Oh Rosie, her man he gets too rough
And all she can say, is he's a good man
He don't mean no harm
He was just brought up that way
But our children are watching us
They put their trust in us
They're gonna be like us
It's okay for us to disagree
We can work it out lovingly
-- "I Hope" by the Dixie Chicks
Doing my part for the progressive effort, I purchased "Taking the Long Way" by the Dixie Chicks. As Hank Hill noted on King of the Hill, they are nice on the eyes (though perhaps not exactly phrasing it that way), and are women with an attitude. Darlings of the country music circuit, they got in trouble when Natalie Maines let out to a crowd in Britain that they were ashamed that Bush was President. This was around the time when he was bringing us into a heinous war. This obviously was treasonous and they were suddenly verboten on many radio stations and the like.
A half-hearted, one surely assumes, apology didn't work, so they said the hell with it. "Not ready to make nice" and all, they accepted their new twist of fate and suddenly became heroines of progressives. The signs were there -- they did after all have a popular song concerning killing an abusive husband. And, they have a playful aggressive nature that is pretty fun. The sort of thing that cries "crossover appeal," suggesting those that might be written off as country/western (horrors! just the most popular music in many parts, even if NYC has no station playing such fare, not a one to listen to on regular radio). C&W also was traditionally populist, voicing the aches and pains of the downtrodden ... not just of the romantic variety. So, it really should get some more respect. Music overall needs to be used more -- and many blogs are starting to post those audio clips to help enliven the troops.
As to KOTH, One of my favorite episodes was on again late last night, the one when Luanne tries boxing. [Brittany Murphy girlish voice] "Fixed? [the boxing matches] You mean like puppies?" Lol. The bit where Hank tries to get George Foreman to agree to have his daughter call off the match with Luanne was also amusingly in character -- he agrees until Hank starts insulting his grill as a "novelty" grill, one good for little girls playing barbeque. The show is a mixed bag, but some are just fun (and touching too).
BTW, it is rather striking how the "Linda" character on Becker just flaunts them out there. "Here's the thing ...." Again, the show grows on you, the ensemble cast fitting in good together with more humanity than you might expect. Hey, no classic, but perfectly fine for late night watching.