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Toby Keith performance interrupted by mortar fire in Afghanistan.

toby.JPG“Country music star Toby Keith had a performance in Afghanistan last week interrupted by mortar fire, according to his booking agent. Curt Motley, the agent, told The Oklahoman in an e-mail that the 46-year-old Keith was playing his song ‘Weed With Willie’ for troops during a USO Tour stop at a base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Thursday when mortar fire sent the singer and most of the about 2,500 soldiers in the crowd scrambling for shelter.”



23 Responses to “Toby Keith performance interrupted by mortar fire in Afghanistan.”

  1. Shayne says:

    Well as the mouthpiece against the Dixie Chicks that caused them years of grief I’d say with all the bad karma he’s wearing he’s lucky he made it out of there alive.


  2. jay_severin_has_a_small_pen1s says:

    Are they sure that wasn’t just their manager setting off dangerous pyrotechnics?


  3. dixie blood says:

    And I should care ’bout dis?

    Why?

    Toby who??


  4. robertoroberto says:

    Why dont they ever stage any classical music concerts for the troops? I’m sure there will be at least some interested. All of this ” my dog died and now my hat keeps falling off when it’s windy” MUST be dumbing down the troops. Maybe this makes them more naieve.


  5. ForTruth says:

    They should have charged the troops extra for that.

    /sarc


  6. stewarjt says:

    Here’s an RPG up your ass courtesy of the Taliban.


  7. MapleStreet says:

    I don’t know who this guy is. I don’t know his songs.

    But am I wrong in guessing Weed with Willie is about smoking with Willie Nelson?

    If so, do our soldiers need to be encouraged ? And is this something one needs to sing in a strictly Muslim controlled environment ?

    As the guy is apparently a Bush supporter, is this an example of conservative family values ?

    /NARF!


  8. dbadass says:

    “weed with willy”?


  9. Zooey says:

    Well, they had to make him stop somehow…


  10. Wayne says:

    Zooey Says:

    Well, they had to make him stop somehow…

    If you have ever heard middle eastern music, Keith probably sounded like a dying dog howling to them =)

    LOL


    robertoroberto Says:
    All of this ” my dog died and now my hat keeps falling off when it’s windy” MUST be dumbing down the troops

    It’s his sad attempt to make a perfect country song.
    For that it has to mention mama, trains,trucks, prison, or getting drunk.

    =D


  11. specialist f says:

    FUTK ;) I believe his BIG MOUTH was the reason that Willie got pinched in 06. He (Keith) was on Colbert talking about smoking pot with W.N. approximatly a week before Willie’s bus got pulled over.


  12. Shayne says:

    Guido the Loving OBGYN Says:

    Correction, Keith says he was always against the war. Considers himself a “conservative Democrat” (from his wiki)
    April 30th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

    As I stated earlier HE was the guy badmouthing the Dixie Chicks for saying they were ashamed of George Bush. Cost them three years of their careers. HE’S rewriting history. I think because he started his own record label and is NOW trying to be politically correct in that industry. He’s an ass.


  13. Ms_Joanne says:

    I’ll throw in my own FUTK! After what you did to the Dixie Chicks and going on Colbert and espousing your patriotism (just a couple months ago), well, here’s an even bigger FCUK YOU!

    You’re an ignorant, koolaid drinking, dumb$hit redneck. You are the antithesis of a good American.


  14. Brain From Planet Arous says:

    Toby Keith “changed” his Pro-Bush, Pro-War stance when it because unpopular with 51% of the public. Sort of how you never hear from 50 Cent and Britney Spears much now on how they were/are big Bush and war supporters.

    Half-Wits and mediocre talents, propped up by the same Ministry of Truth that cleanses information and tell half-truths and outright lies. Hearing these people “sing” has a very destructive and comical effect on the brain.


  15. dumbstruck says:

    I thought Toby Keith was a cartoon.


  16. barfly says:

    Billo has, on any given day, 8-12 million viewers on the 3 runs + out of contry…

    As much as you may wish it were true not all of his viewers are Rushbots………

    No, but their median age is about seventy. His viewers are a bunch of old cranks, who don’t influence anyone else’s vote patterns. If all of Bill’s listeners voted, it would be about equivalent to the state of New Jersey.

    Big whoop.


  17. barfly says:

    I thought Toby Keith was a cartoon.

    Well, his stuff is definitely cartoonish.


  18. wwz says:

    Clue:

    “… sent the singer and most of the about 2,500 soldiers in the crowd scrambling for shelter.”

    Translation: Toby’s manager heard some rounds in the distance, filled his pants and pulled his boy off stage.

    Most sounds like a journalists attempt to find a story.


  19. DieNowForPeace says:

    Why doesn’t the big mouth, inbred country boy just “Put a boot in their a$$”, cause, according to him “it’s the American way”.

    Fcuking redneck dipshit.


  20. spearNmagicHelmet says:

    #25 beat me to it.


  21. backup says:

    If we agree that Afganistan should have been the appropriate front of the war on terror (instead of the distraction that Iraq has been), would you agree that once we de-emphasize Iraq (troop withdrawl) should we focus more troops in Afganistan?

    I understand those who would respond that our troop strength has been reduced by Bush policy. Granted. But, if we seriously believe that Afganistan is a legitimate front on the war on terror, the troop strength argument doesn’t absolve us of the challenges we face in Afganistan.


  22. pitman says:

    Damn, I hope Keith didn’t shit his pants like his good draft dodgin’ buddy Ted Nugent. Nugent boasted in the Detroit Free Press to urinating and defecating in his pants to avoid serving his country during Vietnam. Keith likes to be known as a real supporter of our troops yet he likes to keep company with cowards. Go sing your phony patriotic songs to your cowardly buddy Keith – Birds of a Feather.


  23. iyimser says:

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