[Tench_Coxe]

"The statement continued with a personal message from Miss Maines: "The president is ignoring the opinions of many in the United States and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view." "

The one thing that used to exasperate me, but now concerns me, is the mindset that somehow the 'right to free speech' for celebrities precludes the right of people that bought their product to walk away and boycott.
You see the same attitude expressed by the Hollywood actor's union warning the industry not to 'blacklist' actors who choose to shout their opinions in a public forum, only to have the general public use their rights of freedom of association to not support said actor's movies or support their sponsors. What movie executive in their right mind, in a business that makes its money from the folks paying $7.00 a pop to watch a movie, would continue to turn off the people paying the movie industries' bills? That is not blacklisting, but business.

Sorry, Virginia, but the 1st amendment cuts both ways. You 'celebrities' have every right to your views, and to express them, but I have every right not to support you with my hard earned money, or your sponsors with my hard earned money.

[Mamzelle]

Vichy Chick's kickoff of their American tour is May 1, Greenville SC (Bi-Lo, I think).

[Jim Noble]

>>While we support our troops, there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq<<

Nothing?

[LowOiL]

What I don't understand is how short people's memories are. Remember it was just a few years ago that these Dixie Chicks were spitting their venom at President Bush when they refused to play at his inauguration. Dubya liked the chicks (Lord knows why) and would of liked to have have they pansy arses of played for him (what an honor). But they were rude in how they told him no. It is one thing to say no, it is another to be rude in the way you do it. Seems they have had it in for the President every since, it follows party lines what they said overseas. Anything they can to tear Him down is what they will attempt.

This is not the first time anyway that these Unliked in Dixie Pricks have done this. If we let them off the hook this time, there will be another time to deal with them, just like Iraq.

[freepatriot32]

I wrote to lipton about cancelling the sponsorship of the ditzy chicks world tour. Here is the letter I wrote

This is in responce to the dixie chicks commnets made while they were in a foriegn country. I see on your site that you are sponsoring the concerts and make it possible for them to go to a foriegn nation to protest our president and the upcoming war. I have friends as well as family in the gulf right now waiting to go to war. When the bullets start flying and the bodies start hitting the floor it very well maybe a direct family member of mine that is killed or a close personal friend.

So i will no longer be purchasing any of your products until you pull your sponsorship of the dixie chicks and im not kidding if I haveto go the rest of my life never buying a lipton product or a unilever product that is fine with me when I hear that you canceled all financial support of the dixie chicks i will start buying lipton tea again until then Luzianne Tea is fine with me

This is the responce i got back yesterday

Dear:

Thanks so much for writing!

We are writing in response to your comments regarding our sponsorship of the Dixie Chicks, "Top of the World Tour".  We certainly apologize and are grateful you have chosen to share your thoughts.

As a manufacturer we feel it is a major responsibility to provide our friends and consumers with the most creative and entertaining means of sponsorship possible.

We have a long history of presenting "tasteful" advertising, promotional, and sponsorship efforts to the public. We certainly do not wish to offend anyone. In developing our promotional efforts, Unilever and its agencies may not always anticipate all possible implications of a specific campaign.

We will certainly forward your comments to the Marketing staff.   Consumer comments are very important and evaluated on a regular basis.

We do thank you for your interest!

Your friends at Unilever Bestfoods North America

If you think it will do any good after seeing thier responce you can write to them at    

Liptontusa@unilever.com

[js1138]

As someone said a coupe of days ago:

HIX NIX BLIX CHIX

[guitfiddlist]

I'm thinking of reviving and paraphrasing an old bumper sticker:

"No Fat Dixie Chicks"

[solo gringo]

Let these Heifers[cows]Say what they want but make them pay. Let the STUPID IDIOTS pound sand and sell papers from door to door to make a living.The best name i can come up with is the saddam chicks.

[Liberty Valance]

I've been reading all the Dixie Chicks threads and haven't posted till now. I do wish Natalie had made her remarks here in Texas and was offended by what she had to say. As long as she keeps singing her titties off i don't give a flip what she has to say. I do enjoy the Dixie Chicks music. I get my music from musicians and i filter my politics through my own bullshit detector.

Liberty

[McGavin999]

"I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect."

Yeah? Then why didn't you do that Nat? Instead you aired family laundry in a public forum. Not just to a public forum, but to one that is known to be in the process of deciding a very serious issue that is important to this country.

Your comments were disloyal to this country. You want to state your views, state them HERE, don't go onto foreign soil and trash our president when we're about to go to war.

God these people are stupid!

[InterceptPoint]

My prediction: Bush will forgive the Dixie Chicks.

He is the only one who can do it and I think he will. That won't get them back to where they were but will save their careers. It won't change my opinion of them (or probably Bush's) but I think he will do it as a very public example of "putting our differences behind us".

Just my $.02.

[Enduring Freedom]

Dixie Chicks, aka French Hens, are finished.

[varon]

Dixie Chicks = Jane Fonda³

[Phaedrus]

"As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful," the singer said. "I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect."

Good enough for me and close enough to "I was wrong". I forgive her ... and issue her a yellow card. She's immature, young and stupid, but that's curable. Martin Sheen, The Left Wing and the products he endorses, on the other hand, should be absolutely boycotted. I want him retired. And any further even slightly anti-American comment from any of the Dixie Chicjs and it will be a red card -- they're outta here.

[Noumenon]

The 'apology' is all about money; nothing more, nothing less. Ms. Maines has already informed us as the nature of her character.