The truth is often funnier than fiction...

Just a few days ago a very funny thing happened. The funny thing was: the liberal left hotshots of the recording industry all got together and patted themselves on the backs for being better and smarter that you and I - an affair they like to call "The Grammy Awards". Maybe the event is not quite as obscene as watching the utter waste of $$ at the Oscars, but in the end it was hosted in L.A. after all - confirming their gravitational pull away from mainstream America.

Anyway, seeing as I believe that these self-obsession orgy's are not worth the time away from my family, I chose to vote with my remote...and move on. Well, much to my surprise the next day I see on the top of Yahoo that the Dixie Chicks had won "Album of the year". So I says to myself "Self, when did the Dixie Chicks release an album?". Now backing up, I must explain that I was very interested in the original rhubarb the DCs started back in 2003. If you were in a coma...it basically goes like this:

From Wikipedia: "During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, several weeks after their Grammy success, the Dixie Chicks performed in concert in London. On March 10, 2003, at the Shepherd's Bush Empire theatre in London, Natalie Maines, a Texas native, said between songs, "Just so you know, we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas"."

From there radio stations stopped playing their songs, record sales plummeted and Al Goreleoni got up and came to the defense of the DCs (and got a chance to say some dumb things along the way):

"They were made to feel un-American and risked economic retaliation because of what was said. Our democracy has taken a hit," Gore said. "Our best protection is free and open debate."

Huh? Apparently our potential 43rd President felt that in a TRUE Democracy we the stupid American sheep should not have the right to stop buying their music if we disagree with their comments....I say again...huh?

Bush replied to the DC statement like most American's felt:

[T]he Dixie Chicks are free to speak their mind. They can say what they want to say ... They shouldn't have their feelings hurt just because some people don't want to buy their records when they speak out ... Freedom is a two-way street ... I ... don't really care what the Dixie Chicks said. I want to do what I think is right for the American people, and if some singers or Hollywood stars feel like speaking out, that's fine. That's the great thing about America. It stands in stark contrast to Iraq...

So that is about the gist of the 2003 incident.

Anyway, fast forward to Feb 12 2006, I am still pondering the question "Self, when did the Dixie Chicks release an album?". So I am forced to go online and actually look for the apparent masterpiece that they released (which apparently even Jen had not known about...which is odd seeing as she likes DC music). After a whopping 15 mins with "The Google" I fund out the following:

• The Dixie Chicks released their album "Taking the long way" in May 2006.
• As of Feb 12, 2007 it was ranked #24 on the Country top albums
• As of Feb 12, 2007 it was not in the top 100 of the Billboard top 200 albums
  
• Seeing as it is not even on the Billboard top 200 album list I can not confirm how long it was on the list or how high it went on the list
• It has gone double platinum.

Compared with this:

• Another country act Rascal Flatts was still on the Billboard top 200 album list at number 22 and that album was has gone triple platinum...apparently a little more popular.
• The soundtrack to "High School Musical" has been on the Billboard top 200 album list for 56 weeks, peaked at #1 and has gone quadruple platinum...apparently a lot more popular.
  

Clearly the "top album of the year" does not have anything to do with actual sales or popularity. Ok, that is fine...so then what? Oh yeah, this is a liberal left popularity contest! Who better to nominate than the Bush-kicking DCs whose most talked about single on their latest album is titled "Not ready to make nice". Well good for them. Apparently if you kick a republican President, pay dearly for it and keep you head in the sand long enough, eventually the liberal elite will kick you some free publicity to try and jumpstart your dying career...BRAVO...pure and naked politics have infiltrated the "Grammy's".