[Cathryn Crawford]

But you might risk a "boot in your ass . . . it's the American way," as Toby Keith so eloquently puts it in his song "Courtesy of the Red White and Blue," a lyrical moment that serves as the zeitgeist of a patriotic movement smothering in chauvinistic nationalism.


This is leftist crap. What the hell is wrong with Toby expressing his anger just as did the Dixie Chicks?

Shameless hypocrisy.

[MWS]

Where's the barf alert on this?

[Fraulein]

Natalie Maines at a concert last week:

[My2Cents]

[cincinnati65]

Let's see.......EVERY FREAKIN' CONCERT WAS SOLD OUT BEFORE FAT NAT MADE HER STUPID COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kwilliams]

In an interview with Tom Brokaw, President Bush said that freedom of speech is a two-way street. He was right.

No restrictions of freedom have been placed on the Dixie Chicks. The Chicks don't like the president. America loves its president right now. End of story.

[martin_fierro]

So much for the "censorship" the Dixie Sluts claimed to be suffering.

[martin_fierro]

Breuse Hickman

What -- is that like a gay version of "Bruce"?

[fml]

Maines said re. Toby Keith "You've got to have some tact. . "

Please, a dog teaching manners.

[Slings and Arrows]

To the author:

1. Those tickets were sold BEFORE Big Mouth Maines graced us with her babblings, and the Vichy Chicks refused to give refunds afterwards.

2. I want to know how those chart ratings are calculated - I smell the scent of cooking books.

3. Let's see how their NEXT album does.

4. Entertainment Weekly put three nude young women on their cover to honor their musical accomplishments. Uh-huh. Got it.

Want some Dramamine to go with that spin?

[ewing]

Wrongo, album sales have been in the toilet-costing them millions.

[AndyTheBear]

Bottom line is that those who spend time and money on pop music are disproportionally to the left of average, and those who spend time and money on being well informed are disproportionally to the right of average.

Thus the success of Fox News over CNN, and the success of anti-Bush/anti-way types on MTV.

[bannie]

To get "the last laugh" implies that the end has arrived.

It's a current MO of the leftests to claim victory everytime they believe that they can convince others that they are a point ahead.

Claiming doesn't make it so...and I don't think our little gNatalie is the singing fat lady who is required.

[arete]

They were sold out in Greenville. Handful of protestors showed up but were overwhelmed by chick supporters Oh, well. Back to the French.

[JoeSchem]

However, such corporate -- and public -- McCarthyism does further expose the limits now placed on certain American freedoms, in this case, freedom of speech.

Yes, America lacks the freedom for a female vocal group to demand that millions of people buy their CDs. Liberals have long lamented the lack in America of the most sacred freedom in the liberal pantheon: The Freedom to Push Other People Around. Maybe some other day.

[CyberAnt]

Well ... you can stick a fork in them, they're done! It may not show today - but let's wait and see what situation they're in a year from now. Nothing emboldens an idiot like getting away with it. They believe they've gotten away with it - you can expect more - very soon.

[Sir Gawain]

[hattend]

I went to check Billboard.com and the Chicks are #2. They have also made the biggest monetary gain this week for sales. That tour is really working. Bad pubicity really is better than no publicity. It's a pity.

I also checked out the Pop charts... Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' is at #4 after 1356 weeks (26 YEARS!!!) on the charts. That is amazing!

[mrb1960]

What you all have to remember is this. It says in the Bible that "I will bless those that bless thee, and I curse those that curse thee." Now sure this spoken in the Old Testament to the partriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel)) but it also applies today in a spiritual sense.

Being a christian I've noticed that everyone who has ever intentionally done me harm has suffered because of it. In some way, shape or fashion, they have repaided for whatever they did. I've been told it's cuz they have spoken out against someone who takes a stand for God Almighty and his son Jesus Christ.

Now that's not being said to put the christian up on a pedestal and tell everyone "you better not mess with me or else!" It's a biblical principle that plays out in the true believers life.

Where am I headed with this you may ask?? The Dixie Chicks, as well as others in the nation, have taken it upon themselves to mess with God's "anointed one," in this case George W. Bush.

President Bush is a believer, and this is where GWB gets his strength, having that relationship with Jesus Christ. He knows that he's right and doesn't care whether these people do their best to bring him down. He knows in the end that they will be brought down (whether it be here in the life to come) and he "sticks to his guns" no matter what these lunatics are saying about him.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Wow. How myopic of this author. Does s/he really think the Vichy Chicks aren't paying a price--a heavy price--for their anti-patriotic remarks?

No matter to me, it just shows how little these media pencil pushers really think.

The DC were essentially sold out before their assinine behaviour. The record sales have stayed high relatively speaking, but from what I've read and seen, their sales as a whole have fallen off. Their airplay has plummeted, though I still do occasionally hear their stuff on my local country station. The very mention of their name was enough to elicit loud "boos" at the CMT Flameworthy Music Awards. And the very essence of their core audience is country music: people who work hard, love their country, and live in the Red States.

Their other "base"--teenage girls with no country music ties, are a flighty demographic. Sure, it's hip to like the Vichy Chix now, but these kids change "idols" every other week.

Don't look for the Chicks to stay on "Top of the World" for long...in reality, though, they were never there.