Posted: 6/19/2006 2:51:58 PM EDT
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http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/33442272 Dixie Chicks Bash Patriotism 06/19/2006 5:00 PM, Yahoo! Music LAUNCH Radio Networks 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. |
So is anti_Americanism. They're nitwits, and it's backfiring beautifully. I hope they do a Sinead O'Connor. |
That's kinda scary..............good thing I already ate
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I don't think I could name or ID any of their songs. They are only unusual because they are country singers, and country singers are usually patriotic. They are just more politically aligned with the dirt-worshipping rock stars, where USA hating is the norm. Oh, and fuck 'em |
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what they say about flag waving marketing and jingoism is true. However, it is PATRIOTS who have sacrificed their lives for what Maines alludes to as a abstract concept that give her the right to say what she does. She's on the ultra left, Ann Coulter is on the right, and the right way to do things is in the middle. I'm going to love my country and not be apologetic about it, but i'm not going to be a jingoist retard either. |
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