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"We are all different in our beliefs. And just because I don't care for the current leadership, doesn't mean I'm not patriotic and don't love this country. But I defend everyone's right to express their thoughts and I'd fight to the death to defend those rights, just as my ancestors have in the past. Don't ever doubt me on that. "

I agree 100%.Except I do believe people do cross the line on badmouthing their President OR Nation especially when foreign ears can hear.

I also see others who seem to think only they could possibly be right or they never stop to consider not all of us enjoy hearing our country or President bashed.Freedom of speech seems to cross into freedom of stupidity like lightning.They take the Freedom of Speech and use it as an excuse to belch out anything & everything that pops into their heads(then mouths).But they make a good target to pity.I can be onery as hell.But I'd never lower myself to the levels of distasteful President or Nation bashing I see spew out of some (loose term) peoples mouths.Our ancestors had more tact.Don't ever doubt that! :flags_unitedstates:

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Here you go King! Best lyrics in town. :sing:

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassion'd stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness.

America! America!

God mend thine ev'ry flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,

Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for heroes prov'd

In liberating strife,

Who more than self their country loved,

And mercy more than life.

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness,

And ev'ry gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears.

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea.

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And as much as YOU'D like to believe...your bashing of the Nations President is not accepted by most civilized adults whether or not they support Bush's policies.There are ways to voice your displeasure concerning the Commander in Chief that are much more tactful.We're not talking about Rosie or your neighbor who steals your paper.Certain people deserve more respect regardless of whether or not you like them.It's a maturity thing.Not a silencing thing.

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I do believe people do cross the line on badmouthing their President OR Nation especially when foreign ears can hear.

You don't think foreign countries read newspapers or see dissention and rioting on the CNN? The Dixie Chicks comment was very benign compared to some cuts I've heard and seen. Watch Saturday Night Live or listen to monologues on the late night shows - they are filled with cuts against the president and his outstanding service term.

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Ok, King...you asked for it...but may wish you hadn't:

