I think of things to blog about at the weirdest times. Today we were on our way back from visiting our daughter when the Dixie chicks song, Traveling Soldier came on. This song was written before the little faux pas over voicing their opinion about 'Bush.

-"Travelin' Soldier"
Two days past eighteenHe was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me,I'm feeling a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go
So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't careI got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you
Chorus:
I criedNever gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming homeSo the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's getting kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile
[Chorus]

One Friday night at a football gameThe Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

[Chorus][Chorus]

These women were never against the soldiers, yet they were demonized by the press and the country music stations. These same country music stations that refuse to play their music will play the ones by Toby keith and others who are making money off this war. These women were against Bush and the idea that war solves our problems. I applaud them.

I am not against the soldiers. I am against the leader who sends them to such a war.