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
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
Adam Sweeting assesses how the
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,"
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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