Song 1 -The Long Way Around

My friends from high school

Married their high school boyfriends

Moved into houses in the same ZIP codes

Where their parents live

But I, I could never follow

No I, I could never follow

I hit the highway in a pink RV with stars on the ceiling

Lived like a gypsy

Six strong hands on the steering wheel

I've been a long time gone now

Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down

But I've always found my way somehow

By taking the long way

Taking the long way around

Taking the long way

Taking the long way around

I met the queen of whatever

Drank with the Irish and smoked with the hippies

Moved with the shakers

Wouldn't kiss all the asses that they told me to

No I, I could never follow

No I, I could never follow

It's been two long years now

Since the top of the world came crashing down

And I'm getting' it back on the road now

But I'm taking the long way

Taking the long way around

I'm taking the long way

Taking the long way around

Oh, I'll just take my time, I won't lay down

And take the long way around

Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself

I opened my mouth and I heard myself

It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself

Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I, I could never follow

No I, I could never follow

Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else

Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down

If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Taking the long way

Taking the long way around

Taking the long way

Taking the long way around

Song #2- Easy Silence

When the calls and conversations

Accidents and accusations

Messages and misperceptions

Paralyze my mind

Busses, cars, and airplanes leaving

Burning fumes of gasoline

And everyone is running

And I come to find a refuge in the

Easy silence that you make for me

It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me

And the peaceful quiet you create for me

And the way you keep the world at bay for me

The way you keep the world at bay

Monkeys on the barricades

Are warning us to back away

They form commissions trying to find

The next one they can crucify

And anger plays on every station

Answers only make more questions

I need something to believe in

Breathe in sanctuary in the

Easy silence that you make for me

It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me

And the peaceful quiet you create for me

And the way you keep the world at bay for me

The way you keep the world at bay

Children lose their youth too soon

Watching war made us immune

And I've got all the world to lose

But I just want to hold on to the

Easy silence that you make for me

It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me

And the peaceful quiet you create for me

And the way you keep the world at bay for me

The easy silence that you make for me

It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me

And the peaceful quiet you create for me

And the way you keep the world at bay for me

The way you keep the world at bay for me

The way you keep the world at bay

Song #3- Everybody Knows

Tell me now if you came sneaking up behind

Would you know me and see behind the smile

I can change like colors on a wall

Hoping no one else will find what lies beneath it all

I think I hide it all so well

Stepping out, everyone can see my face

All the things I can't erase from my life

Everybody knows

Standing out so you won't forget my name

That's the way we play this game of life

Everybody knows

Looking through the crowd

I search for something else

But every time I turn around

I run into myself

Here I stand

Consumed with my surroundings

Just another day

Of everybody looking

I swore they'd never see me cry

You'll never see me cry

Stepping out, everyone can see my face

All the things I can't erase from my life

Everybody knows

Standing out so you won't forget my name

That's the way we play this game of life

Everybody knows

You say I'll pay the price

That's the chance that I'll take

Though you may think I'm telling lies

But I just call it getting by

Stepping out, everyone can see my face

All the things I can't erase from my life

Everybody knows

Standing out so you won't forget my name

That's the way we play this game of life

Everybody knows I am just barely getting by

Song #4-Lullaby

They didn't have you where I come from

Never knew the best was yet to come

Life began when I saw your face

And I hear your laugh like a serenade

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough, is forever enough

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

I slip in bed when you're asleep

To hold you close and feel your breath on me

Tomorrow there'll be so much to do

So tonight I'll drift in a dream with you

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough, is forever enough

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

As you wander through this troubled world

In search of all things beautiful

You can close your eyes when you're miles away

And hear my voice like a serenade

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough, is forever enough

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough, is forever enough

How long do you want to be loved

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

Is forever enough

Cause I'm never, never giving you up

Song #5- Lubbock or Leave It

Dust bowl, Bible belt

Got more churches than trees

Raise me, praise me, couldn't save me

Couldn't keep me on my knees

Oh, boy, rave on down loop 289

That'll be the day you see me back

In this fool's paradise

Temptation's strong

(Salvation's gone)

I'm on my way

To hell's half acre

How will I ever

How will I ever

Get to heaven now

Throwing stones from the top of your rock

Thinking no one can see

The secrets you hide behind

Your southern hospitality

On the strip the kids get lit

So they can have a real good time

Come Sunday they can just take their pick

From the crucifix skyline

Temptation's strong

(Salvation's gone)

I'm on my way

To hell's half acre

How will I ever

How will I ever

Get to heaven now

Get to heaven now

International airport

A quarter after nine

Paris Texas, Athens Georgia's

Not what I had in mind

As I'm getting out I laugh to myself

Cause this is the only place

Where as you're getting on the plane

You see Buddy Holly's face

I hear they hate me now

Just like they hated you

Maybe when I'm dead and gone

I'm gonna get a statue too

Temptation's strong

(Salvation's gone)

I'm on my way

To hell's half acre

How will I ever

How will I ever

Get to heaven now

Get to heaven now

How will I ever

Get to heaven now

Song #6-Inside My Head

I was only a kid

When I said goodbye to you

Ten summers ago

But it feels like yesterday

Lost, scared and alone

Nothing I could give to you

I tried, I really did

But I couldn't find another way

And I want and I need

Somehow to believe

In the choice I made

Am I better off this way

I can hear the voice inside my head

Saying you should be with me instead

Every time I'm feeling down, I wonder

What would it be like with you around

So I, I made my way

Cold and roaming in the wild

I'm forever changed

By someone I never knew

Now I've, I've got a place

I've got a husband and a child

But I'll never forget

What I've given up in you

And I want, I need

Somehow to believe

In the choice I made

Am I better off this way

I can hear the voice inside my head

Saying you should be with me instead

Every time I'm feeling down, I wonder

What would it be like with you around

And I want, I need

Somehow to believe

In the choice I made

Am I better off this way

Song #7- So Hard

Back when we started

We didn't know how hard it was

Living on nothing

But what the wind would bring to us

Now we've got something

I can imagine fighting for

So why is fighting all that we're good at anymore

And sometimes I don't have the energy

To prove everybody wrong

And I try my best to be strong

But you know it's so hard

It's so hard

It's so hard when it doesn't come easy

It's so hard when it doesn't come fast

It's so hard when it doesn't come easy

It's so hard

It felt like a given

Something a woman's born to do

A natural ambition

To see a reflection of me and you

And I'd feel so guilty

If that was a gift I couldn't give

And could you be happy

If life wasn't how we pictured it

And sometimes I just want to wait it out

To prove everybody wrong

And I need your help to move on

Cause you know it's so hard

It's so hard

It's so hard when it doesn't come easy

It's so hard when it doesn't come fast

It's so hard when it doesn't come easy

So hard

I can live for the moment

When all these clouds open up for me to see

And show me a vision

Of you and me swimming peacefully

Last night you told me

That you can't remember

How to feel free

It's so hard when it doesn't come easy

It's so hard when it doesn't come fast

It's so hard when it doesn't come easy, easy

It's so hard

Song #8- I Like It

Some people think I'm crazy

But try to understand

I get satisfaction

Out of everything I can

The losers and the winners

The laughter and the tears

The noises of the day to day

Is music to my ears

And I like it

Yeah I like it, whooa

Gonna live it up this time

And dance like the song is never ending

Gonna get so high tonight

You won't be able to bring me down

Cause I like it

Yeah, I like it

Driving down the highway

The wind is in my hair

And if I hit a traffic jam

I swear that I won't care

Living the lows

Makes the highs that much higher

And the sun will shine through

The smoke and fire of love

Whooa, love

Whooa

Gonna ride this merry-go-round

And dance like the night is never ending

Gonna get so high on life

You won't be able to bring me down

Cause I like it

Yeah, I like it

Oh, baby, I like it

Whooa, I like it

A sea couldn't wash away

The happiness I've come to find since love

Has taught me how to break

Break these chains that hold me back

Noisy streets and the sleepy bars

And the neon signs and the rusty cars

How many nights have I wondered how

One goes through life without seeing the beauty of love

Whooa, the beauty of love

Whooa

Gonna live it up in this town

And dance like the song is never ending

Gonna get so high tonight

You won't be able to bring me down

And I like it

Yeah, I like it

Whooa, baby, I like it

Oh, yeah, I like it

(That's the beauty of life)

Believe it or not, that's not all of them, but I'm tuckered out and I'm sure this is enough for you. I didn't add "Not Ready To Make Nice" either because it was already posted. Have fun...or not...

