Hi.

Before this becomes just another idealogical debate, like the other hundred on the cat....can I ask a few questions of the folks who might have been exploring this story fully.

What HAVE the other two women in the band (and the bookers, agents managers etc) been saying about this, over the last few days? It was implied back a few posts, that they completely disagreed with her. Might this be true... or just a reaction to the controversy that will dog them the rest of their careers?

Any newspaper stories (from Texas or anywhere else in the States) that were interesting?

This isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened....remember Skeeter Davis on the Opry? She spoke out (VERY MILDLY) against the Vietnam war, and was kicked off the Opry. This current situation is SO different though. The "Chicks" are not just popular...they're right up there with Brittney, (and still rising). There aren't Millions at stake here.....there are BILLIONS.

So it isn't really the Country Music/Galgrass community that's gonna have a huge effect on this. My guess is (if they stay together) they might lose 10-20 percent of that audience, but they've already picked up millions of new fans simply BECAUSE they dissed the American President.

If I were managing this group.....I'd BEG Natalie to take a settlement (what would it be... about 50 Million bucks?) replace her and make out like nuthin happened. The group's future is now guaranteed anyway...so who cares about Bluegrass fans anyway? Natalie can go solo (doubt if she'll get invited to the Opry or any of Dubya's BarBques, but she should be able to survive on the money she's already got, for another seven hundred years or so.

Message to Jed. Now listen up here! You're not 25 anymore....yer gettin too excited about this!!

Cheers

Rick