The Las Vegas Sun reports that the Aladdin casino expelled Linda Ronstadt after a recent concert because she dedicated the song “Desperado” to Michael Moore. This is so wrong. Aladdin President Bill Timmins’ rationalization for this action was that the casino “hired Ms. Ronstadt as an entertainer, not as a political activist.” I think that’s a loaded statement to start with, but whatever. Why shouldn’t she be able to dedicate a song to Michael Moore (or anyone else, for that matter) if she wants to? If she dedicated a song to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, that could be construed as political, but I know they wouldn’t kick her out of the casino for that. Someone needs to lecture the casino staff on the First Amendment…
