merely trying to spark debate and entertain. In one recent episode, for instance, a lawyer gave an impassioned speech to a jury about the Patriot Act, in which she referred to the use of a "free speech zones" that kept protesters away from Bush. "What is happening to this country?" the lawyer asked indignantly. "We're really just inviting people to think about these things," Breech said. "How far is too far in seeking security?" Producers, actors and long-time executives said the combination of the failure to find non-conventional weapons in Iraq, the troubled economy and Bush's environmental and social policies had stirred the town's prominent liberals to action. "I have never, ever seen this community more united than right now, never," said Laurie David, Larry David's wife, who has been active in organising the creative community against Bush. "Not a day goes by when I'm not getting a dozen calls from people saying to me, 'What can I do?' And it's all with one goal: to change the course of what's going on in this country and get rid of this Administration." David and her like-minded peers are putting a lot of money behind the push. She, for one, has given $US95,000 ($125,000) to The Media Fund and America Coming Together, Democratic groups using unlimited donations to run television commercials and to motivate voters against Bush. Marcy Carsey, whose production house Carsey-Werner-Mandabach produces Whoopi , has given $US1 million to those groups. Carsey refused to comment. Last week the campaign