As you may know, country-western stations have banned their songs from the nation's airwaves because DC front-woman Natalie Maines exercised her constitutional right to free speech. Speaking in London, she said, "We're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas." Well, you'd have thought she said the Dixie Chicks were more popular than Jesus! CD trashings are now in vogue among the pinhead set. Country singer and someday has-been Travis Tritt called her comments "cowardly." Since she spoke them before a large audience (possibly a larger one than Tritt has ever performed for in London), I'm not sure in what sense the opinions were cowardly.

It seems more cowardly to hold up to ridicule and shame those who speak up in opposition to the majority, those who seek to preserve the best in America, not merely the expedient.

Radio execs want to hurt the Dixie Chicks economically, but I think the patriotic thing to do is to send their album way up the charts. The Dixie Chicks - "Home" - it's good American music.!
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