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Garth Brooks cancels Thanksgiving appearance on ‘Tonight Show’ after Ferguson decision
NY Daily news ^ | 11/2/6/14 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 11/26/2014 1:34:21 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda

Garth Brooks cancels Thanksgiving appearance on ‘Tonight Show’ after Ferguson decision

The singer wrote on his Facebook page that he landed in New York on the night the grand jury’s decision was announced 'to the news of the civil unrest that was going on in our nation.'

Singer Garth Brooks has canceled a Thanksgiving appearance on NBC’s “Tonight” show because he said it “seemed distasteful” given the reaction to the decision not to prosecute Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown this summer.

NBC on Wednesday confirmed the postponement, saying Brooks was being replaced on the show by Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Colicchio.

Brooks wrote on his Facebook page that he landed in New York on the night the grand jury’s decision was announced “to the news of the civil unrest that was going on in our nation. To spend the day promoting our stuff like nothing was wrong seemed distasteful to me.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: brooks; countrymusic; dopeydems; ferguson; fergusondecision; garth; garthbrooks; lefties; obamabot; tonightshow
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

confirmed: idiot


81 posted on 11/26/2014 2:36:22 PM PST by ilgipper
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To: Steve_Seattle

heh, that’s all good, but you’re still giving him too much credit! These libidiots are better just keeping their mouths shut.


82 posted on 11/26/2014 2:40:14 PM PST by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I’ve never understood why this tub of lard, who wears his jeans three sizes too small, was so popular.


83 posted on 11/26/2014 2:41:09 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

One more down!
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84 posted on 11/26/2014 2:43:29 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

How cute! Country music has its own Bruce Springsteen...


85 posted on 11/26/2014 2:51:29 PM PST by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
him and his wife....oh these "country" singers like to play all American when it means selling records...

hey garth....the animal tried to kill the cop in the cops car...there are several black witnesses who completely support the cops version....

and btw...I can't stand your wifes cooking show....I know that she is nothing more than a silver spoon in her mouth bankers dtr who never knew most Americans struggle to live thru....

enjoy your gated community or your expansive ranch away from all those "people" you know...you stinking rasist.

86 posted on 11/26/2014 3:01:09 PM PST by cherry
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
he was somewhat good looking, appear to be a real husky cowboy type...that is all.....

the Nashville scene is all about the type casting....

he can go to hell....

87 posted on 11/26/2014 3:03:08 PM PST by cherry
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

FUGB!


88 posted on 11/26/2014 3:04:46 PM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: dfwgator
"NYC country music. LOL, got me thinking of that Pace Salsa commercial. "Says here this country music is from New York City." "NEW YORK CITY?!?!?!?!" "Get a rope!" :

you know when I still lived in NYS back in the 70's the commercial ran as "NEW JERSEY"? not "NEW YORK CITY".....anybody remember that?

89 posted on 11/26/2014 3:07:36 PM PST by cherry
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Some (not all) of the lyrics of his song are pretty lefty:

“We Shall Be Free” - Garth Brooks

This ain’t comin’ from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand

When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there’s shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free


When we’re free to love anyone we choose
When this world’s big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free
We shall be free


90 posted on 11/26/2014 3:09:56 PM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("There's always free cheese in a mousetrap." - Marine Col. Peter Martinow)
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To: NormsRevenge

What’s wrong with White Christmas?


91 posted on 11/26/2014 3:10:04 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
When Garth Brooks dumped his loyal first wife to shack up with another country star (Trisha Yearwood), it told me all I needed to know about him.

Not to mention that everything he recorded since "Ropin' The Wind" has been utter crap. That was 23 years ago.

92 posted on 11/26/2014 3:10:20 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Yep. He supports the rioters. His actions tell the protestors they can stop society in it’s tracks. Just like any other terrorist.


93 posted on 11/26/2014 3:11:54 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: Drango

You’re my kinda FReeper!


94 posted on 11/26/2014 3:12:23 PM PST by Shimmer1 (Conservative. Because we can't all be on welfare.)
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To: Drango

Way to take one for the team.


95 posted on 11/26/2014 3:17:31 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Dr. Thorne

Many years ago Conway Twitty and his band was playing a little joint in the South. This was before Conway had hit it big. They came in wearing red suits. The owner of the club said “If they yodel, they got to go.”

If you listen to Garth Brooks he sounds like he’s about half yodeling.


96 posted on 11/26/2014 3:17:35 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Little man. Big hat.

____________________________________________________

Best and most astute quote I’ve read on here. Four words and directly to the point.


97 posted on 11/26/2014 3:18:54 PM PST by navymom1
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
hey garth ya jackass, none of them people ever hears of you...
98 posted on 11/26/2014 3:19:11 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: rockinqsranch

Garth who?


99 posted on 11/26/2014 3:24:42 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Good bad or indifferent I never cared that much about his music as such. But he did
have a very successful music career. I found this tidbit I wouldn’t have ever guessed
as being close to fact.

In January 2012, Brooks was crowned the top-selling artist of the last two decades. Since
1991, he has sold 68,561,000 units, some five million more than the No. 2 act — the Beatles.

Read More: 25 Little-Known Tidbits About Country Icon Garth Brooks |
http://theboot.com/garth-brooks-50th-birthday/?trackback=tsmclip


100 posted on 11/26/2014 3:26:04 PM PST by deport
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