Sweet Revenge for the Chicks

The Grammy awards aired last night. They have been getting more boring as usual, but I was happy with some of the winners, most notably the Dixie Chicks.
I mentioned this country trio in my previous blog regarding President Bush and the war. Four years ago when the war in Iraq was about to start, the Dixie Chicks created controversy when they said they were ashamed that Bush was from the same place that they were from, Texas. After that comment their record sales dropped and they were not heard on country radio stations anymore.
I thought it was unfair the way they were treated. I am glad that the Dixie Chicks made that comment. Apparently, freedom of speech means squat to conservatives. As a writer, freedom of speech means everything to me. The Dixie Chicks only said what many people were probably thinking at the time. They just happened to be the only musicians who had the guts to say something about the embarrassment of our President. Of course, it was alright for country singer Toby Keith to bash the Dixie Chicks for their comment because he supported Bush and the war. He was probably smoking too many joints with Willie Nelson at the time because I think it is outrageous that anyone can support Bush and the war, especially now. Obviously, here are two musicians that take different sides when it comes to the war in Iraq, nothing wrong with that. But there is something wrong when one side of the argument is protested against, not the other. How is that fair?
Last night at the Grammys, the Dixie Chicks finally received their revenge. They swept the award show by winning all five of their Grammy nominations, including album of the year and record of the year for their post-Bush comment anthem “Not Ready to Make Nice.” After four years of this war dragging on, people seem to have gotten over their comment and realize they were right four years ago.
Although, I hear that most country radio stations still will not play the Dixie Chicks, and are even more upset because the group won five Grammy awards. The conservative country stations can do whatever they want, but the majority of the people know that the Dixie Chicks have always been treated unfairly the past four years. Country radio stations may not forgive or be “ready to make nice” with the Dixie Chicks, but they cannot do anything about those shiny new Grammys they will be taking back home to Texas.