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I see little reason to pay much attention to the political mutterings of celebrities. I did enjoy some of the anti-war music from the sixties but it had more to do with the music than the message.

The Dixie Chicks will ultimately be judged by their music as well which IMHO is something like a country version of the Spice Girls. Perhaps anti-Bush statements will give them some publicity especially since they must think a lot of us care that they are not ready to make nice, at least enough to make a song about it.

longbough

Tell that to Maines of the Chicks who said, “The entire country may disagree with me, but I don’t understand the necessity for patriotism ... Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don’t see why people care about patriotism.”

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YaWhateva

well to some extent she is right, not everybody has to be a patriot. There will always be a necessity for patriotism though, IMO. Just not the flag waving, redneck form of it that seems to be thriving in our country.

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