The trio caught harsh criticism after lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience in 2003 that the group was “ashamed” Bush was from their home state of Texas.
Nelson said he was surprised his remarks about Bush a year earlier during an overseas news conference didn’t incite a similar controversy.
“I said ‘He’s not from Texas and he ain’t a cowboy, so let’s stop trashin’ Texans and cowboys.’ It got a little chuckle, but I didn’t get run out of the country,” Nelson told the magazine.
- Willie: Dixie Chicks ‘got a raw deal’, AP, July 31, 2006.
2. OK, the economy has seen better days. Wall Street is up and down like a yo-yo. We’re all working harder than ever.
But we think it’s time to start focusing on the positive.
Gas prices are lower than they've been in a very long time. Home heating oil bills are not turning out to be the nightmare that we all feared. And what’s so bad about working hard?
Thanksgiving and the holiday season present the perfect opportunity to think about what’s good in our lives, appreciate what we have, and stop creating self-fulfilling prophecies of doom and gloom.
With the price of oil coming down, consumer prices and transportation costs should follow. That’s all good news. So let’s shed the negativity and shine a light on something positive.
Here at the Chamber of Commerce, we’re telling our members that it’s challenging times like these that bring out the best in a business. Difficult conditions force us to hone our skills, focus our energies and keep our eyes on our goals.
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