Dixie Chick: "I Don't Feel He is Owed ANY RESPECT WHATSOEVER" (Time)

[kpete]

"I apologized for disrespecting the office of the President. But I don't feel that way anymore. I don't feel he is owed any respect whatsoever," Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines tells TIME's music critic Josh Tyrangiel, of her remark to a London audience in 2003: "Just so you know, we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." TIME's cover story, "Radical Chicks," hits newsstands Monday, May 22nd.

See full story on TIME.com. at:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1196020,00.html
via:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/05/21/dixie-chicks-maines-i-_n_21373.html

[Benhurst]

1. Good for her. The only thing Bush desrves is a trial at the Hague. NT

[mod mom]

58. Amen.

[Union Thug]

2. I don't like country music, but I'm buying their CDs..

Gotta love these women. Preach on, Sister!

And look how Time framed it.."radical". Okay, whatever. Being ashamed of a lying, murderous, spoiled rotten frat boy is not radical.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. They are more pop and rock than country

I am not a country fan at all but I LOVE The Dixie Chicks.

[joneschick]

6. radical comes from the same etymology as radish

...at the root so to speak. So yeah, I think Dixie Chicks are radical. Rock on. Of course I'll buy the cd!

[petgoat]

21. Listen to "Not Ready to Make Nice"

http://www.dixiechicks.com/ (click at the bottom of the page)

Then give a listen to Pink's "Dear Mr. President"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eDJ3cuXKV4&eurl

[mirandapriestly]

24. My reaction exactly!nt

[FuzzyDicePHL]

57. Buy it!

It's EXCELLENT! Much better than their last, and just as good as "Fly" and "Wide Open Spaces!" I woke up the last two mornings with songs from "Taking The Long Way" in my head. Very enjoyable.

Nice to see it's doing so well on iTunes and on Amazon.

[spanone]

3. Gotta love Natalie...stick to your guns. I'm ashamed he's from my country.

[npincus]

5. "Radical" Chicks? I'd say their views are in the mainstream.

Does Time read the polls?

[Pierzin]

11. Yes, but when you're a right winger

Everyone is supposed to agree with you and if anyone questions the government or the president in this so-called war on terror(makes the war on drugs seem tame- oh how I long for the Cold War!) Jesus! What is it gonna take for this country to hit the streets like the kids in France and the immigrant marches!???

[npincus]

20. a Draft would light a fire under their arses

[StellaBlue]

50. this is what I've been telling my friends lately

in late night talks about the state of the world.

A draft will make these stupid, spoiled kids take notice. Cause the won't go. I won't go. We're used to more individualism that any previous generation.

[bunkerbuster1]

63. Well, 1) "Radical" doesn't mean what it used to...

and 2) there is a play on words with "Radical Chic."

I probably couldn't resist going with the obvious either, if I were designing the cover.

[AX10]

7. I to am ashamed that Bush is the President.

Strategically speaking, the Chicks should really should leave Country. They are recieving very little airtime from Country radio. There is still much contempt for them within the Country Community. They should sign with a mainstream (rock/alternative) label. At least they would get more airtime. Also, their real fans will follow them where ever they go.

[LostinVA]

54. They no longer consider themselves Country

And, this isn't a Country album... per Maines' interview in EW.

[Pierzin]

8. I saw her on 60 Minutes

I think it was last week, when I had TV reception, (nocable)

This president and his lunatic fringe friends at the Networks have ushered us backward by at least 50 years. Bush is fucking delusional, he and his wife don't beleive in scientific number like polls, and stuff like that.

Good for them! I hope they sell even more albums since they took their stand.
Bush needs to go on trial at the Hague, I with you there, but for starters I just pray we can get them the hell out of office!

[Hubert Flottz]

9. This dude was Appointed, not elected...

I don't respect an AWOL anyway.

[savemefromdumbya]

22. yes he was not elected

[happydreams]

25. No, he got the vote....

5-4 in 2000. :evilgrin: Hee, hee.

[Hubert Flottz]

41. That was a S-election not an Election.

An Electile dysfunction/Koochey Coup...

[theguvnorgc]

10. Gonzalez can't prosecute EEVERYBODY!

We're finally seeing artists and students standing up to bring
awareness to what has been going on... can the "free
press" be that far behind?

[Hubert Flottz]

12. Welcome to DU...

Can you name all the things that Bush has done in his lifetime to earn ANY respect?

[DarkTirade]

45. Well, there was that one time...

he did enough coke in one sitting to take down a bull elephant, and it barely phased him.

[newyawker99]

15. Hi theguvnorgc!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[zonmoy]

42. dont count on the so called free press to stand up

to * very soon. They are owned by the same cabal that is behind bush.

[Terran1212]

13. Not "Radical" at all

Idiotic cover. I missed the part where they were touting their manifestos.

[midnight]

14. Political polls say the same.

They will no doubt make a profit from there latest C.D.

[Deja Q]

16. It's "radical" to criticize a politico, as granted us in the Constitution?

Sad.

[bbernardini]

17. But...but...NATALIE'S FAT! NATALIE'S FAT! NATALIE'S FAT! FATALIE! FATALIE!

Just wait. The above will be the only comeback the Freepers have, regardless of whether or not it's true.

