dixie chicks -- long but ...............
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dixie chicks -- long but ...............
long but thought u guys might like this point of view .... Dixie Chicks - A Soldiers Remarks<br><br>> >I think this soldier says it all.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >Letter from radio station website in Lubbock, home of the Dixie Chick<br>> >that spewed forth about our president:<br>> >Name: LT Layne McDowell<br>> >Date: 03/15/03<br>> > Time: 01:54:49 PM<br>> ><br>> >Comment<br>> >An open letter to the Dixie Chicks:<br>> >Earlier this week, while performing in London, you stated that you<br>were<br>> >ashamed that our President is from your home state. I wonder if you<br>> >realized how many Americans would be listening. This American was<br>> >listening. This Texan is ashamed that you come from my state. I serve<br>my<br>> >country as an officer in the United States Navy. Specifically, I fly<br>> >F-14 Tomcats off carriers around the world, executing the missions<br>that<br>> >preserve the very freedom you claim to exercise. I have proudly<br>fought<br>> >for my country in the skies over Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan without<br>> >regret. Though I may disagree wholeheartedly with your comments, I<br>will<br>> >defend to the death your right to say them, in America. But for you<br>to<br>> >travel to a foreign land and publicly criticize our Commander in<br>Chief<br>> >is cowardice behavior. Would you have so willingly made those<br>comments<br>> >while performing for a patriotic, flag-waving crowd of Texans in<br>> >Lubbock. I would imagine not. How dare you pocket profits off songs<br>> >about soldiers, their deaths and patriotism while criticizing their<br>> >Commander in Chief abroad, even while they prepare to give their<br>lives<br>> >to ensure your own freedom of speech. Please ask yourself, what have<br>you<br>> >done to deserve that sacrifice? Do not try to justify your comments<br>by<br>> >claiming that you made them only because you care about innocent<br>lives.<br>> >Never once in our history have we committed troops to war for the<br>> >purpose of taking innocent lives. We do it to protect innocent lives,<br>> >even yours. If the world leaders of the late 1930's had the vision<br>and<br>> >courage of our present Commander in Chief, perhaps the evil men who<br>> >caused the death of millions in WWII would have never had the<br>> >opportunity to harm a soul. The potential loss of millions of lives<br>in<br>> >the future at the hands of today's evil men necessitate action. In a<br>> >separate correspondence, I am returning to you each and every Dixie<br>> >Chicks CD and cassette that I have ever purchased. Never again will I<br>> >allow my funds to support your behavior. All you have done is to add<br>> >your name to a growing list of American "Celebrities" who have failed<br>to<br>> >realize that they have obtained their successes on the backs of the<br>> >American blue-collar workers such as our servicemen and women. To<br>> >Natalie Maines: This Texan, this American will continue to risk his<br>life<br>> >to guarantee your freedoms. What will you do to deserve it?
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Being a Canadian who doesn't agree with his Federal Governments stand on the war in Iraq, that was very well put. The letter might seem long winded, but the guy put his heart into it. He mentioned on of my favorite lines. " I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
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As others have mentioned above, his letter was very well stated. I for one, will never buy another CD from the Dixie Chicks or listen to their music on the radio. Most of the radio stations in Oklahoma have quit playing there music on the air as it is.
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When I heard this BS from the Chicks I decided to stop playing and buying their music.<br> <br>Im glad we now know how at least one of them feels about the Pres and the War.<br>The local stations here yanked them from the air after 3500 telephone calls came in to one station asking them to stop.<br><br>Don~<br><br><br>
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apparently....?<br>To be honest, I have never seen a picture of them...<br>this is the thread I found this in...<br>http://forums.thedieselstop.com/ubbt...o=&fpart=1
