Gimme a break...

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NEWS - Natalie Maines Says President Remark Was A 'Joke'
04/03/2003



(4/3/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Dixie Chick Natalie Maines told a New Zealand TV reporter last week that her now-infamous slam at President George W. Bush was a joke.

Maines admitted that she told a London concert audience that the group was ashamed that the President is from their home state of Texas, but added, "It was a joke and it wasn't planned. And it was really funny at the time. It got lots of cheers, and that's what it was meant for. You see the trouble that you can get into if you speak religion or politics. It gets people very upset."


Maines issued a written apology after making the remark at a March 10 concert, but stations continued to ban the Chicks' music on radio stations across the country.

In addition, the Dixie Chicks' Home album saw a more than 40 percent decline in sales after Maines's remark.

-- Nancy Brooks, Nashville

Break Natalie's stupid neck!

Charlie

heh, what's a joke is going to be to compare their W2s from last year to this year's W2! hahahahahaha now THAT would be a laugh!!!!!!!! BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Man, I'd be more than happy to take a small chunk of their W2's, this year or next.

This girl just cannot keep her feet out of the vicinity of her mouth.

They were on the Letterman show last night ... and even though it was a re-run (from last fall), I shut the TV off before they were introduced ...

For me, there will be no update ... they are permanently on my Jane Fonda list ...

The city council of Madison, WI is joining the Dixie Chicks in formulating foreign policy: LG

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(4/9/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- The City Council in Madison, Wisconsin would like to offer the Dixie
Chicks their city as a safe haven for the award-winning trio after coming under fire for lead
singer Natalie Maines's recent anti-President Bush comment while performing in London.

City Council member Ken Golden has offered a resolution, co-sponsored by half of the council's
members, that calls for a Dixie Chicks album to be played during meeting breaks, in addition to
suggesting the mayor present the group with the keys to the city, French wine, and a "suitable
welcome" if they ever visit.

The resolution also wants to adopt the Dixie Chicks as their own, advising them to change their
name to something more geographically suitable such as the "Heartland Chicks" or "Dairyland
Chicks." Golden said: "I am urging the council to pass this resolution to make sure that the
Chicks' right to free speech is defended and they have a protected place within which to exercise
their right to dissent." Madison Mayor Sue Bauman said she's in support of the resolution.

And then they backslide, just like the Chicks, when they?re called on it: LG

http://www.channel3000.com/entertainment/2100011/detail.html 

MADISON, Wis. -- An east coast company is pulling business out of Madison because of alder
Ken Golden's controversial resolution to give the Dixie Chicks a key to the city. Madisonians
have been talking about Golden's resolution and so are people thousands of miles away. Folks
caught wind of the issue online and now outsiders are letting Madisonians know what they think.

"Those idiots in Madison, Wis., are trying to do national policy again ... " alder Judy Compton
said. News 3 has learned that an east coast production company has pulled the plug on bringing
500 people to Madison for a training class this June. The production liaison writes, "Many of the
cameramen, grips, etc., were former Vietnam vets and this ridiculous city council resolution
really hit home."

But Golden said he didn't do anything wrong. "Rather than criticize them in somber serious way,
I ribbed them, for God's sake," he said. "What's wrong with that?"

So last night, the national criticism turned the resolution into a substitute "freedom of speech
resolution," which was passed. Alder Andy Olsen offered the substitute proposal, which simply
said that Madison re-affirms that right of Americans to criticize the president. "I stripped out all
mention of that country ban, which has that has touched a number of nerves, make a core point
we need to respect freedom of speech," Olsen said.

The resolution reads, "Whereas,a growing intolerance of free speech in the United States has led
to a backlash against Americans expressing even mild criticism of the president, and the City of
Madison has a strong tradition of encouraging free speech and dissent and has, in fact,
congratulated itself by calling Madison the City of Tolerance ... it is not sufficient to say we
support free speech, we must all support free speech by tolerating and engaging speech by those
with whom we disagree ... "

The resolution also makes special mention of the French. "Be it further resolved that the City of
Madison welcomes all freedom-exercising Americans (or French people) to Madison," it reads.
It passed 12-5.

