Dixie Chicks on the AMA’s?

I thought the American Music Awards would like to have performers that people actually want to watch, you know, to make the almighty advertising dollar.  Apparently the powers that be prefer to have an act perform that had to cancel something like 15 American tour dates and play to 5000 people in a 15,000 person arena, to make some sort of political statement.  *”We here at the AMA’s would like 80% of our viewers to change the channel for the next 5 minutes’

The famous Natalie Maines quote, “I gotta tell you, it is nice to be in a country where you’re not worried about them spitting in your face.” What a hypocrite.  It seems the dish-it-but-can’t-take-it phrase is not in her vocabulary, which is odd because she has such a classy one.  The most laughable part is that she is singlehandedly responsible for her downfall.  She has a right to say whatever she wants and we have a right to not purchase tickets to her show.  Which is exactly what has happened.  So what does she do?  Maines insults her original fans by calling them ugly, yet again there is the hypocrisy because I have yet to see her join weight watchers.  She should be thanking those “ugly” fans for making her the falling star that she is today and giving her the public forum to partake in her 1st Ammendment rights.  Just as her ex fans have chosen to participate in a good old fashioned boycott.

What she said, though tacky and disgusting, is insignificant.  What should be noted is her hypocrisy.  She exercised her freedoms and so did we, but when we do it that makes us the subject of schoolyard insults.  Way to go sister!

after inventing the intraweb…

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a “significant contributor to global warming!”

I have a bridge for sale.

Entitled.

I knew a chick that had a kid, received government assistance (which means money out of your paycheck), then sent her kid to daycare all day while she took singing, acting and dance classes.  She would then complain about everything that is “unfair” about living in America.  Please note that taking singing lessons was not a job that she was paid to do.  It was a hobby that our tax dollars paid for.  Had she sent her child to daycare to do some silly activity called working and contributing to society you would not be reading this paragraph right now.  To partake in a hobby on the taxpayer’s dime would be fine if it was a Christmas or Birthday gift directly from aforementioned taxpayer.  It’s like that one friend you have that says she is broke and can’t afford rent, so you loan her a couple hundred bucks and the next day she shows up in a new dress.  You know how pissed off that makes you?  Same principal.

This is why many Conservatives have a problem with welfare programs.  It’s not a lack of concern for “poor” people.  It is because often times the easy road breeds laziness and a lack of motivation.  Had this young lady not received “benefits” you could almost guarantee she would have found a job.

Yes, there are certain circumstances in which it would be impossible for someone to work, but in most cases there is a back-against-the-wall solution, if forced to find one.  It’s not that we don’t care about people.  It’s that we have faith in them.  I’m sure I will continue to hear that Republicans hate the poor at least 57 times per day, but hopefully this will clear it up for the two friends of mine that actually read this