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I read a publicity stunt by the Dixie Chicks also known as an interview today. Natalie Maines, the main singer and face for the group is known for talking down Bush at a concert in London. This controversy has conveniently re-emerged aroud the release of their new cd today. Natalie, in a new interview, is quoted as saying, “I don’t feel he is owed any respect whatsoever.” Wow, the “intellectual” nature of that statement. She is so above the politics of Dubyah that she doesn’t even have to show him respect. I’d like to know what she has done besides be a member of a semi-popular country music group, that wether or not she respects someone even matters. This “informed” quote is followed by another one: “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.”

This is a great sampling of the elite entertainment world, that believes they are so powerful, that what they feel about this or that is important. Just as I try not to bring my personal life to work with me, they need to leave theirs at home. Is part of the reason I am taking offense to this because I have some respect for Bush? Possibly. Am I his fanboy? No. But I wouldn’t use my position at work as a podium for my positions either (to be read as eye-ther, to sound more intelligent). Then comes the whole, what type of fans we want comment. Its like they are some out there indie rock band. They sing songs like “Cowboy, Take Me Away”. Can they be about more than that? Sure, but why the need to seperate yourself from the group your in. It’s like the nerd who becomes cool and then makes fun of his old friends, to satiate his new found group.

I don’t feel they are owed any respect whatsoever.