Revenge of the Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks' new album debuts at Number 1 in Billboard's Top 200.

The Chicks, supposedly abandoned by their country music fans after criticizing President Bush, are laughing all the way to the bank. This NY Times piece tells the story of what happened to them after Natalie Maines dissed the President.

By the way, they are still Number 1 on Amazon, too.

And Stephen Colbert is doing OK as well.The audio version of the roast of President Bush by Stephen Colbert "rose to the rank of No. 1 album at Apple's iTunes store," according to the New York Times.

"By many accounts, Mr. Colbert's performance landed with a thud among his influential audience of journalists and politicians, who were more overtly enthusiastic about a comedy routine involving Mr. Bush and a professional George W. Bush impersonator. But the broadcast of the speech is enjoying a lucrative afterlife online, an unusual development for its owner, the nonprofit cable network C-Span.

First thing you know, some capitalist conservative musicians will decide to follow the money and bash Bush, too.