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"You don't think foreign countries read newspapers or see dissention and rioting on the CNN? The Dixie Chicks comment was very benign compared to some cuts I've heard and seen. Watch Saturday Night Live or listen to monologues on the late night shows - they are filled with cuts against the president and his outstanding service term. "

And nine out of ten times the people hee hawing along with them are just as tacky and inconsiderate.And the ones who find those late night hosts disrespectful towards the Nations President or our country wisely DON'T tune in & give them higher ratings.They don't just slam Bush.They slam Clinton & any current or past leader.Obviously you can't teach everyone right from wrong.Unfortunately again.......Freedom of Speech over the many years has become an excuse to spew whatever & whenever.It'll be up to individuals to RElearn respect & when they're going too far.And before anyone jumps on the old"What's Too Far" bandwagon.Most wise people KNOW already.Call it basic common sense.

And the reason other countries DO tune into what we're saying is because they can see how divided we've become in the USA.We feed them all they need to hear.So much for ONE NATION or TOGETHER WE STAND.More like every man for himself & be damned the consequences.

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Hard to beat this in.But it is NOT the individual but the Presidential Position you respect.I'd rather have had my foot mowed over than have had J Kerry voted in.But had he been I would never presume to name call & blab viscious comments personally about him just to satisfy some inner lust for letting everyone know how much I hated him too many people seem to revel in doing.He would've been the US Leader & I could respectfully choose the right forum to TACTfully state my opinions.As I stated before.The reason our generation is looked upon by past generations as horribly misguided & rude is because we ARE!And no good can come from such boistrous uncurbed venom & division.

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Gotta laugh at it all.

Anyone here from NYC and familiar with the Hevesi story. As comptroller stole all kinds of money from the people, yet they vote him in the last election. Now, he's resigning because he does not want to go to jail. We all know if this guy was a republican/conservative NYer's would cry for his head on a platter and his name on the ballot in the last election would have caused riots in the streets.

Unfortunately, after terms of democratic presidencies the people get fed up and vote in a republican who has to clean up the mess from the democratic president and get blamed for everything under the sun. Remember, the Democrats up on the hill voted to fund and send men to Iraq.

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Nothing directly with the Dixie Chicks...well, maybe not. If Bush was a democrat than the Dixie's would have fiddled him and hand him the toilet paper to wipe up.

So, though not directly related, but the big mouth liberals would say jack shite if decisions were made by those they elected in. So, in the end my point is that celebrities think they have the right to stand on their soap boxes and say crap to sway the public's thinking. They don't. They're just people who got lucky in their careers and should be happy they get their faces in the newspapers. Celebrities think they are much more knowledgeable than those who support them. I don't need some musician or two bit actress telling me what is right or wrong in this country, I can think for myself. They are popular for what they do, not for personal opinions on politics. And those who can not think for themselves and need the guidance of a celebrity, shouldn't vote in the first place.

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And as much as YOU'D like to believe...your bashing of the Nations President is not accepted by most civilized adults whether or not they support Bush's policies.There are ways to voice your displeasure concerning the Commander in Chief that are much more tactful.We're not talking about Rosie or your neighbor who steals your paper.Certain people deserve more respect regardless of whether or not you like them.It's a maturity thing.Not a silencing thing.
If this was directed at me, since I didn't say anything other than I don't agree with him, and mentioned a few reasons why, I honestly don't know what you're talking about. Unless you're going to sit here and tell me the VERY act of disagreeing with him is disrespectful?

Ahh...but the tactics to silence haven't changed any, what changed was the voters saying they have had enough this past November.

Of course, if you weren't directing this at me, please disregard. :closedeyes:

Nothing directly with the Dixie Chicks...well, maybe not. If Bush was a democrat than the Dixie's would have fiddled him and hand him the toilet paper to wipe up.

Ginger, I might not agree with your politics, but you ALWAYS crack me the hell up! :animated_rotfl:

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Dust bowl, Bible belt

Got more churches than trees

Raise me, praise me, couldn't save me

Couldn't keep me on my knees

Oh, boy, rave on down loop 289

That'll be the day you see me back

In this fool's paradise

That's quite the piece the Religious slander...

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Why do liberals believe that freedom of speech should only be for people blasting Bush? The Dixie Chicks make snide comments against the president and they're heroes, people make comments against the Dixie Chicks and their big meanies. EDIT that double standard.

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