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In an recent interview, country musicians The Dixie Chicks revealed that they received several death threats back in 2003 when they had negative things to say about President Bush. In fact, one threat went so as to name the place, time, and method that would be used.

Natalie Maines says one of the death threats she received after criticizing President Bush three years ago was “definitely scary” because the sender “had a plan.”

Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, told a London audience during a March 10, 2003, concert: “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” The comment was made as war was looming with Iraq, and Maines later apologized for the phrasing of her remark.

In an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” to air, Maines says one threat she received in the summer of 2003 was different from the others.

“It was definitely scary because it seemed so — it wasn’t just somebody wanting to write a hate letter,” she says. “It was somebody who obviously thought they had a plan.”

Emily Robison, who plays banjo and guitar in the Texas trio, says, “There was one specific death threat on Natalie. [It] had a time, had a place, had a weapon. I mean, everything. …’You will be shot dead at your show in Dallas.’ ” (source)

Believe it or not, I don’t listen to country music. That’s a common stereotype for people from the south. So is being a bud swilling, 4×4 driving, cousin banging republican redneck , which I also, am not and do not do. Although, my cousin Anna Marie is pretty fucking hot, and I’m pretty sure that Uncle Mike is not her real father, so that hand job she gave me in the 10th grade probably doesn’t count as a sin. That said, the whole Dixie Chicks thing got way out of hand. Although, I stop short at saying I like their music, they’re still fucking musicians, not politicians, and certainly not agents of widespread geo-political change; unless Wide Open Spaces playing on Top 40 stations is C-Span worthy. But I digress…
Also, the southern-by-the-grace-of-god patriot cum self-appointed vox populi, vox dei that decided that anyone who insults the Prezinent of Merka, needs to die, prolly didn’t make it to that class in the second grade where we talked about the Constitution and Freedom of Speech. This country was built on the premise that we’re all fucked up and by law we have the right to bitch about that. To quote the great John Winger:

“We’re all very different people. We’re not Watusi, we’re not Spartans, we’re Americans. With a capital “A”, huh? And you know what that means? Do you? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We’re the underdog. We’re mutts.”

Nobody needs to die have a conversation on politics, or religion for that matter. Unless you live in a small, oil rich, middle eastern country. Commies.