Wednesday, September 13, 2006

The Dixie Chicks have given up on selling records in the south as Natalie Maines calls Bush "a dumb fuck".

In one memorable scene, Maines watches news footage of the president being interviewed about the furor that followed the singer's on-stage comment that she was ''ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas,'' which resulted in the group being dropped from most radio stations, as well as protests and plummeting sales. ''The Dixie Chicks are free to speak their mind,'' Bush told Tom Brokaw at the time, adding, ''They shouldn't have their feelings hurt just because some people don't want to buy their records when they speak out. You know, freedom is a two-way street.''

After watching this footage, Maines repeats the president's comment about how the group shouldn't have their ''feelings hurt,'' incredulous, and then says, ''What a dumb f---.'' She then looks into the camera, as if addressing Bush, and reiterates, ''You're a dumb f---.''

Damn I wish I liked country music! But I fucking hate it!

However I do love these ladies. Here they are exercising their right to free speech and going against the ideology of most of their fans. That shit takes guts!

Oh hell I am going to buy their album and give it to somebody with bad taste in music. I must know somebody!

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:24 PM

    In the annals of American free speech martyrdom, 230 years as a republic and this is pretty much what we've got to show for it:

    1. Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty, or give me death!")
    2. The Dixie Chicks ("Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.")

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  2. Are you sure that is it?

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  3. Love your blog. You comments crack me up.

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  4. Don't like the music, bought their newest CD, and want to see that documentary.

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