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<DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Dixie Chicks Explain Anti-Bush
Comment<BR><BR>The <B><A
href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/lc/en_lc/inlinks/*http://launch.yahoo.com/artist/default.asp?artistID=1007420">Dixie
Chicks</A></B></B> are stirring up controversy with a recent negative comment
about President <B><A
href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/lc/en_lc/inlinks/*http://launch.yahoo.com/artist/default.asp?artistID=1004078">Bush</A></B></B>
while overseas promoting their current album, <I>Home</I>. </FONT><FONT lang=0
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">The trio performed a live show in London on Monday (March
10th) night, and <B>Natalie Maines (<A
href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/lc/en_lc/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Natalie%20Maines%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A>)</B>
told the crowd, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United
States is from Texas." That statement prompted all kinds of reactions from the
American public, causing the group to further explain their stance on their
official website. "We've been overseas for several weeks and have been reading
and following the news accounts of our government's position," the group
explains. "The anti-American sentiment that has unfolded here is astounding.
While we support our troops, there is nothing more frightening than the notion
of going to war with Iraq (<A
href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/lc/en_lc/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Iraq%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A>
- <A
href="http://rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/lc/en_lc/inlinks/*http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=Iraq">web
sites</A>) and the prospect of all the innocent lives that will be lost." Maines
also says, "I feel the President is ignoring the opinions of many in the U.S.
and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration and
one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own
point of view." The Dixie Chicks will perform another live show in Munich,
Germany on March 19th.</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
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