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October 27, 2006 9:00 PM by Filed Under: Film



good evening everyone! gosh there’s even more controversy for my dear dixie chicks who have a new documentary film out called shut up & sing which covers the whole natalie maines‘ comment at a UK concert in 2003 about president bush and the huge very unnecessary backlash that quickly followed! well now it looks like NBC doesn’t want to air the commercial for the film (which is posted below along with the film trailer) CBS is the only network on board to air the ad! CW declined and FOX & ABC haven’t decided yet…i’ve posted on the chicks before so i’m not gonna restate my case but in a nutshell – it was ridiculous what happened to them (people threatened their lives – seriously who has the time to make death threats?!?) oh man i love how they most likely got started with a right-wing audience and now have an even more devoted fan base of us left-wingers (mind you popbytes is a moderate liberal) but i’d like to think (yes in my little ‘perfect pop world’) that everyone supports our freedom of speech…oh my word i just got all serious on a friday night! anyways i hope everyone is up to something more fun than writing this! popbytes over & out for now…xxoo!











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  • Pat

    The dixie chicks had their freedom of speech and the PEOPLE of United States backlashed against them NOT the government, get it straight-WE the people do not want a bunch of uneducated hollywood idiots, telling us who to vote for, they need to keep thier polical opinions to themselves.

  • viva dixie

    i’m intrigued. i want to see it.

  • shanda

    the other two ………….. leave the big mouthed non moral haveing bich in the dirt and go on to make music … her display of ignorance is takeing down all you have worked so hard to build …. her lack of class shouldnt ruin it for the two of you

  • http://popbytes.com Marqs

    Not that I’m a fan of their music (I mean, it’s okay, but not for me). This time around, I bought a few CDs just for their support. I would have liked to have seen other big names support & surround themselves w/DChicks. Perhaps Bruce Springsteen, he’s out there vocally on politics. And other bands, maybe even a concert promoting a change in Wash DC & those war-mongers — my God, how many deaths does it take? But you know the musicians in country & western, they’re more concerned with the $$$ in their pockets & the backlash they would get from their tight-ass. closed-mind community. When Reba McIntyre spoke out agains DChicks, I wanted so to kick her self-mighty ass — she’s just another puppet, a piss poor presentation & role model for woman, no mind.

  • Dumdums

    Freedom of speech can’t be stopped by government. Private companies can say no.. What idiots! And No Neck Natalie? Hey, some people are offended by you.. don’t want to see or like you.. K!!? That’s my freedom of speech.

  • Ryan

    Natalie Maines is a dumb fuck!

  • Ryan

    I agree with Pat. Natalie Maines and the rest of the Dixie Chicks need to stick to makin music. They were good at that. Now all they look like is what Britney Spears tried to do with her show Chaotic! Like look like dumb fucks! how do u fuckin like being called that. oh and another thing. President Bush is doin a much better job than Natalie Maines ever could. She does need to shut and sing!

  • karen

    What people need to understand is it’s okay to disagree with the Dixie Chicks. They’re not right or wrong, because opinions can’t be right or wrong…that’s why they’re opinions. The Dixie Chicks are free to have opinions just like everyone else. I understand that for the families who have loved ones overseas, their words were expecially hurtful to them. However, they are just words and just opinions. Call them ignorant, insightful, refreshing, disturbing, or what have you, but at the end of the day, what was said was an opinion of the Dixie Chicks. They’re free to have theirs, and we’re free to have ours.
    In my opinion, when you are in another country, you are an ambassador for your country and need to represent your country with respect. I feel what she said was wrong ONLY because of WHERE she said it. On that same note, I think they are great artists and people and don’t deserve the punishment they’re getting. I hope they’ll continue to voice their opinions where appropriate.

  • LibraryLady

    I believe in freedom of speech also.
    Natalie Maines and the sisters can say what they want and I am free to never again buy their CDs or go to their movies.
    By the way, the numbers are in for the movie, colossal failure.
    This is sad, I LOVED the Chicks; they are beautiful and talented musically, I just don’t support traitors.

  • just_me

    see, this is why people hate americans so much! you go on and on about your personal freedoms, your all mighty freedom of speech! Yet this is a classic example of what happens when someone uses that so called priviledge to say something everyone else doesn’t agree with…
    The only freedoms you have in america is to choose what brand you are going to buy today!
    Don’t you know the rest of the world is laughing at your country and your illiterate redneck president?

  • corrisa

    I love the dixie chicks for what they’re doing!Natalie god,there should be more people like her in our world,she is’nt blinded by the news,and what everyone on tv is trying to cover up.She’s one smart cookie who isnt afraid to say what everyone else is afraid to say.Open up ur eyes people!!the dixie chicks and everyone in america have a freedom of speach and we should act on it,thats what they did,and have every right to.

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