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Not Ready to Make Nice (Dixie Chicks in Australia, STILL Whining About Free Republic)
AdelaideNow ^ | Sunday, October 8, 2006 | Kirsten Heyson

Posted on 10/07/2006 1:04:19 PM PDT by kristinn

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To: Clara Lou
Does Maines feel vindicated in any way, now that supposedly more than 70 per cent of Americans are opposed to the war in Iraq?

Gee, and I thought we had all of the power here at FR> Hey Nat, do you suppose the MSM has any power since they have bashed the war and the President for 5 + years now? Or is that more truth than you can deal with?

301 posted on 10/07/2006 5:27:13 PM PDT by ladyinred (RIP my precious Lamb Chop)
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To: darkangel82
"It will be good target practice for the viking kitty/zot crew as well."

Very true! I have my nukes at the ready! My left hand is paralyzed though, and it's slowing me down bigtime....

302 posted on 10/07/2006 5:30:05 PM PDT by KoRn
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To: kristinn

That's hysterically funny. Free Republic is simply another forum for free speech. I thought she was all for free speech? I guess she figures free speech is okay, as long as the speech is hers ....


303 posted on 10/07/2006 5:35:00 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (Kelo must GO!! ..... http://sonoma-moderate.blogspot.com/)
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To: Issaquahking

Another vast right wing conspiracy victim?


304 posted on 10/07/2006 5:42:18 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (ENEMY + MEDIA = ENEMEDIA)
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To: kristinn
If we were that powerful...there would be much bigger fish to fry than the Chicks.

This is for Natalie: You are very talented and while the Bush comment in London was tone deaf, you could have recovered—without even having to change your opinion of the man. Politics do not make for long-term alliances and quickly fade away. It is also important to note that while I was never a fan, I respect your work. However, I know personally many fans of yours that were hurt deeply by your attitude towards them. So, let me explain.

What did you in once and for all, was to tell your fans that you were too good to be in the fifteen disc changer with Reba and Toby. You didn't need those kind of hicks in your parade. That may not be what you intended folks to hear, but that is the way it came across.

It wasn't about politics...it was about insulting the intelligence and integrity of people who brought you to the dance. You became more than just ashamed of a President, you became ashamed of your fans who often support the President...you called them ignorant and deemed them not nearly cool enough for you.

You did more than just abandon them. In an effort to justify your own behavior, rather than defending your position, or apologizing for unnecessarily politicizing your music, you lashed out and hurt the people who loved your music. You told those who made you a success and remained loyal to you despite political differences...that they were worthless because they had the audacity to disagree with you.

Frankly Natalie, that was stupid and showed me an awful lot about your character. A perfect illustration of ingratitude and arrogance. It shouldn't surprise you when those folks felt insulted and walked away. I don't blame them. Name one reason why they should stay around someone who is embarrassed by their mere presence?

There will be others who come along with as much, or perhaps more, talent than you have. If we are lucky, they will understand what gratitude is. They will appreciate and respect to those who paid hard-earned money to pave their own road to success. And they will be loved in return.

But for now, enjoy the fancy parties and the uppity friends. You've certainly earned them. I wish you the best of luck.

305 posted on 10/07/2006 5:48:36 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: pollyannaish

well said Pollyannaish. You should send it to her.

In her apology to Bush, she actually said
"I hope everyone understands, I am just a young girl who grew up in Texas.... I heard LOTS of people disrespecting the President. So, I guess I just assumed it was acceptable behavior."

(Throughout her apology, she is quite sarcastic)


306 posted on 10/07/2006 6:00:25 PM PDT by sasha123
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To: kristinn

LOL! What the hell are they doing Down here, anyway?


307 posted on 10/07/2006 6:02:27 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: sasha123

Thanks. Unfortunately, I don't care enough to send it to her personally. If she reads it fine. If not, eh. In any case, she will reap the natural consequences of her behavior.


308 posted on 10/07/2006 6:02:51 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: cripplecreek

Let me second (or more accurately, at this point, something in the low hundreds) that, FRiend.


309 posted on 10/07/2006 6:04:21 PM PDT by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: kristinn

It just warms the heart, doesn't it?


310 posted on 10/07/2006 6:25:02 PM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: dirtboy
As warm and fuzzy as it makes me feel when she says that we did it to her, she has nobody to blame but herself. Free Republic did not make her say all the stupid things she said about our President and things she said to and about her fans. Free Republic did not make her wear a stupid FUTK shirt. Many of their fans would have given them a second chance, maybe a third but she blew them all. The name of the tour says it all. Not ready to make nice. You blew it Natalie. Enjoy what you have wrought. Grasp at a few straws to try and salvage something.
311 posted on 10/07/2006 6:34:52 PM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: Doctor Raoul
Nats forgot to mention that FR buggered her cat too...

Laz?

312 posted on 10/07/2006 6:37:30 PM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: Guenevere

A petite hydrant?


313 posted on 10/07/2006 6:41:57 PM PDT by ThanhPhero (di hanh huong den La Vang)
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To: Colorado Doug; Lazamataz
Laz?

You know the rules. If you are gonna accuse a freeper of buggering a cat, you gotta ping them.

314 posted on 10/07/2006 6:45:17 PM PDT by dirtboy (Good fences make good neighbors)
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To: The KG9 Kid
"(Free Republic is) ... the same group that went after (former US president) Bill Clinton and (gay actress) Ellen DeGeneres."

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We went after Ellen Degeneres? I don't recall anything organized. We just thought her show sucked.

Yeah, I dont' remember anyone going after her either... Oh well, maybe it was some weekend we weren't here KG9Kid.

315 posted on 10/07/2006 6:47:10 PM PDT by GOPJ (Quickest way to put the Foley scandal behind us is for Foley to switch parties - BufordP)
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To: Ditter
Here is how it works Natalie, you are free to sing/talk and we are free to NOT listen.

BINGO

316 posted on 10/07/2006 6:48:31 PM PDT by GOPJ (Quickest way to put the Foley scandal behind us is for Foley to switch parties - BufordP)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Lucky you!


317 posted on 10/07/2006 6:50:16 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn
Too funny. I made a lot of phone calls but in truth, did not have much luck. One local country station did stop playing these idiots singing the national anthem at noon.

I guess that was just a little too much.

318 posted on 10/07/2006 6:51:38 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: kristinn
I want to thank the Bildabergers, the Illuminati, my mom, dad, oh and that one guy that waved at me at the crosswalk yesterday, couldn't have done it without you all.
319 posted on 10/07/2006 6:54:56 PM PDT by Xenophon450 ("Study the past, if you would divine the future." - Confucius)
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To: kristinn
Aware she may sound "bizarre", the 31-year-old believes the vitriol directed at The Dixie Chicks was part of a right-wing conspiracy.

An organised group known as the Free Republic set out to bring the band down.

The organisation's power, she says, comes through the internet. The site has thousands of subscribers, all of whom were encouraged to destroy the band's music and boycott the radio stations that played it.

"It's scary how much power they do have," she says. "They can take down someone singlehandedly and I don't think Americans are aware of that.

The Great and Powerful FR!

FUNM

320 posted on 10/07/2006 7:07:04 PM PDT by tgslTakoma
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