Yesterday I downloaded my first I-Tunes song. It was "Not Ready to Make Nice" by the Dixie Chicks. While to me it symbolized how I was feeling over the "Cold War" I've been waging with my former friends, the song is a response to the scorn they recieved after lead singer Natalie made a comment in 2003 about how she was ashamed Bush was from Texas. The comment nearly ruined their career. I remember seeing images of a bulldozer on TV running over their CDs to the joy of many. That incident showed the worse aspects of our society. What was worse, few did anything to stop those hateful ignorant people. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing." Well, it only took four years but with five Grammy wins tonight the Dixie Chicks are on their way back to the top. Has our country changed? Or are the ones who claim to be the most patriotic still the ones so willing to give up the rights this country was founded on? I hope for the former but even though (most) of our eyes are now open to the atrocities of the Bush Administration and the Iraq War so are mine, to the dangers of Mob Rule and False Patriotism. The Dixie Chicks say they are willing to forgive but they will never forget and neither should we.
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