Posted on 03/14/2003 1:36:03 PM PST by cq
Pawn Shops and Used Record Stores Refusing Dixie Chicks CDs
The recent remarks made in England during the Dixie Chicks current tour has prompted a huge dumping of thier albums on pawn shops and used record stores. Dixie Chicks have now been "dead listed" by most shops recently because they are now considered unsellable.
"We tell them to Just burn 'em" Says Cecil Bagger, a manager at Sorti's Pawn Shop outside of Seatle. "We have way too many of them and none of them are moving".
The remarks made by the Dixie Chicks have been comments about be embarrased to be from the same State that President George W. Bush is from (Texas). The comments seemed to be a bad marketing ploy to sell more CDs to british rebels that were against the war. Instead it brought about harsh reactions.
"I'm Embassed they were born in the Same Country I was" Said Billy Thomson, "They totally suck and as far as I am concerned they can stay in England!". Billy, from Houston was waving a Texan flag in front of the capital along with several thousand Texans protesting the Dixie Chicks Comments.
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At his news conference in the Azores with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, Bush criticized France's role in the diplomatic struggle over Iraq.
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Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix finished up a plan that calls for months more of inspections in Iraq, although there was news that inspectors would be ordered to pull out of Iraq within 24 hours.
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Fox News' Teri Schultz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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