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Peace-mongering celebs were out in force on Saturday.

Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte and Pete Seeger were the headliners at the antiwar rally near the United Nations. Joining them was Jerry Springer - the same man who whipped his cross-dressing, two-timing talk show guests into a frenzy of trash-talking and hair-pulling.

In London, Minnie Driver, Ian McKellen, Bianca Jagger and Tim Robbins were among the those who came to Hyde Park to urge Prime Minister Tony Blair to "make tea, not war." Harold Pinter and Jesse Jackson were among the speakers.

And in L.A, Martin Sheen, Rob Reiner, Anjelica Huston, James Cromwell, Mike Farrell, Christine Lahti, Tim Daly and producer Judy Myers joined a march down Hollywood Blvd.

President Bush does have a few folks from the arts on his side. You remember how some poets won media attention by forcing First Lady Laura Bush to postpone a literary seminar at the White House? Now we have Poets For the War. Their names and poems can be found at www.poetsforthewar.org.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/60562p-56624c.html

Freedom of Speech

"WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 AL QAEDA
TERRORISTS THAN WITH A SINGLE AMERICAN"

This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in Philadelphia. You are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement. One would think that anti-hate groups from all across the country would be marching on this business... And that the National Guard might have to be called to keep the angry crowds back. Perhaps in these stressful times one might be tempted to let the proprietors simply make their statement . . . We are a society who holds Freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty . . .And after all, it is just a sign. You may ask what kind of business would dare post such a sign?

A Funeral Home (Who said morticians had no sense of humor?)

Even though I hate poetry that looks like a must check it out.

Another must read: Decent, honorable men can disagree From a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor Walt Harrington. Get past the first two paragraphs and you'll be pleasantly surprized.

Another snot-nosed liberal San Francisco poof opines, this time mocking those who are dismayed with the French:

Two letter writers in the past week have suggested that, if I don't like it here, I should move to France.

Oh please, massa, don't throw me in that briar patch.

Imagine: condemned to eat amazing produce and linger over fine coffee in a bistro or a boite. Banished to the twisty streets of Montmartre or the sun- washed fields of Arles. Just me and the other craven hypocrites, eating at long tables in the apple orchard and singing Gypsy songs by firelight. And to think, I could have been back home buying duct tape and plastic sheeting. full column