There is a radio station in Lima Ohio that is taking votes on whether or not to play the Dixie Chicks music. The DJ, Brian Steel, said he is trying to be fair and let it be decided by the votes. He has been bombarded with emails. He later went on to say that he would never support anyone who speaks out against our leaders (he said this after he was complaining about the hateful emails he was getting). I guess he was attacked by his own kind.

If you are interested in supporting the ones who dare speak out then go to t102.com


Select local stuff / staff / Brian Steel staff page and vote.

Thanks

PLUNDERER'S NOTE, DIRECT LINK: http://www.t102.com/pages/briansteel.html

I'm going to leave Lima off my list of 'places to visit'.. I did vote for the Dixie Chicks

which really isn't fair to the locals because I live in California.. but how else was I to see the results.. ?

as I assumed, the REEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDD NECKS are winning in their favorite style..

ugly.

..

Doesn't look good so far.

Dixie Chicks Or Not?
Play 39.27 %
Don't Play 60.73 %

I'm torn. I want to give them my vote of support, but I don't live anywhere near Lima. I don't think it's fair to interfere in their vote, on a purely democratic stance. Maybe it's because I support Lamont and not Lieberman, and I'm sick of out of staters telling me who I have the right to vote for. I know this is culture, not politics, but it seems wrong. Am I a wierdo or what?

Damnit, it's a freakin' internet poll. Get off yer ass and vote!

You know the rightie freepers are doing this as well. Might as well counter them.

Thanks, Brendaw. I added my vote.

Cheers,

-P

Here's the direct link:

http://www.t102.com/pages/briansteel.html

Is there a reason you didn't include it?

-P

Lima, Ohio… “Deep in the Heart of Dixie”… what does the Rodeo look like there? Just what we need Illegal Immigrants paid to pose as Lima Cowboys (Lima Beaners)

As I walked out in the streets of old Lima, As I walked out in old Lima one day… I spied a young cowboy all dressed in white linen, White linen that shined as bright as the day…. I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy… I see by your outfit you are a cowboy too… We see by our outfits that we are both cowboys…. If you get an outfit you can be a cowboy too… (Ripped from the Smothers Brothers)

I'm guessing it's not getting much traffic. Since the last results posted in this thread, my vote appears to have tipped the balance toward "yes" by an astounding .27% This does not bode well for the D-Chicks in Lima.

Can you edit the direct link into the top post I think people are walking away because they can't find the poll
Jim

At first I felt bad about voting in a poll for a station in Ohio that I wouldn't listen to if it were the last station on the air and I didn't live in Colorado and couldn't pick it up anyway, and then I thought "what the hell" they don't know where I live so screw them. I voted. It's now 39.76% against and 60.24% for.

Start votin'. As Big Eddie would say, and it cracks me up every time "get'er done"

Done.

-P

OK you bullies, I have fallen prey to the evils of peer pressure. I voted for the Ladies of Freedom. After seeing the cockie piggie in the picture "Brian Steel" ( sounds like he took his stage name from a cowboy boostier ripper romance novel), I just had to vote.
I still like the original version of Lanslide though.

I like the original version of Landslide, but I also like the new version. After all, the Dixie Chicks did have the courtesy to work with Stevie Nicks, who wrote the song, on their remake. So, it is a good tribute --- and appropriate as Nicks' grandfather was a country singer. (When the album with that song came out, I heard one of the local stations would carry an interview with the Dixie Chicks, and Stevie Nicks called in. So, I think it is okay to like both versions of a song.)

As of now, the vote stands at:

Play
40.13 %
Don't Play
59.87 %

So, maybe pass this on at a few other places.

Hey folks, this is electronic voting. If that program is one of Diebold’s products, the popular vote might not be revealed correctly anyway. There’s a rumor that Brian Steel has a purge list of people who have never ridden a horse or are not redneck material. Circle your “Big gas” trucks around the campfire boys.

I am glad that celebrities use their position to speak out. Many Politicians don’t seem to get out of their little circle without this kind of prodding.

I voted twice to bump it up to 39.78.
Went there using Mozilla-Firefox and voted, then switched to IE and voted again.
Diebold ain't the only one who knows how to cheat in an election.



Mac

You're no weirdo at all--just a liberal trying to be fair to everbody. In this case it's a vote against censorship and a vote for upholding the 1st amendment. Vote for the liberals who live in that region. They need reinforcement.

