An open letter to the Dixie Chicks

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#7 fan4sure

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Bravo to the gentleman who penned this letter!
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Earlier this week, while performing in London, you stated that you were ashamed that our President is from your home state. I wonder if you
realized how many Americans would be listening. This American was listening. This Texan is ashamed that you come from my state. I serve my country as
an officer in the United States Navy. Specifically, I fly F-14 Tomcats off carriers around the world,executing the missions that preserve the very freedom you
claim to exercise. I have proudly fought for my country in the skies over Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan without regret.

Though I may disagree wholeheartedly with your comments, I will defend to the death your right to say them, in America. But for you to travel to a foreign
land and publicly criticize our Commander in Chief is cowardice behavior. Would you have so willingly made those comments while performing for a patriotic,
flag-waving crowd of Texans in Lubbock. I would imagine not. How dare you pocket profits off songs about soldiers, their deaths and patriotism while criticizing
their Commander in Chief abroad, even while they prepare to give their lives to ensure your own freedom of speech. Please ask yourself, what have you done to
deserve that sacrifice? Do not try to justify your comments by claiming that you made them only because you care about innocent lives. Never once in our
history have we committed troops to war for the purpose of taking innocent lives. We do it to protect innocent lives, even yours. If the world leaders of the late
1930's had the vision and courage of our present Commander in Chief, perhaps the evil men who caused the death of millions in WWII would have never had the
opportunity to harm a soul. The potential loss of millions of lives in the future at the hands of today's evil men necessitate action.

In a separate correspondence, I am returning to you each and every Dixie Chicks CD and cassette that I have ever purchased. Never again will I
allow my funds to support your behavior. All you have done is to add your name to a growing list of American "Celebrities" who have failed to realize that
they have obtained their successes on the backs of the American blue-collar workers such as our servicemen and women.

To Natalie Maines: This Texan, this American will continue to risk his life to guarantee your freedoms. What will you do to deserve it?

James Love
Promotion/News Director/Webmaster
Clear Channel Radio
KIXS FM/KLUB FM/KQVT FM
107 North Star Drive
Victoria, Texas 77904
361-573-0777
Fax: 361-578-0059
 
AMEN,

I think you hit those noisey people ( and thats all they are, we made them stars ) in their pocketbook maybe, just maybe, they remember who made their sorry a$$e$. :dual9mm:
 
Thank you Mr. Love I think you speek for a lot of people. :salute: :salute: :salute:
 
Great letter! Add Robin Williams to the list of idiot hollywood entertainment people who is speaking out against the President. Pretty soon there will be no one for me to watch in movies...sad state of affairs in Hollywood...makes me boiling mad!!! :angry:
 
I agree 100% with the letter!

Although I feel the need to add something...
The Dixie Chicks are currently in Australia and last night they were on Rove Live, a show which interview major star etc...any how...
Rove asked the lead singer about what she had said and she made a very good point...
She said (don't quote me word for work on this) that the band and herself never speak publicly about political matters as they really believe it's a personal belief and entertainers aren't really the correct spokes people for anything and they really might not know many fact, as they don't read as much as they would like to etc...
But then isn't freedom of speech one of the many freedoms Americans and Australians are fighting for over there? The freedom to have your own opinion and voice that opinion? Of course each of us have our own opinion on this war...but who is to say whose opinions are wrong and right? I know I tend to be very out spoken kind of person, and I can’t imagine living in a place where I wouldn’t be allowed to say what I think (I would go nuts!), sure many people disagree because their opinion is the opposite…but does that automatically make their opinion wrong? Does that automatically mean they can’t say their opinion because it’s different to the majority?

That’s just how I tend to see things…
I for one have no idea what she actually said…on the chat show she said it was a joke…so I don’t think I’m even in a position to ‘judge’ what she said…I tend to try not to judge things that have been actually said anyway.
 
Yeh joke...ok...whatever... she isn't thinking it is a joke anymore now that her pocketbook is getting hit hard due to poor record sales. As usually is the case with these entertainment types and i will say again "usually"....they do not think before they speak. Saying what she did , especially in Britain was wrong, our troops are engaged in a theater of war and she is speaking negatively about their commander in chief. I have strong opions on this, and yes that is what the USA is founded on ....freedom...freedom that they are fighting for... her freedom too, maybe she didn' think about that!!!
 
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