Freedom of speech is fine...as long as it's not done publically

I've seen 'Shut Up & Sing' roughly 19 times, and at the begginning I always wonder, is Rightwingsparkle happy or mad that they read her blog? I'd be estatic because ever since I could sing, I wanted to sing the Dixie Chicks. And I want to follow in Rightwingsparkle's footsteps and write what I think about the George Bush/Dixie Chicks thing. Ah yes. Remember the little comment Natalie Maines said in 2003? The one that sent the poor band from the top of the world to the bottom of the charts? I do. I was always a dedicated fan. When it happened (I think I was 7 when she said it) my mom said I couldn't listen to them in the house for a while. I was shocked. Why couldn't I listen to my favorite band? It made no sense to me. Who cares if she was ashamed that George Bush was from Texas? If Bush was from my state, I'd be ashamed. I'm ashamed he's from the U.S. to be honest. Actually, not so much ashamed as much as saddened. I mean, he IS in charge of the troops and could start World War 3 or start a nuclear war and , you know, has the IQ of toaster. That saddens me a little. But back to the Dixie Chicks, I think what happened was unfair. I think that Natalie should be able to say whatever she wants to without being protsested, banned or boycotted for it. It's not right and it's a total contradiction of what America stands for; FREEDOM. Freedom of speech, you know? But the media loves confrontation. So the day after Nat said what she did, the London media had to tell EVERYONE. The media loves doing that. As soon as someone well known says something, the media has to twist and make it something huge. A joke meant for a few laughs, escalated to death threats. I, for one, am always gonna stand by the Chicks. They were my first favorite band (after Spice Girls and Hanson, of course...I was 3, leave me alone) and I like them WAY more than I like Bush. I've always thought of Natalie as my hero. When I was little I wanted to sing like her and when I saw Shut Up & Sing, I saw she's a good rolemodel, too. She never backed down. She never gave up on what she believed in when things got kinda hard. I totally think that's awesome. I'm the same way. I'm stubborn and I can admit that ("Angela" , I know if you're reading this you are totally agreeing with that last sentence.) and I wouldn't back down either. Why should she change her beliefs because the Republicans don't like it? But on the Dixie Chicks music, I love it. I have only bought 3 songs from their new CD on iTunes. The one song, 'So Hard', my favorite part is: "Sometimes I don't have the energy/ to prove everbody wrong/ and I try my best to be strong/ but you know, it's so hard." I can relate. I totally can. When I was younger, I used to listen to their songs like 'You Were Mine' and I didn't know what they were talking about. But I'm older and I get what they were saying and how good those songs really are. When I heard "Goodbye Earl" (my favorite song in kindergarten) I didn't even know what a blouse was. But to go back and listen to all those songs now, I realize they are really sad, some of them. I don't know why people are still mad about the Dixie Chicks thing. Why does it matter what they said? Like in the moive, some fat hillbilly looking lady was holding her ugly little two year old and says to the camera "Screw 'em" then says to the son "Right? SAY IT"...dude. Hell hath no fury like a fat hillbilly repubilcan. I dunno, that's what I think.

Intoductory

Hey everyone. I decdided to make a blog a month or so ago but it was on my website (KennyInTheHood.piczo.com). But I decided that this was a more professional way to do it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Kristyn. Okay, that was easy. Now let's introduce my other main characters of this blog. My best friend (whose identity I will protect by using a different name. Let's call her Angela), her boyfriend (let's change his name to Tod), and Angela's Ex-Boyfriend (whose name is now) Rory. There are probably many others that I will mention too, but we can use their real names. Let me catch you up on the current situation. Angela has been dating Tod for like 7 months or something (I lost count). Rory and Angela were dating some of last year and part of this year but they both still have feelings for each other. I hate Tod, Tod hates me. It's that simple (Angela loves dating dudes that I hate, I think she finds it amusing or something.) Now to sum up quickly, Angela and Rory belong together but she's dating Tod, she still likes Rory and Rory still likes her but since she's still dating Tod she cannot also date Rory and since Rory was dumped by Angela for Tod 2 other times already, Rory is afraid of getting hurt. Got it? I promise that's my most confusing blog enrty. The rest should be easier to understand.