[Rhodes22-list] Anyone else see this? Is this a true storyor
urban legend??
Wally Buck
tnrhodey@hotmail.com
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 08:23:34 -0500
I would be surprised if Charlie Daniels even wrote the letter. Then again
Charlie is "born again" and seems to be in the press a lot these days so
perhaps he did. Usually any letter I see on the web I assume is a fake
however I did not see this one listed on the Urban Legend web site. So I
guess it could be real???
Anyway the rich and famous have a right to an opinion just like anyone else.
People don't seem to mind when they agree with the stars but they do seem to
mind when they disagree. I really couldn't care less what Hollywood (or
glitzy Nashville) stars have to say about politics.
Knoxville is not Baxley GA but there were 1000 plus people out on a cold
rainy day protesting a US attack on Iraq. I think war protesters usually
serve a good purpose; they help people consider other options. A lot of
people protesting against the Viet Nam conflict were called traitors. I
think history has showed they were protesting a war that we should not have
gotten involved in. I am not talking about the people spitting on service
men and calling them baby killers, many protesters did not behave this way.
America was lied to by our leaders. Viet Nam was a tragedy for the US and
the whole thing was handled poorly from the highest levels.
I am not saying there are no wars worth fighting or that we should never go
to war. I am saying I don’t care about celebrities and their political views
and that it is not unpatriotic to protest against war.
Wally
PS - I think "Long haired Country Boy" aka Charlie Daniels swore off
drinking and drugs a few years ago. No deli trays and champagne, try fried
chicken and sweet tea! ;-)
>From: Steve Alm <salm@mn.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Anyone else see this? Is this a true storyor
>urban legend??
>Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 04:00:07 -0600
>
>Let me get this straight. Here's a celebrity up on his soapbox bitching
>about celebrities who are up on their soapbox? He calls them pampered and
>overpaid? Charlie, baby, YOU'RE A MILLIONAIRE!! How many deli trays and
>cases of champagne were on YOUR contract rider tonight? What five-star
>hotel are YOU staying at? What the Hell would you know about an
>overworked,
>OTR truck driver? Unless maybe he's working for you, hauling your shit
>around the country day and night. Gimme a break! You wouldn't know the
>real world if it bit you in the ass. You live in the dream world of
>Nashville glitz and privileged celebrityhood. How seriously am I supposed
>to
>take some rich, redneck fiddler who still thinks the South's Gonna Do It
>Again? Do what, Charlie? Have another civil war? Overturn the
>Emancipation Proclamation? You'd like that, wouldn't you? I can see
>you're
>a real patriot.(?) You've got your cowboy hat on a little too tight there,
>buckaroo. And why is it that you wear it so low that nobody can ever see
>your eyes? Hiding something? We played "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
>tonight. Tomorrow night, I'm boycotting you, you hypocrite!!!
>Yeee frickin' haw!
>
>Slim Chance and the Gamblers
>
>P.S. Barbara Streisand DOES make more sense than Michael Jackson--she just
>does--it ain't hard! Get over it!
>
>On 3/13/03 9:45 PM, "Alex Bell" <alexbell@coastalnet.com> wrote:
>
> > When Charlie Daniels gets on his soapbox, a lot of patriotism can
> > come out of him:
> >
> >
> > An Open Letter To The Hollywood Bunch
> >
> >
> > Ok let's just say for a moment you bunch of pampered, overpaid,
> > unrealistic
> > children had your way and the U.S.A. didn't go into Iraq.
> >
> > Let's say that you really get your way and we destroy all our
> > nuclear
> > weapons and stick daisies in our gun barrels and sit around with
> > some white
> > wine and cheese and pat ourselves on the back, so proud of what
> > we've done
> > for world peace.
> >
> > Let's say that we cut the military budget to just enough to keep
> > the
> > National Guard on hand to help out with floods and fires.
> >
> > Let's say that we close down our military bases all over the world
> > and bring
> > the troops home, increase our foreign aid and drop all the trade
> > sanctions
> > against everybody.
> >
> > I suppose that in your fantasy world this would create a utopian
> > world where
> > everybody would live in peace. After all, the great monster, the
> > United
> > States of America, the cause of all the world's trouble would have
> > disbanded
> > its horrible military and certainly all the other countries of the
> > world
> > would follow suit.
> >
> > After all, they only arm themselves to defend their countries from
> > the mean
> > old U.S.A.
> >
> >
> > Why you bunch of pitiful, hypocritical, idiotic, spoiled
> > mugwumps. Get your
> > head out of the sand and smell the Trade Towers burning. Do you
> > think that a
> > trip to Iraq by Sean Penn did anything but encourage a wanton
> > murderer to
> > think that the people of the U.S.A. didn't have the nerve or the
> > guts to
> > fight him?
> >
> > Barbra Streisand's fanatical and hateful rantings about George
> > Bush makes
> > about as much sense as Michael Jackson hanging a baby over a
> > railing.
> >
> >
> > You people need to get out of Hollywood once in a while and get
> > out into the
> > real world. You'd be surprised at the hostility you would find out
> > here.
> > Stop in at a truck stop and tell an overworked, long distance
> > truck driver
> > that you don't think Saddam Hussein is doing anything wrong.
> >
> > Tell a farmer with a couple of sons in the military that you think
> > the
> > United States has no right to defend itself.
> >
> > Go down to Baxley, Georgia and hold an anti-war rally and see what
> > the folks
> > down there think about you.
> >
> > You people are some of the most disgusting examples of a waste of
> > protoplasm
> > I've ever had the displeasure to hear about.
> >
> > Sean Penn, you're a traitor to the United States of America. You
> > gave aid
> > and comfort to the enemy. How many American lives will your
> > little, "fact
> > finding trip" to Iraq cost? You encouraged Saddam to think that we
> > didn't
> > have the stomach for war.
> >
> > You people protect one of the most evil men on the face of this
> > earth and
> > won't lift a finger to save the life of an unborn baby. Freedom of
> > choice
> > you say?
> >
> > Well I'm going to exercise some freedom of choice of my own. If I
> > see any of
> > your names on a marquee, I'm going to boycott the movie. I will
> > completely
> > stop going to movies if I have to. In most cases it certainly
> > wouldn't be
> > much of a loss.
> >
> > You scoff at our military whose boots you're not even worthy to
> > shine. They
> > go to battle and risk their lives so ingrates like you can live in
> > luxury.
> > The day of reckoning is coming when you will be faced with the
> > undeniable
> > truth that the war against Saddam Hussein is the war on terrorism.
> >
> > America is in imminent danger. You're either for her or against
> > her. There
> > is no middle ground.
> >
> > I think we all know where you stand.
> >
> >
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> >
> >
> > God Bless America!
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