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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: kristinn
"They can take down someone singlehandedly and I don't think Americans are aware of that.

Wow. What's the formula? The Clintons and Jimmy Carter (among many others)are still around!

61 posted on 10/07/2006 1:19:59 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: george76

Who knew you could buy golden Hefty's Cinch-sacks(tm)?

62 posted on 10/07/2006 1:20:26 PM PDT by dangus (Pope calls Islam violent; Millions of Moslems demonstrate)
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To: BlessedBeGod

Power? She thinks that if someone tells someone what to think then they do.

James Madison had her pegged. Those who take your money do not respect your ideas.


63 posted on 10/07/2006 1:21:02 PM PDT by saveliberty (I'm a Bushbot and a Snowflake :-)
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To: kristinn

Natalie--we're not part of any group that seeks to bring anyone down. Clinton did it to himself and so did you. We're simply Americans who view the nation as a force for good. We believe in freedom. We do not wish to be attacked and believe it is the duty of the country to fight enemies. You don't. We don't but your CD's. Simple as that.


64 posted on 10/07/2006 1:21:29 PM PDT by BamaAndy (Heart & Iron--the story of America through an ordinary family. ISBN: 1-4137-5397-3)
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To: Allegra
Let's see...who shall we destroy next?

The list is sooo long! Decisions, Decisions.

65 posted on 10/07/2006 1:21:47 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: george76

LOL

Beautiful!


66 posted on 10/07/2006 1:21:57 PM PDT by saveliberty (I'm a Bushbot and a Snowflake :-)
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To: kristinn
An organised group known as the Free Republic set out to bring the band down.

I thought it was Bush's fault.

67 posted on 10/07/2006 1:22:24 PM PDT by Darth Republican
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To: AmishDude

"petite?"

As sows go, uh, scuse me, big fat hens.

Until reading these remarks I didn't know that I was supposed to have been buying their records and their bull sh-t too.


68 posted on 10/07/2006 1:22:59 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: BamaAndy

The best thing about my personal boycotts is that they cost me nothing.


69 posted on 10/07/2006 1:23:35 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: RikaStrom
Come to think of it, Nancy Pelosi is first on my list, this week.
70 posted on 10/07/2006 1:23:48 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Islam is the Death Cult of Perpetual Outrage!)
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To: george76

Petite? Compared to what?


71 posted on 10/07/2006 1:23:51 PM PDT by CinnamonBear
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To: kristinn
Morgan Stanley issued a public apology and Clinton had to go overseas for most of the year to get paid gigs.

I'm pretty sure that the Morgan Stanley employee who hired Clinton to speak at their conference was fired, too.

72 posted on 10/07/2006 1:24:11 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod (Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)
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To: Rocko

Her fury at our non compliance with her dictates is just an unanticipated bonus.


73 posted on 10/07/2006 1:24:29 PM PDT by saveliberty (I'm a Bushbot and a Snowflake :-)
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To: monkeywrench
To borrow a phrase commonly used in reference to Karl Rove:

Free Republic, you magnificent bastard.

74 posted on 10/07/2006 1:25:08 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: kristinn
An organised group known as the Free Republic set out to bring the band down

Really ??? I didn't know that I was part of an organized group ... where are the stratagy meetings held? Is there a Vicar and a Sargent At Arms? I didn't know that I was being recruited into this cult called Free Republic until this Dixie Chick told me so ....... in all, I didn't get the memo

/shrug off /sarc off

75 posted on 10/07/2006 1:25:09 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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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. Apparently we were not supposed to think like this because we play country music."

After Dan Ratherbiased did they really think they had a chance?

76 posted on 10/07/2006 1:25:13 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: kristinn

"THE" Free Republic?

Can't she at least get the name right?


77 posted on 10/07/2006 1:25:25 PM PDT by gabidale89
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To: kristinn; Fred Nerks
Read the article, not surprised that natalie maines is still dumber than a stick. I love her comment -

While fellow country music artists such as Reba McEntire and Toby Keith publicly denounced the band, support did come from unexpected quarters. "I've made good friends because of it, but Bruce Springsteen was amazing. He put a letter on his website . . . and Barbra Streisand, etc...

Lay down with dogs, stand up with fleas! The company she keeps shouts who she is...another leftist, liberal, b*#ch.


For th record natalie, I took my only dixie witches album and tried out my new birdshot on your clay pigeon.
78 posted on 10/07/2006 1:25:43 PM PDT by Issaquahking (Trust can't be bought)
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To: Moonman62

Ha!


79 posted on 10/07/2006 1:26:14 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: wagglebee

Methinks she doth project too much. She wants to say what she wants without any response-- just pay up.


80 posted on 10/07/2006 1:26:26 PM PDT by saveliberty (I'm a Bushbot and a Snowflake :-)
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