Anybody watch the Grammys?

[cwyckham]

Their welcome to all the success they can muster. But, due to their statements on foreign soil, they lost most of their original fans.

I'm also baffled by the 'foreign soil' thing. People in Britain have television sets and computer hooked to the internet. If the Dixie Chicks had said the same thing in Texas, the British fans would have been equally aware of it.

They were in a place that they perceived to be anti-Bush and they didn't want to be painted with the same brush, so they said that they didn't like Bush either. That seems like a pretty normal thing to do.

It's not like the US can have a normal, healthy debate about issues within its borders and pretend to the outside world that everybody agrees. That's just not the world we live in. Yet debate is required for a healthy democracy.

When Hillary's president, I don't expect you to sing her praises to everybody whenever you're outside the country.

Chris

 

[KennyFlys]

I'm also baffled by the 'foreign soil' thing. People in Britain have television sets and computer hooked to the internet. If the Dixie Chicks had said the same thing in Texas, the British fans would have been equally aware of it.

Had it been said in the US and broadcast overseas, that's just fine. But, I and most Americans take issue with our own citizens bashing their home land while abroad.

I doubt many in your country would have an appreciation for an individual going to another country and talking down your home land which is also theirs. To me, it's just very bad taste and becoming close to being anti-American.

What's worse, I don't believe it was ever spoken from the heart. I truly believe she said it to gain favor with the audience. John Kerry did something similar a while back. Oddly, he didn't get any press over it. But, he didn't have record sales to suffer losses on afterward.

 

[ScottM]

It's not like the US can have a normal, healthy debate about issues within its borders and pretend to the outside world that everybody agrees. That's just not the world we live in. Yet debate is required for a healthy democracy.

So true.

We are seeing the Republicans in the Senate now stifling debate on on the Iraq issue. They do not want to even discuss this as they say this "would embolden the terrorists". This statement is complete nonsense. A democracy is about debate, in our country it is the duty of the legislative branch to debate policies of the executive branch. By not allowing debate the Republican Senators are playing right into the hands of the terrorists by showing democracy will not work, only a autocratic form of government is right, and this is just what Al Queda would love.

I find it ironic that we may debate the Iraq policies on this board, in our workplaces, in coffee shops, and on talk radio and TV. But for some reason the Republican Senators do not believe it is proper to debate Iraq in their chambers. Those chambers were formally known as the most powerful deliberative body on the planet. It is a shame that they are just giving away their Constitutional duty.

 

[Anthony]

When Hillary's president, I don't expect you to sing her praises to everybody whenever you're outside the country.

That's abolutely not true. If Hillary is our next President I would support her as long as she is in office and carrying out her duties. If she does things I do not like I will make sure she hears about it through my representatives, but I would never bad mouth her anywhere outside the U.S. That is bad form and shows a major lack of class.

 

[KennyFlys]

That's abolutely not true. If Hillary is our next President I would support her as long as she is in office and carrying out her duties. If she does things I do not like I will make sure she hears about it through my representatives, but I would never bad mouth her anywhere outside the U.S. That is bad form and shows a major lack of class.

The very pont I've tried to make. Well stated!