Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines remarked during a recent concert: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." Country music fans responded by flooding a Nashville radio station with calls to boycott the trio's music.

The Dixie Chicks released a statement saying, "there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq and the prospect of all the innocent lives that will be lost."

Actually, I think it is more frightening to ignore a problem until we get to the point where thousands of innocent lives are lost. Proactively addressing terrorism and despotism, and not letting it fester seems to be a more worthwhile solution than merely hoping they'll love us, learn to accept our way of life, and leave us alone.

In another statement, Maines fired back in her defense, "I feel the president is ignoring the opinion of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration, and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view."

Just what we need is a lecture on the privileges of being an American. For once, I wish these idiots would learn that just because they can say what they want, doesn't mean they should; especially when they have a new album coming out.