[CALIBK12] Dixie Chicks - Not Available for Rental in Waco, Texas

Sun Aug 19 13:18:20 PDT 2007

WHY IS THIS ON OUR LISTSERVE WHEN WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE POLITICAL WHEN IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
CALIB???
I thought this was a No-No!
Heather McBride

--- RichardGuy at aol.com wrote:

> 
> Fabulous!
> 
> Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
> Huntington Beach, CA
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> From: "GERALD BRACEY" <gbracey1 at verizon.net>
> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:34:35 -0400
> Subject: [eddra] Fw: Dixie Chicks - Not Available
> for Rental in Waco, Texas
> 
> This is not specifically about dis-information about
> schools, but censorship 
> of unpopular opinions.
> 
> EDDRA member Richard Moore (a librarian) will be
> especially pleased.
> 
> Dixie Chicks rock!
> 
> Jerry
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <moderator at PORTSIDE.ORG>
> To: <PORTSIDE at LISTS.PORTSIDE.ORG>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 9:32 PM
> Subject: Dixie Chicks - Not Available for Rental in
> Waco, Texas
> 
> 
> > Dixie Chicks - Not Available for Rental in Waco,
> Texas
> > Look who avails Chicks' controversial film in Waco
> >
> > By John Young
> > Cox News Service
> >
> > Waco Tribune-Herald (Texas) -
> > Tuesday, August 07, 2007
> >
>
<http://www.wacotrib.com/hp/content/shared/news/stories/2007/08/08/YOUNG_COLUMN_0807_COX.html>
> >
> > WACO, Texas - In the Bible, the vision of a
> burning
> > bush causes Moses to put down everything he's
> doing and
> > to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
> >
> > The charge of which I now speak is not so
> consuming.
> > Still ...
> >
> > Though I had earthly chores aplenty, I felt the
> call to
> > stop everything and open a video rental store in
> Waco.
> >
> > The store wouldn't be big. In fact, it would have
> only
> > one section. Only one film, actually, and one copy
> of
> > it. Low overhead.
> >
> > That film: The Dixie Chicks' "Shut Up and Sing."
> >
> > I was ready to rent it to you and yours.
> >
> > Because, otherwise you wouldn't be able to rent it
> in
> > Waco.
> >
> > I'm not a big Dixie Chicks fan. Never purchased
> one of
> > their CDs. But on PBS I saw the Chicks perform
> pieces
> > from their latest album, "Taking the Long Way,"
> and
> > knew why the CD won five Grammy awards. I also
> knew why
> > it won zero Country Music Association Awards.
> >
> > We all know what this is about: The Chicks'
> > unapologetic opposition to the invasion of Iraq.
> The
> > tempest that ensued, including radio station
> boycotts
> > and death threats.
> >
> > That's what "Shut Up and Sing" is about. The
> subtitle
> > says, "Freedom of speech is fine, as long as you
> don't
> > do it in public."
> >
> > The firestorm started when, with the group
> performing
> > in London on the eve of the invasion, lead singer
> > Natalie Maines said, "We're ashamed that the
> president
> > of the United States is from Texas."
> >
> > You all argue among yourselves about that 'un.
> >
> > My concern was seeing what all the fuss was about,
> and
> > without plunking down $19.95 for a DVD.
> >
> > I kept waiting for "Shut Up and Sing" to pop up on
> the
> > "new releases" marquee at the video rental I
> patronize.
> > When I asked, an employee told me that the store
> had
> > abstained because of the film's controversial
> theme.
> >
> > I tried to confirm this assertion with a regional
> > manager. I found that getting ahold of someone who
> > would confirm or deny this assertion was like
> asking to
> > interview Dick Cheney without Fox News
> credentials.
> >
> > So, I started calling a succession of Waco's video
> > stores, mostly chains. No "Shut Up" for rental.
> Hmmm. I
> > did find two copies for purchase at separate
> retailers.
> > That's the $19.95 I had no intention of
> surrendering.
> > What to do?
> >
> > One problem is that I no longer knew how to
> contact my
> > friend Jerry. He's the one-time convenience-store
> > employee who supplied for me a copy of Martin
> > Scorcese's "Last Temptation of Christ," in a brown
> > envelope, back in 1988.
> >
> > That controversial film was stopped at every port
> in
> > our landlocked city -- not shown in theaters;
> couldn't
> > rent it; couldn't buy it; the cable company
> blocked it
> > on Showtime.
> >
> > Three summers ago when Waco theaters weren't
> showing
> > "Fahrenheit 9/11," I tried to hook Michael Moore
> up
> > with Jerry so that we in Waco could see what all
> the
> > fuss was about. Moore liked my idea but took my
> middle
> > man out of the equation. Sorry, Jerry. He sent the
> film
> > to peace groups who cued it up in the Crawford
> High
> > School football stadium parking lot before some
> 3,000
> > people.
> >
> > Now here we are in 2007 with a similar problem,
> and no
> > Jerry to facilitate. So deeply did I feel about
> the
> > right of people in our community to decide for
> > themselves on matters like "Shut Up and Sing" that
> I
> > said to myself, "OK. I'm going into video rental."
> >
> > I would buy the video for $19.95, and then would
> rent
> > it to you and yours to recoup my investment.
> >
> > I'm so happy to tell you I didn't have to do that.
> I
> > didn't because I made one more call. I should have
> > thought about it first:
> >
> > The public library.
> >
> > The Waco-McLennan County Library has a copy of
> "Shut Up
> > and Sing." It will loan you that copy for free if
> you
> > have a library card. This means I won't have to
> rent it
> > to you. That's a relief. I already had enough on
> my
> > hands leading various tribes out of the
> wilderness.
> >
> > I told reference librarian Sean Sutcliffe about my
> > problems renting the video. We speculated that
> this
> > might be a problem elsewhere in America's
> heartland.
> > Then he did a computer search for the title in
> other
> > libraries in the country. Publicly supported
> beacons of
> > free inquiry popped up on his screen by the
> hundreds.
> >
> > What a country.
> >
> > [John Young is Opinion Page editor of the Waco
> (Texas)
> > Tribune-Herald.]
> >
> 
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Heather McBride 
Library Media Teacher 
La Cumbre Junior High School 
Santa Barbara School District

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