BTW, gang, the Dixie Chicks appear on David Letterman tonight (4/10/03) who wants to bet
they only make things worse for themselves?

Who really gives a flying f*ck if they are ashamed to be from the same place as GWB? If your faith in GWB is so shaky that a slam from these halfwits is enough to get your panties in a bunch then that speaks volumes...

None of you would have said sh*t if the same thing was said about Clinton. Grow the f*ck up and quit whining...

Probably because nobody really gave a **** about Clinton.

but he was our commander in chief... and all the other bull$hit that people are using against the Dixie Chicks...

I don't listen to music to determine my political views, therefore I could give two $hits what these artists think about politics...

Also Clinton got elected twice, and he could have won a third term if he could have run. Whether you like him or not, people did give a $hit about him...

Clinton got elected with a majority of 1/3 of the people that voted. If you recall Ross Perot almost kicked everybodys butt.

Clinton was a smooth talking car salesman. Very charasmatic, but he lacked substance. He cut spending which made many voters happy, but at the expence of our military. Those poor boys were forced to harvest parts from one airplane to keep another one flying.
Clinton single handedly desimated our military. If Cliton was still in office Saddam would have kicked out butts.

Clinton told people what they wanted to hear, that all is well and to keep their heads in the sand, he will be our benifactor.

Clinton got out of office as the economy started to take a down turn and now everyone blames GWB. Gimme a break. Wake up people and you'll see he was one of this countries worst presidents.

I don't know what the ditzy chicks are crying about. They exercised their right and the buying public exercised its right. Damn; I actually responded twice to political stuff on this board...I feel kinda dizzy...better go lie down...

Lay Down and Eat More Chicken

Not saying I would fight people who talk bad about him, just pointing out that people obviously cared about him.

Do you honestly think Iraq would have kicked our butt? How much could GWB have changed our military in two and a half years?? Our military is incredible and even if Clinton had strangled it twice as much as he did, we could still kick Iraq's Ass!!

Please, get back to reality....

Reality Check Complete 🙂

We lost how many aircraft due to mechanical failure?
Yes, you can only fix so much in two and a half years.
How many more would have been lost under the Clinton budget.?

Since GWB came into office we have increased military spending. That means more bombs. We may have depleted our arsinal under the Clinton budget.

Yes, our troops are better trained, but with out bullets what would shoot?

How would we have got our troops over seas? It costs money. I guess we could have just sent a few boyscouts and told them it was a field trip.

The boyscouts probably could have done it... 😉

I don't think Clinton was a God, and I don't think GWB is a devil, but I do think that with any leader if we choose to go into action then we take care of our troops while we're fighting. I know Clinton hurt the military, but you've taken this as a dodge to my original point.

The point is, the Dixie Chicks comments are so worthless that seeing all of you get your panties bunched is hilarious. Quit whining and if you want to boycott them then do so, but by not even mentioning them you prove your point more thoroughly...

What is hilarious is that these entertainers feel that they can piss in our cerial and we'll still buy their products. As for our whining, you feel people should be allowed to lay in the streets and disrupt traffic but we shouldn't be allowed to post on cigar bid? What's wrong with this picture? That seems a little outta whack to me...

Wilhelm, how rude. We'd respect your opinions more if you weren't compelled to sprinkle your comments with swear words. Someone said, "the use of profanity is a feeble mind attempting to express itself forcefully."

yeah, how dare you abuse words like panties! I've never abused panties!! Well, unless you count that shriners convention where I was parading around in just my fez and some white lace...

lazy - say what you will, sprinkling profanity has nothing to do with intelligence, my mind is far from feeble. Nice quote though...

Robby - you have every right to mewl and whine about these celebs, and I never stated that protestors had the right to lay in the road or commit other illegal acts, try not to puts words in my mouth. (I guess I stirred the pot successfully 🙂 )

I just don't understand why some of you people are so caught up in the lives and actions of these celebs, I pay attention to them only when they're doing what they get paid to do, ie. sing, dance or act, other than that I don't care about their lives, politics, or preferences...