Hooray Dixie Chicks!!!

Natalie Maines and Stephen Colbert -
The current "celebrity" enemies of the Bushies...too bad congress doesn't
have the integrity that these people do.


Dixie Chicks Singer Slams Bush Again
AP
NEW YORK (May 21) - The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines apologized for
disrespecting President George W. Bush during a London concert in 2003. But now, she's
taking it back.

"I don't feel that way anymore," she told Time magazine for its issue hitting
newsstands Monday. "I don't feel he is owed any respect whatsoever."

As war in Iraq loomed in 2003, Maines told the London audience: "Just so you
know, we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas."

The remarks led to death threats and a backlash from other U.S. country
stars, including a high-profile spat with Toby Keith. It also stalled what until
then had been the group's smashingly successful career.

Bandmate Emily Robinson said she knew right away the remark wouldn't be taken
lightly and got "hot from my head to my toes."

"It wasn't that I didn't agree with her 100 percent; it was just, 'Oh, this
is going to stir something up,'" she told Time magazine.

For band member Martie Maguire, the controversy was a blessing in disguise.

"I'd rather have a small following of really cool people who get it, who will
grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in
their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith," Maguire said. "We
don't want those kinds of fans. They limit what you can do."