I Shall Be Free: The Blacklisting of Dixie Chicks
Dave Marsh, Harp, June 2003
IN CHRIS BUHALIS'S 'Talkin' Sounds Just Like Joe McCarthy Blues', John Ashcroft declares questioning him un-American, to which the singer replies, "It's called a democracy. You ever hear of give me liberty or give me death?"
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