Ronstadt made a statement about Michael Moore, which was her habit, not a secret or a surprise. Mr. Timms was apparently not aware of this, which was his fault for not having someone vet his talent.

Some of the people in the audience started to throw things at her, and some started ripping posters off the walls. If they had left the room, complained to the management and demanded a refund, that would have been appropriate. Instead, they acted like the drunks that Marshall Dillon used to kick out of Miss Kitty's saloon, only no six-guns, thank heavens.

So, for the crime of having spoken the name of someone that some people in the audience didn't like, she was fired, "escorted" from the premises and not even allowed to return to her room to pack her own things, as if she had committed a crime. The vandals, meanwhile, were allowed to go about their business, which is apparently busting up hotels for political reasons.

Nice.