If the Dixie Chicks had been rockin' babes ...(Choke on your vomit alert!!)

Houston Chronicle ^ | March 24, 2003 | Tamara Conniff

[TexasCajun]

I have threatened to cancel time and time again.

But this time, I will not renew.

The liberal democrates that run this piece of crap they call a newspaper have supported our 'affirmative action' mayor for 6 yrs along with the city's 'affirmative action' chief-of-police. The city is in the worst shape since I can remember and the crime lab scandal will result in multitudes of appeals in the courts.

Yet The Comical supports a recall of term-limits and has bashed President Bush every chance it gets!!

I can't wait till I get a call asking why I cancelled.

[LaraCroft]

That didn't take long! I was waiting for some leftist moron to make the illogical leap that it was actually UnAmerican to not support people that you don't agree with.

They are so predictable.

[TexasCajun]

Liberal forget that yes, you have a right to free speech, but you will also reap what those words bring.

Most Liberals don't work for a living so it surprises them that business would suffer just for speaking one's mind.

[joesnuffy]

Surprsed they arent doing a benefit for the Wahhabi Lobby or the Home For Old Republican Guard Members

[big gray tabby]

Bingo. Pandering to anti-Americanism is shameless.

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

"Fred Durst was received with cheers when he said, "This war has got to go away as soon as possible" during the Grammy telecast".

"Got to go away as soon as possible"? Is war a cold or a case of the "sniffles"? We're not treating an anxiety disorder with Zoloft, we're fighting a real war with real men and women and real weaponry with a real strategy.

she took a deep breath and issued a formal apology to Bush, proclaiming that she was "proud to be an American."

Right -- about as much as she's proud to be a Texan.

[The_Pickle]

It seems that certain entertainment types still have a very over-blown opinion of their own worth in the political arena. Our most recent foot in mouth award goes to one Natalie Maines of the Country Group “The Dixie Chicks”. During a concert in London Ms. Maines behooved herself of her rights to free speech and launched a very public tirade against President Bush. Her remarks that “…We are ashamed that President Bush is from Texas”, lead to an overwhelming backlash from pro-Bush supporters as well as fans that disagree with Ms. Maines choice of words and the venue in which she chose to utter them; a foreign country.

When the controversy first got started Ms. Maines chose to defend her attack on President Bush as “free speech” but as the wildfire started to rage across the land and radio stations began to pull “The Dixie Chicks” music from their rotations Ms. Maines ‘decided’ that her remarks where less than appropriate. Ms. Maines said in a statement released by her representatives that she was ‘sorry for her comments’ and that ‘anyone who held the office of President of the United States was worthy of respect.’

One can’t help but be amazed by entertainment types and their propensity for opening their mouths and sticking their foot in it up to their ankles. One also wonders at the sincerity of an apology issued in the face of a growing national boycott of all things “Dixie”. Has Ms. Maines truly seen the error of her ways and learned that disrespectful comments about an extremely popular President, while protected under free speech rights, often carry larger consequences. Perhaps Ms. Maines has learned that a large flag waving fan base also has the ability to carry a very big stick.

While I will defend Ms. Maines right to disagree with our Presidents policy, and as a former Army man and current member of the American Legion I have done so, I will remind Ms. Maines that the right to “Free Speech” is not a “right” to have others agree with you, nor does it, in any way, absolve you from having to accept the responsibility for your words and actions. When you do unpopular things you must be prepared to face negative reactions. This is not censorship Ms. Maines; this is simply other citizen's exercising their right to “Free Speech” by telling you loudly and clearly to just Shut Up!!!

[Houmatt]

She apparently works for the Hollywood Reporter.

This is the best I could come up with:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/info/contact.jsp

[Houmatt]

And there is this.

[Paul Atreides]

The Chicks did an ad layout for PETA, and have backed out on it being released. In other words, they don't want you to voice your opinion by choosing whose music you listen to, but they want to tell you what to choose when buying clothing.

[Paul Atreides]

If the Dixie Chicks had been rockin' babes ...

Yeah, and if Bill Clinton had been a conservative Republican...

[dirtboy]

By burning CDs and posters and throwing verbal stones at Maines, they are violating her most important right and the foundation of this country -- her freedom of speech.

Amazing. Our exercise of our freedom of speech is a violation of Maines's freedom of speech. Few liberals are this blunt with their double standard.

[betsyross]

TexasCajun do what I did. I cancelled my subscription to the New Orleans Times Picayune and started a monthly donation to FreeRepublic. I get more for my money and I support a great site all at the same time!

[NYCVirago]

Of course, now anti-Chicks activists are claiming the trio didn't actually write Travelin' Soldier. How could they -- anti-American heathens that they are?

Man, this author is a moron. It's not a matter of people "claiming" that the Chicks didn't write this; the Dixie Chicks don't write ANY of their songs!

[pnz1]

They DIDN'T write Travelin Soldier

[Dane]

Country music then became a reflection of Southerners'(and all Americans') desire to preserve their culture and core values: love your country, love God, love your family

Uh Ms. Conniff, what the hell is wrong with that?

[Dane]

Just read over my reply #37. It was directed at the writer of the article and not you.

[southern rock]

By burning CDs and posters and throwing verbal stones at Maines, they are violating her most important right and the foundation of this country -- her freedom of speech.

Wrongo!

By burning CDs and posters and throwing verbal stones at Maines, they are violating exercising their most important right and the foundation of this country -- their freedom of speech.

[husky ed]

If it wasn't for so called "News Channels" putting her fat arse on the T.V. everytime she hacks out another note, I wouldn't know what she sings either.

And I wish they'd keep all the other so-call "stars" off the T.V. whenever a charge of electricity happens to pass by one of their brain cells.