Reaction a shock to Dixie Chicks

(Mansfield, OH) News Journal ^ | May 22, 2003 | John Benson

[fightinJAG]

It is somewhat ironic that the Dixie Chicks, one of country music's biggest acts over the past five years with nearly 25 million albums sold, decided to call their latest disc "Home," a place they were not welcome earlier this spring.

[Registered]

Hey, maybe we should form a formal FReep of Crow?

[Defender2]

Note to Dixie Strips formerly Dixie Chicks: This 27 year and continuing to serve veteran have not bought any of your
music materials. After what Ms. Maines said about our president overseas, I don't even listen to their music on the radio. Ms Maines, you and the "strips" will not ever see any of my money!!!!:-(

[KDD]

Very good point and one I've not seen made elsewhere.

[demosthenes the elder]

Have you noted, over the last 20 years or so, how news items in both mainstream print and broadcast media have strayed ever farther from facts and thought into the realm of speculation and feelings?
And they still dare to call it "news"?

[demosthenes the elder]

well put.

[MeekOneGOP]

Nope. NOT an apology is right!

[MeekOneGOP]

I doubt he has it copyrighted. No copyright note on his graph. And I imagine the principle of 'free use' would apply. Most sites that don't want folks 'borrowing' their images display them such that copying is either impossible or very difficult to do.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

F.U.D.C.

[CyberAnt]

I will say this again. This statement was said by Maines in order to sell more CD's. The audience was not pro-America - this statement was one way to make the audience relate to them. For Maines to say the statement - go home and apologize for the statement - go to Austrailia and say the same statement again.

I think her "patriotic" statement is just as phoney as the rest of her.

[husky ed]

We never in a million years knew people were listening to what we said," said Maines

I know I don't. Except when the fat bitch starts running down the country.

[mtbopfuyn]

Yes, I do understand the meaning of free speech. The question is do the DC's understand their ex-fans also have that same free speech; read buying power. Do they also understand the meaning of shut up, put your clothes on, and go away?

[Becki]

Way to go Becki! Good screed but alas, it probably falls on deaf ears and blind eyes.

Here is the answser I received in its entirety.

Thanks for the reply.
jb

Becki

[Becki]

Does anyone have a picture of Maines wearning that shirt F.U.T.K in full?

The only one I have seen posted is the one in message #39 above.

Becki

[Becki]

I'm sorry!! Make that message #31.

Becki

[deadhead]

Maines Still Not in Fashion With Keith

Calvin Gilbert 05/23/2003

The Academy of Country Music Awards took place in Las Vegas, but the biggest fashion statement of the night was made 1,500 miles away. And given the way things have been going for the past three months, maybe it's not so surprising that the statement was made by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks.

Maines sported a shirt emblazoned with the letters "F.U.T.K." while the trio performed "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" via satellite from a concert in Austin, Texas. The special segment was part of the ACM Awards show televised live from Las Vegas. Later in the show, Vince Gill opened the envelope to learn that Toby Keith had been named entertainer of the year and said, "Well, I think his name was on somebody's shirt tonight."

Maines' shirt became a hot topic on radio talk shows and Internet message boards, thanks to previous comments she has made about Keith and President George W. Bush. After experiencing a backlash from fans and radio over a comment she made about Bush during a London concert in March, Maines wore a shirt carrying the message "Dare to Be Free" when the U.S. leg of the Dixie Chicks world tour kicked off earlier this month in Greenville, S.C.

When asked if Maines intends to explain what the letters "F.U.T.K." meant, a publicist at Front Page Publicity -- the firm responsible for the Dixie Chicks' media relations -- told CMT.com Friday (May 23), "I don't know."

Assuming that the last two letters of the acronym refer to Keith, it's easy to speculate the meaning of the first two. And if that's the case, then Maines' shirt appears to be another jab in a dialog that began almost a year ago when she criticized Keith's flag-waving song, "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)." On the other hand, Chicks supporters on Nashville's Music Row have offered a kinder, tongue-in-cheek definition of "F.U.T.K." -- "Friends United in Truth and Kindness."

Following Wednesday's (May 21) ACM Awards, Keith traveled to Los Angeles for a Thursday appearance on the ABC late night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live. Keith said he doesn't know what the letters on Maines' shirt meant. "I have no idea," he said. "It happened during the [ACM] show when I was already gone."

With several members of Kimmel's audience wearing shirts with the letters "F.U.D.C.," Keith explained the history of what has become a public feud.

"She attacked me about nine months ago over the 'Angry American' song," Keith said. "I took the high road for a little bit and then she didn't think that she got the fight, I think, that she wanted. So then she attacked our president on foreign soil and got the fight she wanted, I guess." Keith added, "She's still not done. If y'all think she's done, you're crazy. Stuff comes out of her blowhole daily."

Keith may disagree with Maines' comments, but he likes their music. However, he also expressed concern for the other members of the Dixie Chicks -- Martie Maguire and Emily Robison.

"They make great music," he noted. "I think it's too bad for the other two that … it has to be what it is, because they do make great music."

Found the above photo and story on the internet. Natalie Maines is disgusting.

Colleen

[McGavin999]

Does America understand the concept of free speech? Apparently, the actions of the Dixie Chicks and America mean "No" to all of the above.

Yes, America does, apparently the writer of this article is the one who doesn't.

The Constitution is a very quick read, I'm amazed at the small number of people who have actually bothered to read it.

[Godfollow]

"Will artists continue to speak their mind? Does America understand the concept of free speech? Apparently, the actions of the Dixie Chicks and America mean "No" to all of the above."

Does America understand the concept of free speech??? Whada f'ing idiot... Dixie Chicks make an incredibly dumb statement while on tour, try to back-peddle and end up with egg on their face, and America doesn't understand the concept of free speech. Shows you how vacuous these libs are and their lack of common sense understanding about anything.

[The Real Eddie01]

>>>Doctor Laura

or the stealing and burning of all campus newspapers that ran Horowitz's anti-reparations piece.

That was nice too.

[Proud Legions]

My wife (June Cleaver) and I are sooooo embarrashed right now that this is the home town newspaper from where we grew up (Manfield, Ohio). It used to be a good paper...oh well.

[demosthenes the elder]

Toby Kieth, in this and the earlier interview transcript, has me laughing in glee. I am curious, though... his repeated use of the term "blowhole"... Is he using it with the intent to compare Maines with a whale ("miserable fatbody" jab) or is he instead suggesting that her mouth bears a functional similarity, in what passes out of it, to an anal sphincter?