Saw Linda at Ravinia last year - still hitting the high ones with awesome power. No politics that night!

The only personal note was to say that she altered her set-list to take advantage of the world-class musicians afforded her, which displeased no one.

She had the well-known jazz standards singer Steve Tyrell to open for her.

A gutsy and rarely seen thing to do since she could almost open for him. Most A-list performers would have used an unknown or a comic.

Does anyone recall an appearance on Leno wherein the outspoken lass blasted H. Stern while sharing the greenroom and "couch" with one of Howie's cohorts? I watched and said, "go you girl" then.

I'm glad Mr. Timmins didn't catch it or I would have missed my chance to encore my "go, you 58-year-old, ten-Grammy-winner girl!"

I'm closer politically to those conservatives she despises than to Mr. Moore, yet I'm not nervous that discovery will get me ejected if I ever get to hear her sing again.

Meanwhile ...

I only wish Mr. Moore would remind those who appreciate him that those who voted to authorize the use of force had access to the exactly the same intelligence GW had. If GW was duped by the pentagon and CIA, as Kennedy was prior to that pig-fiasco, his co-dupees in congress have successfully and shamefully covered their butts while he takes the brunt of Mr. Moore's passion.

Kennedy took responsibility for abandoning troops he commanded while they were under fire on the field of battle (a capital offense). No, no ... don't tell me how far removed he was politically or militarily from them ... they were US trained, US sponsored and US transported to the scene ... ultimately by the commander-in-chief.

Still had he lived he would have crushed Goldwater just as surely as Johnson did.

People need to appreciate that we don't have executive branch intelligence and congressional intelligence, or Democratic Party intelligence. Congress funds the CIA, and its intelligence committees have access to the same classified materials as the White House (a basic fact that gets very little ink these days).

Remember I'm not talking about GW actions, I'm interested in dozens of DC denizens who collectively gave him the go-ahead. They did not need GW to hand them the intelligence. As easily as they discredited him later, they could have discredited him, then.

Did Mr. Moore mention that the intelligence Powell presented to the UN specified that the UN weapons inspectors were being duped by the fact that the WMD they sought had been mobilized. If they were mobile so as to not be wherever the inspectors looked (the basis of Powell's UN appeal), why would anyone be surprised if they were mobilized out of the country by the time shock and awe subsided.

The fact is dozens were duped. By a very long list of dupers.

So lets throw GW out bag and baggage. He lacked the skills JFK used to recover from Pentagon/CIA fever. But let's not kid ourselves that the GW represents the problem.

Mr. Moore should be planning a sequel. All successful Hollywood efforts deserve a sequel. In it he should seek out those who could have prevented GW from using the force he was authorized to use.

Conservatives/Republicans make up a third of the American populace. Even Reagan needed "Reagan Democrats" to beat Mondale. There are less conserv/repubs today than then.

By all arithmetic logic and the morning headlines GW should concede the election now.

Liberals have all the media except O'Reilly (good grief!) and that radio bozo (you know, the football expert?), yet have no majority role in the running of any branch of the federal government. To the point where it seems all they can do is stand on the sidelines of American political life and BOO!

Yet even with Mr. Moore's film Kerry has not yet "locked" the vote.

Does anyone find that amazing?

Folks who venture to glamorous places like Linda, go to places the evildoers would like to mess with. They have a right to be concerned. They cannot be expected not to express themselves.

Being stalked by Al Qaida is no different than being stalked by nutsy fans. From Linda's point of view, security is security and she thinks a GWectomy might help. And it might. Can you blame her?