dixie Chicks having their rights abridged, AZPhil, you missed it. The Dixie Chicks were rounded up and placed in a concentration camp full of entertainment workers, in the middle of Oklahoma. (Their statement was taped from their secret location). They also rounded up everyone who ever bought a DC CD and the conservative death squads went from town to town, seizing the receipts from every Sam Goody and Best Buy in order to wipe them out. I can't believe how out of touch some of you people are! It was in all the papers! |
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The Dixie Chicks are just lucky that Hugo Chavez didn't put out a mediocre record last year too.
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The Grammys are the same as the Oscars and to some degree the Pulitzer Prize: Liberals giving each other awards. When you learn that both Clintons and Jimmy Carter have received Grammys, and Al Gore was on hand, well, it's hard to draw another conclusion.
As far as the Chicks having their First Amendment rights breached, I just can't see it.
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Still not listening to them. I USED to be a fan way before their trash-talk hubris. I purposefully didn't watch the Grammys just because they were going to be on it. We flyover country people still don't listen to them, so it must be a bi-coastal love affair that's giving them their popularity. |
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"say what needs to be said."
Wow, Dave, she sure did say some substantial meaningful stuff that has bettered society.
What was this profound statement of hers, again? Something like 'We're embarrassed Bush is from Texas'.
It HAD to be said. I'm so glad SOMEONE had the GUTS to put that evil Bushco in his place! Why, if it weren't for the Dixie Chickens, nobody would have had the nerve to say negative things about Bush! |
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Their album sales are still down, and the Grammys represent the entertainment industry's elites. So, how valid is the award, whether as a measure of their talents now, or of the public's forgiveness for Natalie's big mouth?
A truer test will be how they do, rated against their peers, other country music artists, in the CMAs. |
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Well, since the Grammy's are on par with the Oscars (meaning sales popularity have nothing to do with getting a Grammy), I think Ms. Ham is correct in her assessment. The Dixie Chicks were a country group that crossed over genre lines. Then Maines made her ill advised comment and angered their country base (who then stopped listening to them). After all the hue and cry, the Chicks claimed they'd always been a "pop" group and didn't care what the country yokels thought; a blatant kiss up to the limited group of supporters they had.
There was no drama in their Grammy wins. You could see it from a mile away. It was a pure political vote from the music community. The Chicks sales were down and they've had to cancel tour dates in the US, so certainly a lot less people care about them than before their comments.
And Dave, if you're going to quote someone, go ahead and take the time to scroll up the two inches and get it right. |
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"nobody cares about you"
They just won five grammys. A lot of people like their music and care about what they have to say. They're talented, intelligent ladies with the guts to stand up and say what needs to be said. |
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I am not aware of the slightest action by the government to 'whack' the poor dixie chickens. They got whacked, all right, but by their fans, or ex fans, not by the government.
If the learned Mr. Hart can show me ONE instance of the government taking any sort of action against the chickies I will become a supporter. Until then, we, as fans, have just as much right to our free speech as does Ms. Maines. If she wants to spout vile anti American Bush hating drivel, she is free to do so. And I am free to not pay to hear her do so.
The Grammy's are a joke. This proves it. It isn't about the music, its about the Bush hatin' credentials.
Glad I didn't watch.
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Absolutely love their music -- talk about talent!!! You go girls!!!!!!! |
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