The Dixie Chicks get french fried.

Maybe we should tell them Saddam's real name is Earl (as in their song, "Goodbye Earl," about an abusive husband/boyfriend who gets what he deserves), they didn't seem too queasy about killing a cruel bastard in that song.

The following is on their website:

"We've been overseas for several weeks and have been reading and following the news accounts of our governments' position. The anti-American sentiment that has unfolded here is astounding. While we support our troops, there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq and the prospect of all the innocent lives that will be lost."

Maines further stated, "I feel the President is ignoring the opinions of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view."

I kind of liked what I've seen of them, and was planning to pick up one of their CDs. They have given new support to the stereotype of the dumb blond.

Ladies, I'll type this slowly: The right to free speech does NOT mean that anybody has to listen, especially when you don't have any more intelligence in your remarks than this, and ESPECIALLY WHEN 70% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THIS WAR!.

Ladies, STAY IN ENGLAND. You shall henceforth be referred to here as The Hollywood Hicks.

Update: One of Hugh Hewitt's listeners says they should be called "The Blixie Chicks". I like it better.


Update: Natalie Maines has apologized, but only for showing disrespect for the President's office. It's apparent that she was pandering to the Europeans with her original statement. But it seems that she, like a lot of other people who rake in money touting their American roots, has forgotten what got us here. It wasn't by backing down from a fight or bowing to creeps like Chirac and Schroeder who have courted and sold dangerous technology to Saddam, and are willing to ignore his slaughter of Iraqis and his theft of the nation's resources, so long as they can profit from cheap oil.

For all their blather about freedom, these people sure don't exhibit any independent thought. They recite stupid slogans like No Blood for Oil, and Give Peace a Chance, without considering whether they make any real sense. If Ms. Maines is ashamed of the president, she should know and feel that a lot of the people who made her rich are feeling ashamed of her and ever having bought her music.