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Dixie Chicks anti-Bush Movie Premiere in Toronto TODAY
Toronto Film Festival Website ^
| September 12, 2006
| Hating Toronto
Posted on 09/12/2006 9:48:56 AM PDT by HatingToronto
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To: HatingToronto
Why take a stand against the movie? There's an old saying, that seems to apply here, about giving someone enough rope.
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posted on
09/12/2006 10:15:56 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
To: dinoparty
Anything bashing Bush is considered "art" these days. Here's a thread on a superb essay pointing out the vacuousness of Bush-bashing in an attempt to be "clever" or "with it": Satire has forgotten its function. Excerpt:
A really good attack on George Bush has not yet been done, mainly because resentment is being asked to do the task of imagination, and contempt the work of inspiration. The people who work him over are far too pleased with themselves to bypass self-congratulations over how superior they are to their target, to bring either wit or cogency to what they fondly conceive of as their mighty indictments.
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posted on
09/12/2006 10:16:10 AM PDT
by
Ichneumon
(Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)
To: HatingToronto
Well, hello! Don't the Chicks violate Kyoto protocal in Canada for gas emissions?
To: rightinthemiddle
Plus, the music is better.
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posted on
09/12/2006 10:25:21 AM PDT
by
Corporate Law
(<>< Xavier Basketball - Perennial Slayer of #1 Ranked Teams)
To: steve-b
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posted on
09/12/2006 10:39:48 AM PDT
by
Jodi
(old media is dead.)
To: HatingToronto
This film will send fans into ecstasy and turn you into a convert if you've never heard the music before.Why? Did the Dixie Chicks hire somebody GOOD to do the soundtrack?
To: Ichneumon
A really good attack on George Bush has not yet been done, mainly because resentment is being asked to do the task of imagination, and contempt the work of inspiration. The people who work him over are far too pleased with themselves to bypass self-congratulations over how superior they are to their target, to bring either wit or cogency to what they fondly conceive of as their mighty indictments.
Fit's Sean Penn and his "Bush is Beelzebub and is dumb" remarks to a "T".
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posted on
09/12/2006 10:42:59 AM PDT
by
RedMonqey
(Liberal Agenda : "You've got it, I want it, you owe me,")
To: HatingToronto
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posted on
09/12/2006 10:51:47 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Dirka Dirka Muhamed Jihad.....Ghurka Ghurka Muhamed....it always comes down to cold steel in the end)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
This film will send fans into ecstasy and turn you into a convert if you've never heard the music before.Well, I never really liked country music to start with, and THEY damn well aren't going to convert me.
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posted on
09/12/2006 10:55:36 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Zarqawi died, liberals cried....)
To: HatingToronto
From
Entertainment Weekly.
In one memorable scene, Maines watches news footage of the president being interviewed about the furor that followed the singer's on-stage comment that she was ''ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas,'' which resulted in the group being dropped from most radio stations, as well as protests and plummeting sales. ''The Dixie Chicks are free to speak their mind,'' Bush told Tom Brokaw at the time, adding, ''They shouldn't have their feelings hurt just because some people don't want to buy their records when they speak out. You know, freedom is a two-way street.'' After watching this footage, Maines repeats the president's comment about how the group shouldn't have their ''feelings hurt,'' incredulous, and then says, ''What a dumb f---.'' She then looks into the camera, as if addressing Bush, and reiterates, ''You're a dumb f---.''
What a bunch of losers.
To: HatingToronto
First, welcome to Free Republic. Interesting first post and if you are sincere, thanks for standing with us.
However, the Dixie Chicks are all but over, not because of their politics, because frankly no one holds a grudge about that eventually...but because they went and insulted their fans who also happen to be devoted to Reba and Toby. And then whined about it when they got needled in return. Being mean, then yelling victim is NEVER a winning strategy.
They could have recovered, but instead dug the hole deeper and more personal. Their careers are over as superstars. No need to boycott or yell and scream about this movie as it just creates free publicity and extends the pain.
Continuing to ignore them works and the marketplace will take care of business. I wish them the best...as well as a better grasp on how to treat "customers."
To: Todd_Gray
'What a dumb f---.'' She then looks into the camera, as if addressing Bush, and reiterates, ''You're a dumb f---.'' And yet, she completely misses the irony of her statement. LOL.
To: Astronaut
Their anti-American trash isn't playing well at home, despite the push that left wing MTV and VH1 gave them.
So, the wife and me are watching a tribute to the outspoken country music female singers of the past (Patsy Kline, Loretta Lynn, etc.) on VH1. My wife is really enjoying it when I make the offhand comment that it is probably just a lame attempt to justify the Dixie Chicks spouting off about Bush. Sure enough, out come these country women singers I have never heard of complaining full bore about how sad it was that the Dixie Chicks were stepped on for just speaking their mind. Then out trots the Chicks playing the freedom of speech and it's just so unfair card. My wife was stunned that I predicted it exactly like it played out. I told her the propaganda ministers of the old media need to learn some new tricks as this subversive manipulation stuff doesn't fly anymore.
To: pollyannaish
They called their fans idiots and said "they don't need fans like that." Their fans went away. They got what they deserved. That's the story.
The victim mode they are in says ***Whine*** We're being punished for voicing our opinion... ***Sniff***.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that if their opinion is that I am an idiot, I will not buy their CD's, go to their concerts, or listen to any station that chooses to broadcast Dixie Chicks music. REAL idiots would support artists who publicly insult them.
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posted on
09/12/2006 1:59:07 PM PDT
by
I'm ALL Right!
(There's a fine, fine line between a stoat and a sporkweasel.)
To: I'm ALL Right!
Exactly.
It's over for them. Treating customers badly will do that to a business.
To: Todd_Gray
After watching this footage, Maines repeats the president's comment about how the group shouldn't have their ''feelings hurt,'' incredulous, and then says, ''What a dumb f---.'' She then looks into the camera, as if addressing Bush, and reiterates, ''You're a dumb f---.''
And you, my dear, are a classless little fatass who exposed her lack of intellect by pissing off a substantial fanbase and losing millions of dollars in CD and concert sales because she couldn't keep her slobbering yap shut.
Now who's the dumb f---, Natalie?
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posted on
09/12/2006 2:16:28 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(In loving memory of those lost on 9/11)
To: Todd_Gray
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posted on
09/12/2006 2:17:35 PM PDT
by
Republican Red
("There’s God, then there’s the president and then there’s my father.”- 6 yr old Jack Roberts)
To: windcliff
To: HatingToronto
Dear hens, stay in canada with the rest of the dereters you cowards!
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posted on
09/12/2006 4:25:24 PM PDT
by
beansox
To: Todd_Gray
Just the type of an arrogant,fat,foul mouthed pig you would bring home to meet your mother.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:15:12 PM PDT
by
chiefqc
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