No Love for the DoubleYuh

George W. Bush is said to be one of the worst presidents that the United States has ever seen. His goofy humor, lack of intelligence, and poor vocal skills (to say the least) are pin points for people to take in and say things like “I am ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas” – Natalie Manes [The Dixie Chicks].

Natalie Manes is arguably one of the best singer/song writers of the country music genre, as well as the lead vocalist of the #1 female music group of all time.

During a Dixie Chicks performance at Shepherds Bush Empire (ironic) in London, England, Natalie walked up to the microphone, looking as confident as she has ever looked and said, “I am ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO says the wolf. Yeah that probably would have been a good time to bite your tongue Natalie. Maybe she should have sung that sentence or something. Anyways, at the time, Natalie thought it was a pretty good joke, laughing along side those other two that she shares the stage with. Oh gee gollies were they in for a surprise.

The Dixie Chicks arrive back home in America to only that they are now one of the most hated people on the face of the earth. What did they think whatever happens in London, stays in London? Sorry ladies, your music is not allowed to be played on the radio anymore, your record sales diminished, and you are hated by millions of people, oh and on the side, here’s a death threat for Natalie, hope you enjoy it lovely J.

This just proved that one little comment can create quite the political uprising. People were saying things like,” Why don’t we strap Natalie to a bomb and drop her over Iraq.” A lot of protestors that were actually on the Dixie Chick’s side started protesting freedom of speech, and how people should be able to say anything they want. That’s not what one man thought where he proceeded to say “Freedom of speech is a beautiful thing, but don’t do it in other countries and don’t do it in front of mass amounts of people.” Well sir, that isn’t really freedom of speech if you can only say anything in one specific area. So I guess freedom isn’t free at all, according to this man.

But of course, this story has a happy ending. The Dixie Chicks bounced back with a new hit album that talked about the last couple of years that they have gone through. People liked it, radio stations had no choice but to play it, and the Dixie Chicks were back on whatever road they were originally traveling on. They actually traveled back to the same stadium in London, England where Natalie made that remark, where she proceeded to say “I am still ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”

You little bad ass.

This wasn’t the only slap in the Texan face that Bush received.

August 2005, during a NBC Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser, controversial rap power house Kanye West said something that literally shocked America. Kanye and a video camera with millions of viewers and a microphone, oh my! You know when you see Kanye on television, something stupid is going to come out of that mouth of his, and oh was this comment ever stupid. He looked into the camera with those big brown eyes and he said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

(Watch Mike Myers' Reaction..HAHAH PRICELESS!)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOW, somewhere around the world a kitten just died. That was probably the most talked about line in hurricane relief fund history. Sadly, the 10 star line quickly vanished from the scene and was forgotten by many, but remembered by few, *sob*.

And last but not least, P!nk released a single called, Dear Mr. President, which I just heard for the first time today, and I must say, I’m impressed.

The one thing that stood out for me in this song was the chorus.

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why?

P!nk does ask some good questions in this song, I guess she is waiting for Bush to personally give her the answers.

Unlike the Dixie Chicks, P!nk was praised for writing this song (maybe because the Dixie Chicks beat her to the outcome of saying something about the leader of a country). But like the Dixie Chicks, radio stations refused to play the song, and some US television shows would not let her perform the song on their station. But that still didn’t stop her from performing it at every single one of her shows. The fans loved it.

I think I better watch my mouth the next time I travel to the states.

FunFacts . George W. Bush. 15 Jan. 2008. . http://www.funfacts.com.au/images/george-w-bush.jpg