Ironic.

The greatest idea in world history, America, was founded on the very basis of questioning authority. Sadly, many Americans have forgotten that.

I have a feeling "Jeff" would have jumped in the harbor to rescue the tea.

And the Dixie Chicks sold more than 500,000 albums in its first week with pretty much zero radio play (in the United States, there was a time when you couldn’t go three minutes without hearing them on Canadian radio). They are doing just fine.

Folks, if you give a damn about this country, your personal political views are irrelevant in this case.

I don't care that she slammed Bush, Clinton or anyone else for that matter.

Her actions were unAmerican because she spouted those statements IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY!!!!

You can call your sister a Bitc*, but if an "outsider" does, hopefully you'll clock 'em.

Same concept. Americans do not go to a foreign country and bad mouth the President of the United States in a public setting. It's called Honor and Patriotism.

Another example of a "celebrity" thinking they are somehow free to cram thier opinions down people's throats because there's a camera nearby.

I thought they just criticized President Bush and his policies on Iraq

when I criticize Ohio Senator Mike DeWine for using a doctored photo of the World Trade Center Towers in a campaign ad, am I being critical of Senator DeWine's honesty or am I being anti-American?

of course like I should care about the Dixie Chicks......according to the tagline they are Canadians now.....

There is a HUGE difference between liberal ideals in a song and running one's mouth off spouting anti-Americanism. I would contend that many of Johnny Cash's (big fan) and Willie Nelson's (fan) songs are populist as opposed to being liberal. The same could be said about Alan Jackson, George Strait and a few other contemporay country artists. I wasn't much of a fan of the Dixie Chicks but would not turn the dial when they came on the radio.

When they started spouting off with their anti-American comments and playing it up to the anti-war crowd they crossed a line. They practiced their free speech and country music fans practiced their free speech by not buying their albums, attending their concerts and by calling their radio stations and demanding their songs not be played. I am pretty sure they could have salvaged their careers (God knows they got a lot of help from non-traditional fans (ie the anti-war crowd)) but they played the victim.

They forgot who their audience was-and unlike other genres of music country tends to be far more conservative-very God and Country focused. Johnny Cash had some relatively liberal leaning songs, Willie Nelson has some liberal leaning opinions, but both understood how to not tick off their fans-unlike these girls, they understood their audience.

In the end I think the Chicks are salvagable-while I don't care for them myself, they are talented and capable musicians/singers-I suspect within a few years they will have made the transition to pop/rock and will still be making plenty of money to keep them happy, even if it doesn't reach the sales they were experiencing before the big blunder.

the Dixie Chicks ARE NOT moving to Canada now are they?

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