Country Music Insanity

The Dixie Chicks are back.

For those that do not remember, here is a short timeline. Before 2003, the Dixie Chicks were huge. And I do not mean huge as in Kirstie Alley. They were huge as in fame. Every hick east and west of the Mississippi River could just not get enough of the Chicks. Their shows all sold out, their CDs sold like crack in Detroit, and they were always on the country music charts.

But then one of the Chicks sad a bad thing about the messiah. Just like the cartoonist who drew a picture of "the Prophit Mohammad", The Chicks were suddenly getting death threats. Yes, death threats. Suddenly, the legions of toothless loyal fans were burning their CDs, refusing to go to shows, demanding that radio stations stop playing The Chicks, and calling for The Chicks to just leave America if'in they don't like it here.

And why? What did they say? What could they possibly have said or done to justify getting death threats? They said something against Bush. The lead singer Maines told a London audience on the eve of the war in Iraq that the group was "ashamed" the president was from their home state of Texas.

Now lets consider what would have happened if The Chicks had said something against Jacques Chirac. Like if she had said "We should stuff an umbrella up the ass of that no good cheese eating Jacques Chirac and then OPEN IT!". There would have been massive cheering and much shooting of six guns in the air. The "YEEEE-HAW!s" would have lasted for days. Of course, the country music fans would have mistaken Chirac for this guy

I doubt that many of the fans would have known the difference between a French marine biologist and a French President.

But she did not suggest sticking an umbrella up the ass of someone who disagreed with Bush (AND who by the way turned out to be correct) - she said she was ashamed Bush was from Texas. Even if Bush is NOT A TEXAN, he was born in NEW HAVEN CT. His father was born in Boston MA. Both Jr. and Sr. are YANKEES! George W. Bush is a Texan like I am an albino eskimo from Tahiti. But do not confuse the toothless with facts.

Anyway, the Chicks have a new album. The single released to the radio stations is titled "Not Ready To Make Nice". As you can probably guess from the title, they are not ready to make nice. Many country format station are avoiding adding the song to the rotation. But that is OK, because the producer of the album is better known for rap and rock albums than country albums.

In spite of the stations that will not play the song, it has managed to get to number 36 on the country charts. I guess some stations are playing it.

What makes me chuckle the most is the reaction the rebel flag waving crowd had after someone made a negative comment about a carpet bagging yankee who moved to Texas, bought a ranch and a cowboy hat, and then claimed to be "one of them". It still makes me laugh.

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