The Dixie Chicks said, "Blah, blah, blah!"

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Once again, the 'rocket scientists' of country music (or pop, or whatever genre they consider themselves to be) had to open their mouths to spout out pure stupidity.

As shown in the following quote from the UK Telegraph, the Dixie Chicks sure have a way of being ‘subtle’ with their opinions. Dixie Chick members, Emily Robinson and Natalie Maines, whine about the lack of support from other country music artists:

"A lot of artists cashed in on being against what we said or what we stood for because that was promoting their career, which was a horrible thing to do," says Robison.

"A lot of pandering started going on, and you'd see soldiers and the American flag in every video. It became a sickening display of ultra-patriotism."

"The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism," Maines resumes, through gritted teeth. "Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don't see why people care about patriotism."

Well…needless to say, if they don't care about patriotism, why haven't they renounced their US citizenship? If the only thing that is holding them back is a lack of 'know how', here is the link with the instructions: http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_776.html

Here is something else to consider: The three members of the Dixie Chicks, as US citizens by birth in the United States, can live in the US without the fear of being deported to a different country. Have these girls ever considered the difficulty immigrants experience to become US Citizens? The following is a link to a news article providing an example of the lengthy process an individual must go through to become a US citizen:
The road to American citizenship is long, tricky.

Once an immigrant goes through the proper procedures to become a US citizen, they don't just automatically get US citizenship handed to them. They have to swear under oath their allegiance to the United States. Unfortunately, we can't compel the Dixie Chick girls to take the same oath since they had the privilege of being born on US soil.

The following is an excerpt from the oath that is administered to become a naturalized US citizen:

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same…” [Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America]

Seriously, can you picture Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire stating their willingness to 'bear true faith and allegiance to the United States', even in casual conversation?