[Vision2020] The Dixie Chicks Messed Up Their Plans...

[Ted Moffett]

Roger et. al.

I wrote "other statements induce a highly skeptical reaction," and that
(emphasis on the "if") "if it is true that there was a coordinated effort to
block Buffy Sainte-Marie's music," regarding the story on Buffy Sainte-Marie
at the web link I gave, which indicate doubt about the truth of the claims
made in that story

As to the censorship of "rock n' roll," I think a close examination of
history reveals there was censorship of various kinds (rather unsuccessful
in the long run given the eventual popularity of this music), though whether
the government in any way coordinated any such effort is a question I cannot
answer.

However, the main point of my post was a "culture war" analysis of the Dixie
Chicks and how they were censored (radio stations refusing to play their
music) after one of their members made certain political statements, for
which they did receive death threats.  This is certain.  And the fact the
Dixie Chicks were a "country music" act, I think, made them more of a target
for certain audiences who expect county music to be more of a conservative
leaning "All American" music.  I do not think this analysis is a stretch.
Like I said, if Bob Dylan had made an anti-war statement about the war in
Iraq, would this have raised as many eye brows as the Dixie Chicks doing the
same?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/15/entertainment/main544132.shtml

Anyway, the attacks on the Dixie Chicks did not appear to damage their
careers substantially, as they remain popular:

http://dir.salon.com/topics/dixie_chicks/index.html


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As to President Kennedy's assassination, I think a thorough and exacting
analysis will lead to continuing serious questions regarding who was behind
this.

Ted Moffett

On 11/28/06, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
>
> Ted
>
> Do you really believe this crap.  I don't think much of Lyndon Johnson. He
> stole hes first election to the House and he may have been evolved in the
> death of Billy sol Estes( although probably not directly). there was no
> conspiracy in the deaths of either Kennedy. Don Boles was murdered by people
> he was exposing in newspaper reports. I do not think that there was any
> conspiracy to  censor rock n' roll. It has survived quite nicely. I do not
> like hard rock and I am unhappy with  New County, because it has gone to
> heavy to rock. What Buffy Sainte-Marie I have heard I thought was ok. I
> don't think there hase been any censorship here. Except for a few notable
> exceptions ( Lincoln's assassination) most of the conspiracy theories are
> groundless.
>
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Ted Moffett" starbliss at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:51:09 -0800
> To: Vision2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Spam] [Vision2020] The Dixie Chicks Messed Up Their Plans...
>
> > All:
> >
> > In doing a bit of Buffy Sainte-Marie research, I found this gem of a
> story.
> > Some of the content is probably true, other statements induce a highly
> > skeptical reaction, but nonetheless, some claims "ring true" given the
> > current culture wars over the war in Iraq relating to the music
> industry,
> > especially the Dixie Chicks.  No wonder they received death
> threats!  How
> > dare they hijack this "all-American music" to inject an anti-war
> message!
> > If Bob Dylan had spoke out as a critic on the war in Iraq, would the
> > reaction have been so intense?  And if it is true that in the past there
> was
> > a coordinated effort to block Buffy Sainte-Marie's music from reaching
> the
> > public, how sad!:
> >
> > http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096413425
> >
> > "In his federal court affidavit, Schlund said he has knowledge of ''the
> > detailed plans for the break-up and destruction of rock n' roll music
> > including the assassinations of many people to achieve their goals. The
> > detailed plans to replace rock n' roll music with all-American music
> called
> > country western.''
> >
> > ''The assassinations started long before Vietnam but the plans to
> replace
> > rock n' roll with country western music started during the Vietnam War
> and
> > have continued to the present,'' Schlund stated to the court."
> > ---------------
> > Ted Moffett
> >
> >
>
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