I want to make sure I have this straight: If you stand in an arena and use visual aids to say that Natalie Maines is an associate of Saddam Hussein, thereby fanning the flames that led to death threats against the Dixie Chicks and their children, you get rewarded with applause. But if you dedicate a song to Michael Moore, you get thrown out of the Alladin Hotel.

Alladin officials say that over 1,100 people walked out of Linda Ronstadt's concert when she dedicated "Desperado" to Moore. Eyewitnesses say it was about 300, but hey--anyone can make a mistake. Ronstadt, a life-long liberal, has dedicated the song--her perennial encore--to Moore throughout her tour, so the Las Vegas attendees shouldn't have been surprised that she did it in Las Vegas.

It would be interesting to know how many of the Alladin officials have ever seen any of Michael Moore's films. Or how many of them can discuss the machinations of PNAC. Oh, wait--I forgot. They can't even count.