Dixie Chicks

A great thinker, Justin Timberlake, recently wrote and sang, what goes around comes around--or something like that. When he wrote it he probably wasn't thinking about world politics, hurricane relief, invading nations that posed no threat to our national life, lying our way into war, etc. But he didn't know how correct he was. And I couldn't help but think that when you are deceitful and dishonest, the recriminations aren't pretty, or as I like to say: shit samiches taste like shit.

Last night I watched "Shut Up & Sing" and it is difficult to watch it in this environment and not get more than just a little satisfaction watching the smug assholes that got us into war eating their words. My overriding emotion wasn't the sweet satisfaction of watching the Dixie Chicks get their vindication, but was sadness at the ignorance of so many of our fellow citizens that are really either too stupid or shallow to understand that dissent and free speech are the pillars that form the foundation of this republic.

The band members themselves are not portrayed in a glamorous way. To the contrary, they come off as the kind of people you would want to live next door, unlike the morons that delivered the nation into Iraq--and that includes many of the morons protesting the band's political speech. There is a clip of the chimp-in-chief in all his magnanimity saying that the band has a right to express itself, but they had better be ready to accept the response--in his words "freedom isn't free". Indeed it isn't, but does he understand that concept as well as the Dixie Chicks? I think not.