[Rhodes22-list] Anyone else see this? Is this a true
storyorurbanlegend??
Wally Buck
tnrhodey@hotmail.com
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:36:46 -0500
Yeah I saw Ric's post. As I said, I don't really care either way. Old CD has
a right to his opinion just like anybody else.
I liked Charlie Daniels better when he was smoking and drinking. He seems a
little uptight these days.
I hope my fellow southern sailors get out this weekend. Our forecast calls
for chance of rain and light winds.
Wally
>From: "John Tonjes" <johntonjes@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Anyone else see this? Is this a true
>storyorurbanlegend??
>Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:15:29 -0500
>
>Wally,
>Charlie Daniels was just on the Mike Gallagher radio show, a syndicated
>radio talk show, and yes, he did write the letter and it appears on his web
>site.
>
>Rummy
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Wally Buck
>Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:24 AM
>To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Anyone else see this? Is this a true
>storyorurban legend??
>
>
>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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