Barbara Streisand released a stern memo warning Democratic leaders to adopt a more confrontational stance with the Bush administration, which she regards as an illegitimate product of a stolen election. Speaking on behalf of "the working men and women of this country," Ms. Streisand warned against the fate of "our fingers holding the dyke [sic] against the Republican revolution."

[Ed.: A couple of months later, Streisand's spokesman was asked to comment on whether she was taking her own advice, posted at her website, by hanging her clothes up to dry as an energy-saving measure in the midst of California's energy crisis. "Do you really expect me to ask her that?" he said, barely able to contain his guffaws. Ralph Nader added that not only do clotheslines save energy, meaning gas or electricity, "it even feels better when you bring the clothes back from the backyard!" We have yet to hear what feminists think of this proposal.]

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