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| Dixie Chicks..; Ever the classless act | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 10 2006, 03:39 AM (491 Views) | |
| Axtremus | Nov 10 2006, 02:42 PM Post #26 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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In which case, we should also not complain about the celebrities' life style choices corrupting our youth. We want a basketball or bassball or football star to just play ball, not to expound on his politics or life philosophy or, *gasp*, serve as a role model. Just play ball, and we don't want to care what else you do. |
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| Daniel\ | Nov 10 2006, 02:51 PM Post #27 |
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Fulla-Carp
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A lot of where that's coming from is that athletes are expected to be role models for their communities often minority communities. This makes me think of Michelle Wie getting 50,000,000 in endorsements at 16 without winning once. I'm kind of past caring about role models. |
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| AlbertaCrude | Nov 10 2006, 03:21 PM Post #28 |
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Bull-Carp
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Well I happen to care if athletes use performance enhancing drugs. It sends a clear message to youth that its okay to cheat. |
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| Luke's Dad | Nov 10 2006, 03:40 PM Post #29 |
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Emperor Pengin
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What's bassball? Itsounds like fun!
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| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| AlbertaCrude | Nov 10 2006, 03:53 PM Post #30 |
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Bull-Carp
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Its a game played with giant fiddles. |
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| taiwan_girl | Nov 10 2006, 04:01 PM Post #31 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Or fish? Or maybe fish playing fiddles? |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 10 2006, 04:02 PM Post #32 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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So which is it? Shut up or sing?
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| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Nov 10 2006, 04:03 PM Post #33 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Funny you should mention The Man In Black.. I was just listening to a compilation of his work on the way home from Chicago today. Wonderful. I've always wanted to arrange a harder-rock version of Ring of Fire. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| AlbertaCrude | Nov 10 2006, 04:23 PM Post #34 |
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Bull-Carp
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You know Mik, I seem to recall the Eric Bourdon Band did a hard rock cover of Ring of Fire back in '74 or 75. It was a short lived quartet (definitely one album because I had a copy) featuring Eric, a real hot guitarist, an excellent black drummer who was built like Sugar Ray Leonard and bass player. I saw them once on Don Kushner's Rock Concert show along with the Allman Brothers Band (circa "Brothers and Sisters" album) , Van Morrison and Foghat. |
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| Frank_W | Nov 10 2006, 04:25 PM Post #35 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Shut-up about politics and SING!! LOL |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 10 2006, 04:41 PM Post #36 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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They have a right to say what they want. If you don't like what they have to say, don't listen. Don't watch. Don't buy tickets to their shows. Vote with your feet. No one ever said that the exercising your right to free speech was free. Some people may not like what you have to say. To the extent lawful, they can avoid having anything to do with you, if that's their preference. And if you're not willing to risk that, shut the hell up. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Frank_W | Nov 10 2006, 05:37 PM Post #37 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Quirt, why do you always go out of your way to be deliberately nasty, scathing, and mean? Seriously: Why? I never said that they didn't have a right to air their political views, and I would be the first one to stand up and decry any sort of censorship of them for expressing their views, but if I had paid the exhorbitant fees to see Dixie Chicks or U2 in concert, and instead, midway through the concert, the music stopped so that the entertainers could go on a political rant, (whether I agreed with their politics or not), I would be pretty pissed-off about it. I reiterate: I didn't pay my money to attend a political rally, and I resent having one shoved down my throat. The last U2 album I bought was "Achtung Baby," and the last concert of theirs that I attended was "Rattle & Hum." I've never bought a Dixie Chicks album or attended one of their concerts, so yes, as a consumer, I am voting with my feet and my wallet, and I don't particularly need a lecture from YOU on how to do that, "Dad."
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| DivaDeb | Nov 10 2006, 05:39 PM Post #38 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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this is one time when it pays to be a musical snob they are not even a blip on my radar screen, without value, without consequence go Verdi! |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 10 2006, 05:49 PM Post #39 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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They have a right to free speech
But only those who agree with Quirt do. :rolleyes: (Wasn't he just grandstanding here a few weeks back with "I do not agree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it") :lol: |
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| AlbertaCrude | Nov 10 2006, 06:19 PM Post #40 |
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Bull-Carp
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Nor mine. go Shostakovich! |
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| Frank_W | Nov 10 2006, 06:20 PM Post #41 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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LOL... I spent six years of my life serving our Bill of Rights, Constitution, and three Commanders In Chief. I've put my money where my mouth is. Liberal, Conservative, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Centrist... I'm interested in all points of view, except for those that are patently extreme, but I would never sanction or approve any kind of censorship unless national security were at stake. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| John D'Oh | Nov 10 2006, 06:21 PM Post #42 |
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MAMIL
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Celebrities blow. Celebrities with agendas blow goats. The political opinions of the Dixie Chicks are as important as the contents of Donald Rumsfelds iPod. At least Donny is qualified to do something else. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| DivaDeb | Nov 10 2006, 06:23 PM Post #43 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I think I should like this cross-stitched and hung above the drawing room sofa.... :lol: |
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| Mikhailoh | Nov 10 2006, 06:26 PM Post #44 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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AC, I saw that Eric Burdon band in 73.. they were quite good. They backed up Edgar Winter's band, the one after White Trash that did Frankensteiun (I hated that band.. White Trash was great). The first time I ever heard 'Spill The Wine' was the first time I ever dropped ____. But I digress. That was in '70. I was thinking Ring of Fire as told by the Ramones. |
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