From: Doug234@webtv.net   
      
   "It's really nice to hear that not everyone thinks it's "Un-American"   
   just because one person's view is different from another."   
      
   Natalie can say whatever she wants in her music and hardly anyone would   
   ever hold it against her or consider her "Un-American. At least not this   
   moderate Conservative. What she did was step across that line and into   
   the public political arena. She took a very hard stance and whether you   
   do that from the Left or the Right, you are going to alienate the 50% of   
   the American public that disagrees with you. The only thing wrong with   
   what she did, is she alienated the 50% that make up the majority of the   
   people that put food on her table.   
      
   I love the Dixie Chicks and feel they are very talented. And they have a   
   Constitutional right to their beliefs. I'm a veteran and I put my life   
   on the line for her to have those rights. Many of my favorite   
   entertainers probably have very different political beliefs than I do   
   and that's fine..that's America. But she stepped across a line..a line   
   she does not recognize. Ok..that's fine, I have rights too, and I choose   
   not put money in her pocket. I have no problem with any one else doing   
   it...just don't expect it from me....yet. The only problem for the Dixie   
   Chicks is that a lot of her fans feel the same way I do. Honestly   
   Natalie, we DON'T hate you, we just don't want to buy your next house,   
   we'd rather spend our money on Gretchen Wilson or Sugarland   
   Express..folks we can relate to. I guess, we're "Not Ready To Make Nice"   
   either.   
      
   You'll just have to be more patient, Natalie. I think America was ready   
   for...if not an apology, then at least...an acknowledgement of how some   
   were offended and the pain that caused. Not a scolding. She chose not to   
   do that and, of course, that is her right. We will forgive you, but now   
   it's probably not going to be until the end of this Presidency and the   
   end of this conflict. Keep waiting Natalie, we even forgave Jane Fonda.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)