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  • Dixie Chicks film a case of 'Sing,' not 'Shut Up' (Some free PR for Free Republic)

    11/17/2006 10:44:26 AM PST · by Chi-townChief · 45 replies · 1,869+ views
    Chicago sun-Times ^ | November 17, 2006 | MARY HOULIHAN Staff Reporter
    Natalie Maines has always been the Dixie Chicks' mouth. As lead singer, she not only fronts the band on stage but is often its spokeswoman. She was known for speaking her mind well before the now infamous comment that started a backlash against the popular country music group. Back in 2003 at a London concert on the eve of the Iraq war, Maines was just being herself when she said: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." The reaction that followed stunned Maines and bandmates Martie Maguire and Emily Robison. Suddenly, the...
  • My Post on the Dixie Chicks' Flick's JOKE of a Blog

    10/24/2006 6:45:47 AM PDT · by L.N. Smithee · 6 replies · 598+ views
    HEY, DIXIE CHICKS: THIS IS *NOT* A FREE SPEECH ISSUE! Shut Up And Post [...]Now, to answer your dumb question; YES, I believe in Free Speech. The Dixie Chicks expressed their free speech. Members of Free Republic.com (such as myself), the film’s apparent villain and the target of a laughable and feeble smear campaign by a Dixie Chicks’ media flack, express our free speech. The former fans of the Chicks expressed their free speech. Laura Ingraham expressed her free speech when she created the phrase “Shut Up & Sing.” Toby Keith expressed his free speech about Natalie Maines. And...