The People Have Spoken?

From The Corner:

Dissident Chicks [Jonah Goldberg]

You've got to love this :

Maines said, ''People are using their freedom of speech tonight [by giving us] all these awards. I'm very humbled.''

But, the people who criticized these people were ... what? I am so disgusted with people who think free speech is defined as being able to say what you think without being criticized.

I think Goldberg has it right. Natalie says 'the people have spoken", and claims it is validation of sorts. Someone pointed out in the comments section of the Corner that 20,000 liberal artiste Grammy voters may have spoken (in error, naturally), but the people were the ones speaking when you had to re-route your entire tour due to low ticket sales...that was the people speaking, Nat.

I find it odd (not really) that it took a trip to L.A. ( is that West Dixie?) ,endless co-writing sessions with L.A. rockers, uber-producer Rick Rubin and the support of the Liberal Left to manufacture a "straight from the heart, this is our response" record. Surely, the empowered, independent Dixie Chicks don't need help from the phallocentric Rock Star World to help them speak their own minds?

FWIW, the Grammy Awards have ceased to be anything of value to music fans. Jon Bon Jovi won a Country Grammy....why say any more about it? Ridiculous.

UPDATE: And another thing...this whole episode about "death threats" apparently spooked the Chicks. Allegedly, the girls received threats from angry Americans. Somehow the death threat that is Islamofascism - the one directed toward ME - does not bother them, they'd rather cattily criticize the one guy doing something about it. I'm supposed to care about their alleged death threats when tens of thousands of religious fanatics would behead me for not being a Muslim?