Dixie Chicks Speak Out Tonight

Dixie Chicks and the idea of speaking out have almost become one in the same of late. Well tonight, they're going on Larry King Live to do an hour's worth of it.

If you've been living in a cave the last several years, the Dixie Chicks are three Texas women of fabulous talent who turned the world of country music on its collective ear about 7 years ago with a series of CDs which sold like hotcakes. Then, on a London stage in the lead-up to the Iraq war, lead singer Natalie Maines told the crowd that she was ashamed that President Bush was from Texas.

From Country Music's reaction, you'd think the Chicks had recommended child molestation. They were banned from much of radio and fans held CD burning parties. Here in the land of the free, the Chicks were drawn and quartered over having an opinion.

Three years and after the birth of five Dixie Chicks' babies later, Maines' reluctance to go to war has been verified as more wise than anything else. They're openly defiant of the Bush administration and proud of their views. As proclaimed in the title of the first release from the CD, they're "Not Ready To Make Nice." They're a darned good example of how Texas Democrats need to show the courage of their convictions. So catch their live interview tonight!