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Journal GMontag's Journal: It's Official: Albert Gore Jr. is an Idiot 18

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[Friday], in front of an audience [near] Nashville, TN, loosing presidential candidate of 2000 Al Gore said that the [boycott] against the Dixie Chicks is [Gore concluded to the Tennessean that in an incident like this free speech is threatened. (the Chix were) "made to feel un-American and risked economic retaliation because of what was said."] Perhaps he will be proposing a federal bail-out of this little entertainment corporation, since they are "artists".

Last I checked, no government entity, at any level, has told the band that they can not repeat their anti-Bush comments whenever and wherever they choose. No government sanction has been imposed, proposed, suggested or inferred.

Yes, this is the same Albert Gore Jr. that flunked out of Georgetown Law School in his home town of Washington, D.C. As a Senator for Tennessee he, obviously, never grasped what free speech means.

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  • Al Gore said that the boycotts against the Dixie Chicks is "a threat to free speech". ... Last I checked, no government entity, at any level, has told the band that they can not repeat their anti-Bush comments whenever and wherever they choose. No government sanction has been imposed, proposed, suggested or inferred.

    But...They are being harmed because of what they said about somebody that Al didn't like. That's what Al meant when he invented free speech!
    • But...They are being harmed because of what they said about somebody that Al didn't like. That's what Al meant when he invented free speech!

      LOL! You are winning the response of the day award!
  • Got a transcript of that one, Guy? I'm curious about what else he said.
  • Well, given the fact that Mr. Gore's remarks were presented without any context at all, it's hard to judge. But taken purely at face value, he's absolutely right.

    The Dixie Chicks incident was a demonstration of the fact that an American cannot express an unpopular view without having to live with the consequences of it.

    Of course, most Americans realize this intuitively, I think; it's an extension of the notion, learned at a very early age, that actions have consequences. We have free speech in the sense t
    • The reaction to the short fat Chick's comments in no way threaten free speech. In fact they are an excercise in the operation of free markets.
      • Heh, that's funny, although I don't know why. On my webpage, which is pretty lame compared to yours (mainly only a weblog up till I get my DSL), I have a Blog entry about this. I refer to her as 'the fat one.' Now, that wasn't very nice, was it?
        It is nice to see that one of the things my mama taught me is true: You can say or do almost anything you want in life, as long as you are prepared for the consequences. I guess Ms. Maine's mama and mine don't share recipes.
        • Cool web page!

          Mine will be more dynamic, with basically the same look as it has now, after I get these new servers running.

          You didn't like Riyadh? Guess you had to go to Tel Aviv or Baharaine to really party huh?
          • Tel Aviv, no way! Not with intifada going on; besides, its not easy to go from Saudi to Israel (called Occupied Palestine by the local rock-chuckers), and if you come back with an Israeli stamp in your passport, you might not get back in.

            We would go to Bahrain and Dubai to party, but most of our partying was local. We all became pretty proficient at wine and beer making - I smuggled quite a bit of beermaking stuff in from brewshops in the US and Europe. And I saw more doobage and hash there than I did g
            • Dang! Things have changed. A buddy from the 82nd was just back from the Sini for our Advanced Course at Rucker told me they would leaflet the Israeli side of the border on friday as to what bar they were going to in Tel Aviv that weekend. Sounded like it worked pretty good. But that was in '87/'88.
      • But free markets are bad....for leftists
        • True, and lots of psuedo-Rightwingers destroy them as they pretend to 'protect' them.

          I can not count the number of 'Conservatives' that say Anti-Trust legeslation 'protects' free markets! What a load!
  • that these artists and politicians get so ruffled over this free speech thing. I totally believe in the first amendment, and every movie star, pop star, and politician has the absolute right to speak their mind. HOWEVER, the following rights are not in the constitution:

    - right to have a media outlet to print/broadcast your words. There is no right that anyone has to print or broadcast your stupid speeches on the air or papers.

    - right to an audience. These people do not have a right to an audience. Th
    • Good we agree on something! I'm excercising my right to free speech when I raise my middle finger to Bush, Cheney, Asscrack, George F. Will and Twirlip. The only thing bothering me is that if I do this to Bush in public, I'm likely to get arrested. Kind of like the gyu who got arrested in a mall for wearing a pro-peace T-shirt. Now how lame is that?
      • I thought that was really lame as well. If they just asked him to turn it inside-out, that might be on the cusp of legal, the police could justify it that it might incite violence or something. I'm kinda stretching here, but that might be legal.

        Wearing a t-shirt shouldn't be breaking a law, unless your wearing a dirty old tank top, size medium, and your 350 pounds and hairy. I think we can all agree that that is breaking some type of law... :)

        this guy also probably has a good lawsuit on his hands as we
  • I've been boycotting the dixie chicks for their entire career.

    Of course, that's just because I don't like their music.

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