from a "Keeping Up Appearances" episode viewed this evening:
[Richard is wiping cow manure from the windshield]
Hyacinth: Don't use language like that
Richard: But I didn't say anything
Hyacinth: I clearly heard what you were thinking
Shane Mage
"immortals mortals, mortals immortals, living their deaths, dying their lives"
Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 62
>joanna bujes wrote:
>
>>>Apology from Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks
>>>
>>>As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush
>>>because my remark was disrespectful. I now realize that whoever
>>>holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect.
>>>
>>>I hope everyone understands, I'm just a young girl who grew up in
>>>Texas. As far back as I can remember, I heard people say they were
>>>ashamed of President Clinton. I saw bumper stickers calling him
>>>everything from a pothead to a murderer. I heard people on the
>>>radio and tv like Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, Newt Gingrich and
>>>Trent Lott bad mouthing the President and ridiculing his wife and
>>>daughter at every opportunity. I heard LOTS of people
>>>disrespecting the President. So I guess I just assumed it was
>>>acceptable behavior.
>>>
>>>But now, thanks to the thousands of angry people who want radio
>>>stations to boycott our music because criticizing the President is
>>>unpatriotic, I realize it's wrong to have a liberal opinion if
>>>you're a country music artist. I guess I should have thought about
>>>that before deciding to play music that attracts hypocritical red
>>>necks. I also realize now that I'm supposed to just sing and look
>>>cute so our fans won't have anything to upset them while they're
>>>cheating on their wives or getting in drunken bar fights or
>>>driving around in their pickup trucks shooting highway signs and
>>>small animals.
>>>
>>>And most important of all, I realize that it's wrong for a
>>>celebrity to voice a political opinion, unless they're Charlie
>>>Daniels, Clint Black, Merle Haggard, Barbara Mandrell, Loretta
>>>Lynn, Ricky Skaggs, Travis Tritt, Hank Williams Jr, Amy Grant,
>>>Larry Gatlin, Crystal Gayle, Reba McEntire, Lee Greenwood, Lorrie
>>>Morgan, Anita Bryant, Mike Oldfield, Ted Nugent, Wayne Newton,
>>>Dick Clark, Jay Leno, Drew Carey, Dixie Carter, Victoria Jackson,
>>>Charlton Heston, Fred Thompson, Ben Stein, Bruce Willis, Kevin
>>>Costner, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Bo Derek, Rick Schroeder, George
>>>Will, Pat Buchanan, Bill O'Reilly, Joe Rogan, Delta Burke, Robert
>>>Conrad or Jesse Ventura.
>>>
>>>God Bless America, Natalie
>>>-
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