Um, I actually like the Dixie Chicks. I can set aside political stuff for music.

Country music makes up about 2% of the songs on my iPod. The Dixie Chicks account for around 80% of that 2%.

In other words, I'm not a big country fan, but if I'm going to listen to country, the Chicks will be near the top of my list.

This just might come back to haunt you.

Stop pretending you don't wallow in the mud of the pig pen like most of us here..

Don't bet the farm on that.

I wouldn't BET a dime on it. But, it's still my hunch that they'll do pretty well. I could certainly be wrong. They've got enough very loyal fans to make plenty of money even if they did lose a lot of the more casual fans.

But we'll see -- like I said, it's just a hunch -- I wouldn't put any money on it.

Shoot, we used to execute traitors.

She got off easily, IMO.

Right. We used to call black people ******s and make them ride in the back of the bus, too. And then we grew up into a (more) civilized world.

Apples and oranges.

Just in case some here haven't seen it, here's one of the infamous pictures:

"KC Man spits on Jane Fonda "

Damnit Gaz, I told you to stay away from KC yesterday!

I guess rappers haven't been so quick to catch on and grow up????

Hey, it was one time, and I thought it was a woman. Damn those transvestite hookers! Damn them!

It is Apples and Oranges, you're right. But still -- just because we USED to execute people doesn't mean we still should do anything of the sort.

That picture is ****ed up. This chick definitely comes off as a traitor. I certainly don't blame anyone who feels a hatred towards her.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Read it. It's the most interesting book I've ever read in my life.

I don't really defend hip-hop artists or any black folks for using that word, but you and I both know they are using it to take the power away from us white people, so them using it is totally different than us using it. Not saying it's right, but it's, again, apples and oranges.

Similarly, the n-word is so far beyond almost every other racial slur out there. Comparing it to most others is completly absurd.

Read the book, it's interesting.

Oh, I don't know. I think that giving aid and comfort to the enemy during time of war is one of the better justifications of executing someone.

That and not washing one's legs with any relative frequency.