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Saturday, June 17, 2006

20060617 KDDC Stupid Career Tricks and the Dixie Chicks


The Dixie Chicks and stupid career tricks
Posted by Kevin Dayhoff Saturday, June 17th, 2006 5:45 PM

Does anyone remember the year the Dixie Chicks came to the Carroll County Agriculture Center for the annual Carroll County 4-H FFA Fair?

I could not figure out who did the Photoshop directly above - but I found it here. The top photoshop belongs to "registered@aol.com," whatever that is... If you would like to see a bigger version of the images, and additional photoshops spoofing the Dixies Chicks, go there...

Anyway the Hat Tip goes to
: Michelle Malkin and Coalition of the Swilling for finding the article, "How the Chicks survived their scrap with Bush"

Read Ms. Malkin's post here and be sure to read the "TrackBack <26>." section.

How the Chicks survived their scrap with Bush
(Filed: 15/06/2006)

From the UK's Telegraph

Adam Sweeting assesses how the Dixie Chicks have weathered a political storm

An excerpt from Mr. Sweeting's article reads: "... Although they've sold 30 million albums, the company was concerned about their commercial future. When Maines made her comment on March 10 2003, 10 days before Operation Iraqi Freedom unleashed "shock and awe" over Baghdad, the Dixie Chicks were probably the biggest act in country music. Yet within days, their music vanished from the charts and the airwaves, apoplectic rednecks crushed piles of their CDs with tractors..."

In another Snippet from the article, Emily Robison says: "A lot of pandering started going on, and you'd see soldiers and the American flag in every video. It became a sickening display of ultra-patriotism."

Just then Natalie Maines cluelessly waxes on by saying: "The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism," Maines resumes, through gritted teeth. "Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don't see why people care about patriotism."

Read the rest of the article here.

Ms. Malkin provided a link on her web site to the Department of Defense page on Country Music Stars and the Troops.

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Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland
e-mail him at kdayhoff@carr.org

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