Posted on 12/30/2005 4:00:58 AM PST by Nasty McPhilthy
Oh I want to shoot Saddam, just let him loose at my house... I might play with him a little... kneecapping and such... it'd be as bbq.... there'd be beer and betting and a lot of laughin' as well skewered Saddam....
OK, its not a song... but someone should write one...
"The censoring of the Dixie Chicks was only the most extreme example of how media consolidation is killing country music."
Who's censoring?
When you are at War and someone's rooting for the other side, it shows how democratic USA is in allowing them to do so.
"The censoring of the Dixie Chicks was only the most extreme example of how media consolidation is killing country music."
Killing country music? How's that square with the author's first sentence in this piece, "Country music is the nation's most popular genre--with nearly twice as many stations devoted to it than any other."
This dim bulb is so brain dead he can't keep a logical train of thought through one article.
Sour grapes and a typical liberal aversion to all things patriotic, nothing more, nothing less
censorship?? Try being a right-winger on a college campus
The author is an idiot. His article doesn't even square with his article.... the first line contradicts everything else. He also has no clue what the definition of censrship is.
Such lyrics must really upset these effeminate leftist fops.
Remember, its:
Left Wing opinion = freedom of speech by 'the people'
Right Wing opinion = censorship by 'minions'
So President Bush is responsible for the Chicks' lack of sales too. I suspect it was the millions of Americans (aka Bush's biggest financial backers) who were turned off by Maines' remarks.
this man is insane. I actually signed up to point out that the first line contradicts the rest of the article and that his definition of censorship is wrong.
The killing country music part is downright funny. And the author is behind the times. There really hasn't been a topical, pro-military country hit since Toby Keith's "American Soldier" (and HE's a dem). Yes, there's an undercurrent, just as there is for christianity, but most of the time, it's not blatant.
Gretchen Wilson changed everything. Now all the artists in Nashville are trying to be the kind of "playful redneck" that she and her Muzik Mafia cohorts have portrayed.
But, living here, I can tell you that there ARE plenty of liberals in country music. But most of them work in the office buildings downtown. Except for Dolly Parton, and Willie Nelson, few artists have the clout to be openly liberal - and Dolly does it under the umbrella of liberal Christianity.
This author is full of it.
The GOP did not attack Natalie Maines she did a fine job on herself with her big fat mouth.
This guy claims all Country music is GOP he forgets Willie Nelson smoking dope at the White House with his friend Bubba Clinton.
Of course Country fans like songs praising the courage of our fighting men and the patriotism of our country. WE are Americans , not traitorous scum like the Hollyweird crowd.
Interesting. I heard a report on NPR back in 92 about how you could predict elections based upon the themes popular in country and western music. According to this report, Clinton would beat Bush because C&W was all about people being worried about their jobs, out of work, etc.
While I hate to say this, NPR may have been right. You can predict elections by country music themes. And, according to this, I'd say the dems are in deep horsehockey. C&W reflects what people are thinking, what they agree with. And, right now, they support the WOT. Too bad for the dems.
'There really hasn't been a topical, pro-military country hit since Toby Keith's "American Soldier"'
Self-correction: Trace Adkins had a beautiful, respectful tribute to our war dead called "Arlington" last year.
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