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Dixie Chicks film a case of 'Sing,' not 'Shut Up' (Some free PR for Free Republic)
Chicago sun-Times ^
| November 17, 2006
| MARY HOULIHAN Staff Reporter
Posted on 11/17/2006 10:44:26 AM PST by Chi-townChief
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To: Thrusher
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:01:12 AM PST
by
MAWG
(Hilary and Chuckie Schumer ARE the Butt Sisters)
To: Rummyfan
In "Shut Up & Sing," she and Peck build a strong case for freedom of expression and what happens when that is taken away.
I so totally missed that line during my first read. I am at a loss for the appropriate language that won't get me banned here. The Tricks expressed their opinion, I expressed mine, and they are the victim because they are freakin demented moonbats enjoying their existence as a bunch of over indulged spoiled brats.
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:01:35 AM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(The faithful will keep their heads down, their powder dry and hammer at the enemies flanks.)
To: Chi-townChief
"The right-wing Web site, Free Republic, and its anonymous members fuel the campaign against the Dixie Chicks."
_______
I'm not anonymous. I am Right N. Themiddle.
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:02:20 AM PST
by
rightinthemiddle
(Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
To: Chi-townChief
Chicks: Out She-Daisy: IN!
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:07:02 AM PST
by
rightinthemiddle
(Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
To: RacerF150
"I'm shocked Mary didn't propose to one of them..." NO DOUBT!
More biased mainstream media reporting: "These performances exhibit a new vitality and affirm the promise that we haven't heard the last from the Dixie Chicks. "
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:07:06 AM PST
by
Impeach98
(Anti-war protestors should try holding rallies in Damascus and Tehran!)
To: Condor51
Noob. I got mine two days after. :)
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:08:02 AM PST
by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: Chi-townChief
Their concert in Ottawa was a wash.
Neither of the newspapers would say how many attended, but one reviewer mentioned the "thousands of empty seats", at the stadium that seats 18,500.
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:10:04 AM PST
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: Chi-townChief
Tale of the tape.
Wide Open Spaces: 12x platinum.
Fly: 10x platinum.
Home: 6x platinum.
Taking The Long Way: 1x platinum.
Given the fact that TTLW had a production budget that dwarfed WOS or any other album they've done, not only has it grossed only 8% of WOS' gross it has probably netted only 4 or 5% of WOS' net.
If their next album drops below gold certification, they may be looking for a new label.
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:12:40 AM PST
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Chi-townChief
This faux martyrdom is getting tiresome. No one stifled their freedom of expression, not once, not ever. Refraining from buying their records and boycotting their shows and encouraging others to do the same is as much free expression as anything the 'Chicks might say or do. Money talks in a very literal sense. Most importantly, it is a pernicious thing to associate criticism with censorship. The distinction is clear, and there is no hazy gray of meaning between the two. It's only to be expected, I suppose, that muddleheaded entertainers with an overwhelming sense of entitlement could confuse that distinction.
To: Chi-townChief
Alison Krauss and Union Station
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:16:07 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Chi-townChief
In "Shut Up & Sing," she and Peck build a strong case for freedom of expression and what happens when that is taken away. snip
After Maines' comment was printed in a London newspaper and picked up by the Associated Press, it quickly made its way to conservative bastions in the United States. The right-wing Web site, Free Republic, and its anonymous members fuel the campaign against the Dixie Chicks.
Well that wouldnt have happened if the Dixie Chicks hadn't taken away our freedom of expression! /sarcasm
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:16:52 AM PST
by
lowbridge
(Got my own set of keys to the Rovian Weather and Earthquake Machine.)
To: Chi-townChief
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posted on
11/17/2006 11:17:10 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: crazyhorse691
If you have to ask then it's obvious you don't know the "secret hadshake"....
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posted on
11/17/2006 12:25:31 PM PST
by
Colorado Mike
(Lord, help me be the Conservative my enemies think I am.)
To: Chi-townChief
In "Shut Up & Sing," she and Peck build a strong case for freedom of expression and what happens when that is taken away.
What a pile of pelosi. They used their freedom of expression and we used ours.
Instead of "Shut Up & Sing" can it be just "Shut Up"? We have enough bubble-gum-pop-faux-country.
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posted on
11/17/2006 12:28:55 PM PST
by
BJClinton
(So what? It's not like the GOP was conservative.)
To: Chi-townChief
"Natalie Maines has always been the Dixie Chicks' mouth."
They lost fans all and sundry,
Across the entire country,
If they only had a brain
To: Liberty Valance
Beat me to it.
Good on you, mate.
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posted on
11/17/2006 1:10:23 PM PST
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: Liberty Valance
Beat me to it.
Good on you, mate.
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posted on
11/17/2006 1:10:24 PM PST
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: No Truce With Kings
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posted on
11/17/2006 2:29:13 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Rummyfan
Exactly! Freedom of Speech does not equate to the right to be heard nor is it a guarantee of airplay. The chicks have more mediums available to them to speak through than any other person in this country lately.
They are exploiting activism as they troll for new fans. Seeing as their concerts and album sales are 2/3 less than before they pandered to Anti-American sentiment, I'd say finding a new sch-tick is longer over due!
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posted on
11/17/2006 2:29:33 PM PST
by
beansox
To: RegulatorCountry
"Natalie Maines has always been the Dixie Chicks' mouth."
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
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posted on
11/17/2006 2:33:34 PM PST
by
beansox
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