I know John posted the Dixie Chicks new song the other day... it's so easy to forget how crazy the country was just three years ago. What happened to Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks should never be forgotten. It's a lesson for the ages -- a lesson about how warped this country had become under George Bush. Because, three years ago, anyone who spoke the truth about Bush was vilified and threatened.
But undaunted, the Dixie Chicks have a new song out...and despite the efforts to censor and bully them, they're right back at it:
It addresses the controversy head on, with Maines singing in the chorus, "I'm not ready to make nice. I'm not ready to back down. I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time to go round and round and round."You know, god forbid an American actually speak their mind like Natalie Maines did before the war. Imagine if the traditional media had done their job and questioned Bush. Instead, they joined in the bashing of anyone who did.
She also sings, "How in the world can the words that I said send somebody so over the edge," and "I made my bed and I sleep like a baby."
Hell, all Natalie Maines did was say she was ashamed of Bush then...and there were a lot of Americans who shared that view. Guess what? We were right. He was lying then and he can't tell the truth now. He took us to war with no plan to get out.
Being ashamed of Bush -- and saying it in 2003 -- was brave. Anyone who isn't ashamed of the dangerous incompetence in 2006 just isn't paying attention.
