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An Open Letter From Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders to President Trump (Re: Julian Assange)
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| 2/17/20
| Chrissie Hynde
Posted on 02/17/2020 2:30:55 PM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
In 1999, Chrissie Hynde complained about his use of the Pretenders hit, 'My City Was Gone' as his theme song. However, Hynde allowed Limbaugh to play the song in exchange for a $100,000 donation to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and vocal support against chemical testing on animals. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-rush-limbaugh/
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:44:12 PM PST
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: oldplayer
Agreed. (And the ‘79-’85 years were the best, Pretenders-wise.)
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:46:46 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
I think Rush used the riff despite Chrissy, now she is gloaming on to Rush
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:47:17 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Why didn’t she ask the ex-president, obunghole, when it was in office?
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:48:01 PM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
To: Gay State Conservative
Certainly seems civil. Shes wrong,but shes not obnoxious about it.At least not in this letter. She will still be persona non grata to the Left for not calling Trump "Hitler".
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:48:17 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Assange has suffered enough. The Brits are going to slowly kill him so I don’t believe Ms. Hynde’s actions will produce any good.
Nice story about why she didn’t go after Rush’s theme song.
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:49:24 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
To: Gay State Conservative
multiple plays a day for decades on a program syndicated to hundreds of stations.
I thought I read that she donated the “Rush” money to some leftist charity.
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:49:25 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
To: oldplayer
Well cmon its worded so that ‘hear my plea’ means do what i want.
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:51:15 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Wow, we can discuss ideas with a liberal. Refreshing.
I know Mr. Assange broke the law (as i have done defending the treatment of animals) but I believe he has been duly punished and should now be set free.
I'm willing to concede that Assange has punished. The courts can take this into account during sentencing to determine if he has been duly punished. Let the courts decide if he should go free.
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:52:14 PM PST
by
kidd
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Well, I wish Mr. Assange would reveal who REALLY gave him the information.
I suspect strongly that it was SETH RICH.
But only Assange can verify that.
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:53:24 PM PST
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(I'll be good, I will. I will.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
This is far more rational that I would have expected, and I agree with her.
It’s too bad she’s on the other side because the time was ripe about 10 years ago under the Obamanation for a remake of her song, but it would have been “My Country Is Gone”.
Now it would have to be “My Country Is Back” but I don’t see her doing that...
Free Assange!
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:53:38 PM PST
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
The Pentagon Papers were released similarly and no one went to jail
(Oh wait... that hurt Republicans, so it was OK)
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:54:24 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
To: Erik Latranyi
I’ve never heard her song being played on Rush’s show. The theme song isn’t hers FWIW.
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
ooooo, the RATS won't like that...
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posted on
02/17/2020 2:59:30 PM PST
by
Chode
(Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
02/17/2020 3:00:32 PM PST
by
GOP Poet
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
If Julian Assange was working as a reporter for a major US newspaper (NYT, Wall Street Journal) he would not be in jail. He would be protected by the 1st amendment.
Assange is a victim of changing technology. The press no longer just means physical papers. It now includes alternative technologies. Wikileaks is as much a “press” operation as the NYT. The law just hasn’t caught up with technology and reality.
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posted on
02/17/2020 3:02:20 PM PST
by
Brookhaven
(If CNN is playing, ask them to change the channel. #ChangeCNN)
To: Erik Latranyi; Gay State Conservative
He pays a fee to PETA to use the song because that's what Chrissie wanted him to do. Apparently, about 25 years ago, EMI (Chrissie's label) told him to stop playing the song and Chrissie was told this by another radio DJ. In typical Hynde fashion, she told EMI to "Fuck Off!" and told Rush that she'd allow it if he pays the fee to PETA and if he says that he supports not using chemicals on animals - and he's kept his word since then.
She's been on record saying that she "can't stand him and what he stands for - but my parents loved him!" By all accounts (and I've read every book about her) Chrissie grew up in a conservative household in Akron and has always been traditional, anti-drugs (for the most part) and has a memory like an elephant. She would always go off on the drug peddlers (especially in LA) who ruined Pete Farndon and Jimmy Honeyman-Scott and did not like people who did drugs.
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posted on
02/17/2020 3:02:31 PM PST
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: Blue Highway
The theme song on Rush’d show (the opening song) is the instrumental version of the Pretenders’ “My City Was Gone”, written by Hynde.
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posted on
02/17/2020 3:04:09 PM PST
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: RegulatorCountry
He has embarrassed a lot of powerful politicians throughout the world by releasing information they would prefer the public never see.
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posted on
02/17/2020 3:04:27 PM PST
by
Brookhaven
(If CNN is playing, ask them to change the channel. #ChangeCNN)
Chrissy is nowhere to be heard on Rush’s bumper music, he is using fair usage laws to jam it in her hynder.
Now she is using the linkage to her advantage
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posted on
02/17/2020 3:11:44 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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