Thursday, March 08, 2007

Not ready to make nice

Just watched this great documentary on the Dixie Chicks and Natalie Maines' famous 2003 Bush quote in London. It's a well-told story about how the right-wing media turned 15 words ("Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas") into a firestorm against the band and what impact that smear campaign subsequently had on the Dixie Chicks. 90 minutes well spent!
Here's the video for their song reaction (produced in 2006):

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