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[WaiterAtCliftons]

Dixie Chicks Bash Patriotism

06/19/2006 5:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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There must be something about being overseas that really gets the Dixie Chicks talking. Group members Emily Robison and Natalie Maines have now taken on the subject of patriotism, and apparently they're as big of fans of it as they are President Bush.


In an interview with UK's Telegraph newspaper, Robison accused some country artists of jumping on the anti-Chicks bandwagon to further their own careers. She said, "A lot of artists cashed in on being against what we said or what we stood for because that was promoting their career, which was a horrible thing to do. A lot of pandering started going on, and you'd see soldiers and the American flag in every video. It became a sickening display of ultra-patriotism."


Maines continued, "The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country... I don't see why people care about patriotism."


The Dixie Chicks have been overseas promoting their latest album, Taking The Long Way, with a series of live concerts. In fact, last week the trio returned to very place where their career took a major turn -- Shepard's Bush Empire in London. It was from this very stage that Maines bashed Bush three years ago.

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This is your number 1 band on the Billboard top 200.....fuckin' ridiculous

This post has been edited by WaiterAtCliftons: Jun 22 2006, 3:41 pm

[Wambangalang]

you people are all so fucking stupid im really starting to hate this board. Saddam as bad as hitler???? wtf?

Ever heard of Pol Pot? Khmer Rouge of Cambodia. Killed MILLIONS of people. Did the US stop him? No. Why did he come to power? Because of the Vietnam war...They fucked up the entire region.

1980's Chile. The US and CIA has DEMOCRATICALLY ELLECTED leader Salvador Allende assasinated because he carried Marxist views. DERMOCRATICALLY ELLECTED. They install the worst leader the country ever had. Augusto Pinochet. Killed thousands.

Saddam pales in comparrison to many leaders in Africa so why dont they take them out Sandkind? Why? The populations of these countries are being slaughtered by rebel groups, the leaders reaping the wealth off their misery.

Saddam worse than hitler? Why was Saddam an ally when they were fighting Iran? The US DID NOT go into iraq for humanitarian reasons that is an undeniable certainty. The reasons were pollitical/economic this doesnt make the US evil because there's no such thing, it just means they are not 'the guiding light to the rest of the world' or what ever the fuck you said. They are doing what suits them, that is respectable in its own right but dont be surprised that it draws negativity.

im tired of being political it makes me angry. Happy thoughts

[Lively Chick]

im tired of being political it makes me angry. Happy thoughts

Me too. I'm done. I'm already cranky from my new diet. I don't want to a be another, HUNGRY, angry black woman HHHHHmm I think I'll have some of him now. Or some carrots, or celery

[Senghe]

Me too. I'm done. I'm already cranky from my new diet. I don't want to a be another, HUNGRY, angry black woman HHHHHmm I think I'll have some of him now. Or some carrots, or celery

Amen, sister! This is one thing I can truly say I feel your pain without being a right-on politically correct berk or making some stupid assumption (unless you've got a metabolic disorder and don't just have eyes bigger than your stomach like I do). I'm a fat white woman and dieting makes me really bad tempered. I worked out the other day I'd probably lost my enitre body weight twice over and put it back on again over the last 20 years.

Try a sprinkling of fresh ground black pepper on your You would think it would be disgusting on strawberries, but it's much nicer than sugar and really brings the flavour and sweetness out.

Make food not war. We produce more than enough food to feed the entire planet, yet end up stockpiling or burning perfectly good food due to stupid quotas and subsidies. But that's a whole other political can of worms right there.

This post has been edited by Senghe: Jun 23 2006, 5:58 pm

[Lively Chick]

Amen, sister! This is one thing I can truly say I feel your pain without being a right-on politically correct berk or making some stupid assumption (unless you've got a metabolic disorder and don't just have eyes bigger than your stomach like I do). I'm a fat white woman and dieting makes me really bad tempered. I worked out the other day I'd probably lost my enitre body weight twice over and put it back on again over the last 20 years.

Try a sprinkling of fresh ground black pepper on your You would think it would be disgusting on strawberries, but it's much nicer than sugar and really brings the flavour and sweetness out.

Make food not war. We produce more than enough food to feed the entire planet, yet end up stockpiling or burning perfectly good food due to stupid quotas and subsidies. But that's a whole other political can of worms right there.

Thanks for the tip I'll definately try it and let you know.