Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Darryl Worely,,,Have You Forgotten



This is a message for the Dixie Chicks

Letter Worth Reading

Letter from radio station website in Lubbock, home of the
Dixie Chick that spewed forth about our president:

Name: LT Layne McDowell

An open letter to the Dixie Chicks: Earlier this week,
while performing in London, you stated that you were ashamed that
our President is from your home state. I wonder if you realized how many
Americans would be listening.  This American was listening. This Texan
is ashamed that you come from my state. I serve my country as an officer
in the United States Navy.

Specifically, I fly F-14 Tomcats off carriers around the world, executing
the missions that preserve the very freedom you claim to exercise. I have
proudly fought for my country in the skies over Kosovo, Iraq and
Afghanistan without regret. Though I may disagree wholeheartedly with
your comments, I will defend to the death your right to say them, in
America. But for you to travel to a foreign land and publicly criticize
our Commander in Chief is cowardice behavior. Would you have so willingly
made those comments while performing for a patriotic, flag-waving crowd
of Texans in Lubbock. I would imagine not. How dare you pocket profits
off songs about soldiers, their deaths and patriotism while criticizing
their Commander in Chief abroad, even while they prepare to give their lives
to ensure your own freedom of speech. Please ask yourself, what have you
done to deserve that sacrifice?

Do not try to justify your comments by claiming that you made them only
because you care about innocent lives. Never once in our history
have we committed troops to war for the purpose of taking innocent lives.
We do it to protect innocent lives, even yours. If the world leaders of the
late 1930's had the vision and courage of our present Commander in Chief,
perhaps the evil men who caused the death of millions in WWII would have
never had the opportunity to harm a soul. The potential loss of millions of
lives in the future at the hands of today's evil men necessitate action.

In a separate correspondence, I am returning to you each and every Dixie Chicks
CD and cassette that I have ever purchased. Never again will I allow my funds to
support your behavior. All you have done is to add your name to a growing list of
American "Celebrities" who have failed to realize that they have obtained their
successes on the backs of the American blue-collar workers such as our servicemen
and women. To Natalie Maines: This Texan? This American will continue to risk
his life to guarantee your freedoms.
What will you do to deserve it?

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