Entertainers Who Support the Troops [includes Billy Joel, Sarah McLachlin, Five for Fighting, etc.]

MichelleMalkin.com ^ | 11/16/2007 | Michelle Malkin

[metesky]

(Flashback: Check out The Glenn and Helen Show interview with Ondrasik in case you missed it. Victor Davis Hanson played an integral part in “Two Lights.”)

An interesting tidbit.

[metesky]

I think it has more value than you think. Most of the cultural left have recently seen all their highly funded anti-war/anti-Bush efforts falling apart in the one area that really counts to the limousine liberals: their wallets.

On the other hand we have people supporting our men and women who very well could gain financially from their work merrily giving it away to a couple of million people.

I think that's a very loud cultural shot.

[Chode]

Sarah McLachlan...

you have NO IDEA how happy this makes me!!!

i was always afraid she'd open her mouth one day and break my heart.

[Vision Thing]

Yeah, I know.

But she is an Alaskan so maybe thats where she gets it from

Jewel also rose to fame while living in that notoriously right-wing, military town named San Diego.

Some of her lyrics are politically left wing, but I like this one, from "Standing Still", which seems to criticize both sides:

There's dead end to my left,
There's a burning bush, to my right.

She performed this song during a Garth Brooks concert. It was on the flight deck of a naval aircraft carrier, not too long after 9/11, and just before we invaded Afghanistan. CBS TV (of all people) actually broadcast it live.

[Vision Thing]

The Billy Joel and Melissa Etheridge numbers certainly qualify as legitimate hits. Those more familiar than I with the remaining artists will have to speak as to whether or not the other selections do, as well.

The Montgomery Gentry song "My Town" is practically a 2nd national anthem for Americans who live between Interstates 5 and 95.

[FrdmLvr]

Especially since most of them are card-carrying lefties.

[LS]

Good for them, and thanks to Drew Carey for his terrific support and entertainment of the troops. (A former Marine, Carey!)

[LS]

BTW, for those of you who watch “The Unit,” there was a great episode a few weeks ago about a prima donna chick singer who visited Iraq to entertain the troops and the “Unit” had to serve as her bodyguards. The episode was thought-provoking (she ended up stealing a soldier’s poem for a song) but generally supportive (she came to see what a necessary and difficult job our troops have).

[A.A. Cunningham]

Melissa Ethridge

No thanks.

[mylife]

Thanks for the background

[mylife]

I wouldnt know where to start

[tndarlin]

Start by texting the Troops @ 89279 or go to www.americasupportsyou.mil to check out other ways to support the troops in your area! We all make a difference, not just entertainers!

[mylife]

Thanks

[CyberAnt]

And .. the Lt. Dan Band is headed by Gary Sinese (CSI-NY).

Great guy.

[aculeus]

bttt

[peggybac]

This is great they have known conservatives and liberals mixed in the bunch.

[peggybac]

“Melissa Ethridge was a surprise. Good for her.”

I was a bit surprised as well, but, Melissa is from Leavenworth, KS, so perhaps some loyalty rubbed off??

[HoosierHawk]

Thanks, mylife.

[mylife]

Sure

[Dante3]

Yes.