This is the PROGRESSIVES ONLY section.
Take a hike.


Mac

Thank you, could not have said it better myself. If you want more encouragement to vote then please note that this "local" radio station is owned by Clear Channel Broadcasting which is a part of Fox.

My opinion is since the vote is on the web, then anyone who has access and is aware of it, can vote.

As Bush said the "The internets are a good thing", or something along those lines.

The deadline for voting is July 31, 2006.

Actually I didn't really like 'em much till they spoke out against the president. Now, we have a couple of their CDs and we'll get the new one soon...

Dixie Chicks Or Not?
Play
40.64 %

Don't Play
59.36 %

Is this really still America?

It coulda been worse.
He coulda put up a poll that said:

Michael Moore:

tar & feather

don't tar & feather

I think you can guess the results of that one.



Mac

If the vote were just the trailer trash rednecks it would be:

Michael Moore: don't tar & feather

‘Cause tar is a petroleum by-product and what with the price of a barrel of awl at today’s prices it would cost a fortune to do that big boy proper. But if’n we had to, we should use them bird-flu feathers.

T102 has informed me on their website that I was wrong. That Clear Channel is a separate company and not part of Fox.

Just a minor note, if you delete your browsers cookies you can make repeated votes over and over and over again just delet and vote, delete and vote. Dishonest? Yup, but I'd love to see those numbers change.
Jim

OMFG!!!!!!!

Does this DUFUS realize that out of the 61 Veterans running for Congress this year, SIXTY of them are running on the Democratic ticket? http://www.fighting-dems.com/

Does he realize how many Veterans he's talking to here???!!!!????!!!??

Hell f'n NO he doesn't !!!

- - - -

BTW, Kudos to the Chics!)

Wikipedia 2006 stats

They didn't say anything about our country - just the frat boy wanna be cowboy running it. If you don't like that, I suggest you move. Pick a communist country where people aren't allowed to criticize their leaders. You will be happier there.

This is one of those things the Right Wing does that's just deplorable, they like to silence people. Am I the only one that thinks that's unAmerican?
Jim

Chad,
Since you just joined the board two days ago (did your boss at T102 put you up to it?), you may not know that you posted your comments on the "PROGRESSIVES ONLY" forum. You have the right to your opinion, but not the right to post it in the progressives only forum. Sorry, those are the rules. By your comments, it is safe to assume that you are neither progressive ( or in favor of our constitutional rights of free speech). You may find your comments deleted from this thread in the near future.
As for your "true american comment", well

I don't get it. They seem to think our right of free speech is revoked when you leave the country. They are wrong.

Our little freedom hating freeper buddy Chad was such a coward he decided to send me a nasty PM. I told him the same thing again.

The official vote was 1017 to play the Dixie Chicks and 1009 not to play. Brian Steele was honest enough to admit that the votes were "Loaded" by both sides (mainly on my side). He also states that some (me) had to make this political. Gee, who would of thought something like this would happen with an issue so controversial as the Dixe Chicks. He will be making the decision himself on whether or not to play them.

As a suggestion to Brian, maybe you should pick a day or a week so people can call in their votes to ensure a more "fair" voting process.

I probably never would have posted the original message if the comments were not made about people speaking out against our leaders. My ancesters has been here since the 1600's and have fought in every war America has ever been involved in. My father lost a partial limb in the Korean war. I spent several years of my childhood visiting him in the Vetrans Hospital in Dayton Ohio. He is buried there. It just ticks me off when people imply that I am unAmerican. I saw a bumper sticker once that pretty much sums it up "I think therefore I am a Liberal".

Oh, and Chad I'll buy you a one way ticket to China, they don't speak out against their leaders there.

Thanks for the update Brenda. It's a sad commentary that in the United States of America there needs to be a vote like that in spite of 1st amendment protections. But why would anyone let a little thing like the US Constitution get in the way of their censorship. Right Chad-- You genuine amerikon, you.

...Funny you should mention "Trash". While living in Clarksville, Tenn...a humourous ad played over and over again....some fat guy in a stained "wife beater" shirt, driving a convertible Chevy Corvair, driving down the road, throwing trash all over....anti-littering -(PANDERING) CAMPAIGN Hmmmm....musta been Frists' pa.
-baby bell

Yes, he wrote me a few lines also. His mamma didn't teach him any manners, maybe she's a troll to.

Wasn't it a political question anyway? Wasn't their outburst political? How can people make something political when it already is? What a moron.