Is Dixie Chicks protest a conspiracy?

The Cincinnati Enquirer ^ | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 | John Kiesewetter

[Tennessee_Bob]

27Alpha C-12? I haven't gotten the new decoder ring. Can you give that code to me in the old ID-10-T format??

[KalDot]

Our next assignment is hidden on the front of a Capn Crunch cereal box. Get your 3D glasses out.
(Encrypted so Blixxy Hicks manager wont know our next move!)

[Enterprise]

All stations this net - All stations this net.

Go to Blue Frequency Alpha November Foxtrot, Plus 5, at Zulu 0700 minus Zebra 9. Prepare to copy new conspiracy directive issued by Behemoth niner niner. Wearing of tin foil hats during receipt of msg is mandatory. All stations acknowledge and authenticate. Enterprise authenticates Foxtrot Foxtrot "cirrus 5." Enterprise out.

[new cruelty]

some one has to say it...

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

[JFC]

I do think Natalie Maines is a has been.
read http://nataliemaines.com/index2.htmlher site.

[Jabba the Nutt]

D*mn it, Jim! I'm a doctor not a bug exterminator!

Ah, sorry, the absurdity is contagious. Hey, you know how I found this article? I found it via the Australian blogger Tim Blair. How he found it, I don't have a clue. How he found it, before we did, is amazing.

Here's his post:

The Dixie Chicks are attempting the risky Hillary Gambit:

Are the Dixie Chicks victims of a right-wing conspiracy?

That's what their manager, Simon Renshaw, has told country music stations being pressured to drop the Chicks' music after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized President Bush last week.

In an e-mail to stations distributed by Sony Music, their label, Renshaw says the protest has been orchestrated by Free Republic.

"Your company is being targeted by a radical right-wing online forum," Renshaw says in the e-mail. "You are being 'Freeped,' which is the code word for an organized e-mail/telephone effort attempting to solicit a desired response."

"Freeped" is a code word?
posted by Tim Blair at 12:05 AM

[tmg]

When did we become radicals? Since joining this forum, I have seen every viewpoint expressed, and in fact I have read posts where members were encouraging people who had different views to speak up, in order to promote intelligent, rational, conversation.

I'd say we should send messages to the chicks manager, but he's clearly too close minded to pay any attention. If he had taken the time to poke around the forums and learn about us, he wouldn't have made such a silly comments.

[AnAmericanMother]

I've been meaning to ask you . . . urgency pants? Is that anything like Depends? and wouldn't that be Dringlichkeitunterhosen?

. . . just asking . . . :-D

[Enterprise]

All stations have acknowledged and authenticated. Commmence new conspiracy operation "Zanzibar." Enterprise authenticates Kilo Lima Xray. Enterprise out.

[Moby Grape]

Yes!!!! We forced the chick to say really goofy, ignorant crap, we we could THEN attack her for being goofy and ignorant.

[DeathfromBelow]

The Web site also alleges that recent anti-war protests are "communist-organized demonstrations."

At least this reporter could have done his J.O.B., and checked out the "alleged" comment, but that would be work.

[DeathfromBelow]

It's over, "The Fat Lady has Sung"

[Tennessee_Bob]

LOL!

Someone finally asks!

It's from a comic strip, Sluggy Freelance. It's supposed to be "Emergency Pants," but I didn't feel like beating babelfish up for the correct word.

http://www.sluggy.com

[unixfox]

[ChefKeith]

The Eagle is wearing pink suspenders!

REPEAT... The Eagle is wearing pink suspenders !

[Born Conservative]

I had a lib co-worker complaining to me yesterday about how terrible it was that we actually protested about the chicks, as if we don't have that right.

I guess the difference between a conservative and a lib is: it's much safer to conduct a freep campaign than it would be to stand in front of a bulldozer to get your point across. I haven't heard of anyone yet who has died as the result of an email protest!

[JudgemAll]

Conspiracy? What conspiracy? Where is the crime? Oh, sure, they support those conspiring to block roads as we speak, but call others the conspirers...

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Hey! Another FReepin' Sluggy Fan!

And if that ain't a secret password, I don't know what is.