The Horror! The Horror! All of those wonderful tax dollars lavished on PBS...wasted...on those ungrateful trailer-park troglodytes who'd rather listen to..(gasp)..that horrible twangy jingoistic noise. Oh, the Humanity!!!
Get a grip, Lefty. As Merle said, "When you're runnin' down my country, Hoss, you're walkin' on the fightin' side of me."
For way too long, the Music Industry's been foisting their left-wing crap on the American citizenry. Many of us have simply chosen to vote by switching the dial to music that reflects what we believe in. If music sales are down, it's because of the stubbornly high prices charged by the same Industry in a world of .mp3's and CD-R's.