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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

It's hard to believe this petite, well-mannered Texan - sitting opposite in a Sydney harbourside hotel - caused the kind of stir the music industry has not seen since John Lennon sang about being crucified in 1969.

It's the day before the band's first Australian concert on their Accidents and Accusations world tour.

Maines looks younger than her 31 years.

SNIP

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.

"It's the same group that went after (former US president) Bill Clinton and (gay actress) Ellen DeGeneres."

In the beginning, Maines says, they tried to fight their detractors. Their management tried to alert radio station programmers to what was happening.

"But they weren't open to it and just thought we were grasping at straws to try and salvage something," she says.

"It was just bigger than we could fight and we weren't willing to put ourselves out there to be made to look stupid if people weren't willing to investigate this thing and be open to it."

SNIP

"For the Free Republic we were a dream come true; they made it their mission to take us down. Apparently we were not supposed to think like this because we play country music."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Free Republic; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: careerindumpster; clueless; crymeariver; dixiechicks; paidtobestupid; smellyskanks; yankeehens
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To: Rocko
"My audience...how they adore me!" -- Bugs Bunny

if we're talking about the dixie chicks audience, shouldn't you compare them to daffy's audience? *crickets*
421 posted on 10/09/2006 12:47:13 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: absolootezer0

No, I'm talking about the audience for FR. We're stars now! You can't buy this kind of publicity. ;')


422 posted on 10/09/2006 1:03:02 PM PDT by Rocko ("Ned Lamont doesn't know anything. You might as well vote for Michael Bolton." -- O'Reilly)
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To: Darksheare

I'm sure it will be very tasteful.


423 posted on 10/09/2006 1:12:05 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Natalie Maines fears me...)
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To: kristinn
For the Free Republic we were a dream come true; they made it their mission to take us down

They are not important enough to be a "mission". They are only a minor annoyance, like a mosquito. Both deserve to get slapped down, but neither are very consequential.

424 posted on 10/09/2006 1:13:16 PM PDT by knuthom
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To: Slings and Arrows

Probably not.
Think cheap French produced Maines smut.


425 posted on 10/09/2006 1:48:03 PM PDT by Darksheare (The world is safer not knowing how I end up knowing the things I do know.)
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To: Yossarian

Why doesn't someone tell me these things?


426 posted on 10/09/2006 1:58:09 PM PDT by griswold3 (Ken Blackwell, Ohio Governor in 2006- No!! You cannot have my governor in 2008.)
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To: kristinn

LOL! I know some freepers would love to take credit for this, but Maines thinks too much of herself if she thinks this is a FR conspiracy! Does she think Freepers set up some forcefield around Ticketmaster to keep people from buying concert tickets, too? It is funny to see liberals attribute all this power to FR (and some freepers eat it up too.) Yes, Nat, FR is the magical arm of Karl Rove!


427 posted on 10/12/2006 4:30:33 AM PDT by soccermom
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To: BamaDi

Uhhhhhhhh....by the same team that beat 'Bama, right? LOL!


428 posted on 10/12/2006 4:32:37 AM PDT by soccermom
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To: kristinn

I have another question. Is repeatedly using the "F" word considered "well-mannered" in Austraila? I know it isn't considered "well-mannered" for a Southern lady in the U.S.


429 posted on 10/12/2006 4:36:39 AM PDT by soccermom
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To: kristinn

LOL!! Funniest post I've seen in a long time. Those duxie sheets are even bigger losers than I first thought.


430 posted on 10/12/2006 9:32:21 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
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To: kristinn

I guess she's not far from pulling a Streisand at one of their concerts, assuming they aren't all cancelled


431 posted on 10/13/2006 5:35:05 AM PDT by NRA1995 (Clinton "tried", 3000 died)
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To: saganite

come on, they're only as country as the U of T faculty.


432 posted on 10/17/2006 4:33:16 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: DumpsterDiver

...and fat. Squat would have been the adjective of choice..or maybe the verb of choice.


433 posted on 10/17/2006 4:35:22 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: ADemocratNoMore

Wounds my heart with a monotonous languor...


434 posted on 10/17/2006 4:38:03 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: dirtboy
Boy, freedom of speech sure can be a bitch, can't it?

And then there's that pesky freedom of assembly thing. Interesting that it translates perfectly into the Internet age...but the libs still don't like it.

435 posted on 10/17/2006 4:55:18 AM PDT by relictele
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To: kristinn

"Dixie whats?"


436 posted on 10/18/2006 11:50:07 AM PDT by talleyman (Kerry & the Surrender-Donkey Treasoncrats - trashing the troops for 40 years.)
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To: kristinn
"It's the same group that went after (former US president) Bill Clinton and (gay actress) Ellen DeGeneres."

Did FR do anything to/about Ellen? I don't have any particular animosity toward her myself. Most of the time, I think she's absolutely hilarious!

437 posted on 10/18/2006 11:51:54 AM PDT by TChris (The United Nations is suffering from delusions of relevance.)
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To: kristinn

Natalie is much WORSE than she appears. She is a vixion to those of us who have known her since she was a little tike, here in West Texas.


438 posted on 10/18/2006 11:54:01 AM PDT by JFC (Conservatives, you are either with us or against us)
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To: JFC
Update to any latecomers to this thread:

Dixie Chicks Flick Is A Good One -- If Free (FR Mentioned) ^

439 posted on 10/26/2006 6:35:13 AM PDT by CedarDave (The only way you can compare Iraq to Vietnam, is to LEAVE before the job is done.)
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To: dirtboy
It's scary how much power they do have

Yes, those Americans on FR with their freedom of speech sure do have a lot of power, Chix. They have the power to disagree with you and pull the free meal ticket they've been providing you for many years. You work for THEM. So, shut up and sing. We won't be listening, but maybe someone will. I'll leave the radio on when I'm at work. Maybe my dog will listen.

440 posted on 10/26/2006 3:50:34 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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