[Gabi Hayes]

18. that cover shows just how far Time...count the rest of the M$M in there...

is out of the mainstream

THEY're the radicals

at least 65 percent of the public agrees with the Chicks. how is that radical

the radicals are the ones who SUPPORT this illegal junta

seems pretty damn obvious

[myrmenki]

26. Looks like it's a word play

You know, "Radical Chicks" like in "Radical Chic". And radical chic can be quite anything really, from clothes to literature to lifestyle, while not necessarily radical in itself.

Probably one of the editors just thought that he was a genius with, err, puns. And bad puns, if I might say so. Chick, chic, ha ha.

[RandomKoolzip]

19. And just how is being in the majority "radical" again? n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

55. Quit Asking Questions!

Just do what you're told, believe in the leader, and be grateful that gas is ONLY $3 per gallon!

No more questions! It'll give you a headache.
The Professor

[progressoid]

23. Radical?

I suppose for country, but they're just normal (talented) chicks to the rest of us.

[faithnotgreed]

27. you got that right - lets hear elected officials say the same thing

NO respect should be given but they are all so addicted to themselves and their status that they cant actually do anything of consequence
they talk a lot but when it comes down to it there is very little real fight against this horror

thank you john conyers for being the exception

[Rex]

28. Radical chicks my ass! The MSM must marginalize the issue

even with Bush's approval rating in the crapper! I bet more women in America agree with the Dixie Chicks than with Pickles. Like 80/20.

[EVDebs]

29. Since when is telling the truth RADICAL ? MSM heads are

too far into Operation Mockingbird and military PsyOps to know the truth when it's staring them in the face. Besides, the 'Chicks have a flair for the obvious if you haven't noticed yet.

[proud patriot]

30. The Dixie Chicks Rock

I'm buying the CD when it's released Tuesday ...

:woohoo: I have a bumping Car Stereo to blast
it from too ...:evilgrin:

[Rosemary2205]

31. They can all kiss their careers goodbye.

No way do country music fans put up with this.

[treestar]

33. I hate country music, but theirs is good

It is really crossover pop, but the songwriting is especially strong, and I thought so before the flap - before 911, etc., and all the junk. It overcomes a dislike of country in general for me, anyway. Might be worth a try.

Also country has become more mainstream, so it may not be so that country music fans are overwhelmingly right wing.

[idgiehkt]

38. just so you know...

when the controversy first hit, the tour they had right after set a record for first day ticket sales. I believe that they sold out every date.

The album they had out at the time ended up selling more than their first two albums combined. So thanks to reactionary country music fans for making these women very, very wealthy.

Please, country fans, keep boycotting them. They are crying all the way to the bank.

[Rosemary2205]

39. that's great

I sincerely hope that will continue once * is out of office and the political landscape changes. -- or maybe they'll be so loaded by then they won't care about working anymore.

[Skittles]

53. I would not be so sure

these gals are not the only country stars speaking out, they were just the first

[Lars39]

60. Country music fans aren't some kind of monolith; they're individuals.

And as individuals they are gradually waking up.

[BlooInBloo]

32. When you're right, you're right.

[hopeisaplace]

35. lol, or "when you're right, you're left" (New slogan!)

:)

[BlooInBloo]

36. Genius!!

:toast:

[hopeisaplace]

37. :)..can you imagine that plastered on signs everywhere!

:rofl:

(it might actually force people to learn the difference between
right and left...cause lots of people don't know the differences!)


edit: spelling/typo

[BlooInBloo]

40. Sigh.... Only in my dreams....

[Catherine Vincent]

46. Neat bumper sticker!

You better put a patent on that!

[hopeisaplace]

47. thanks, :)

great bumper sticker material for sure :)

[hopeisaplace]

34. Dixie Chicks for President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House.

lol.

LOVE them!

[Freedom_Aflaim]

43. I love this quote, they tell it like it is

"As proof, the first single from the Dixie Chicks' new album, Taking the Long Way (out May 23), is called Not Ready to Make Nice. It is, as one country radio programmer says, "a four-minute f___-you to the format and our listeners"

Go get'em chicks!

[DinahMoeHum]

56. Well, in a real sense, that's true. They'd won just about every

award there is in country music, plus a few Grammys, before "the incident".
So they really can afford to take chances and experiment with rock and pop cross-over formats and such.

:shrug:

[lastliberalintexas]

59. Eh, I'd describe it as an F you to Clear Channel

and the media created boycott.

[LaPera]

44. Yeah. I bought their new cd to support them...ten bucks -- Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F7MG4G/qid=1148257322/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-1980418-0772066?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

:bounce:

[2bfree]

48. Way to go Chicks!

I'm buying that CD on Tuesday! :)

[Digit]

49. K&R

[truthisfreedom]

51. empowering Americans to speak their minds in this time of facism and lies

good for them!

[mvd]

52. Go Chicks!

I have a feeling they felt this way all along.. it was amazing they didn't cave completely after all that disgusting Freeper behavior. They were enlightened quite early on. I'm listening to the CD right now at AOL's full album listening party. It is amazing! I have it on order.

I'm glad in this case that the reviews have been so good. Just to see the support. The only review that wasn't great was from the NY Post - he obviously didn't want to give the CD a good review. No surprise. Comparing it with Faith and Shania?? I like both, but they have never made such a classy CD. And then the Post reviewer says "Not Ready To Make Nice" is too much about her - but it was MADE about her!

[kid a]

61. Would this story even be news, on any cover, or would

Emily still be so vocal if *'s poll numbers were at 70%?

I hope so!

[Dragonbreathp9d]

62. RADICAL? The liberal media is at it again