Cat Stevens, on Watch List, Diverts Plane

[amber]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Guess what? I gotta fever and the only prescription is more cowbell!


Who knew this thread could go soooo off-topic! I apologise, I do.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That will NEVER not be funny to me much love for best sig. ever!
AMber

[Livia]

If so it's weird that he hasn't been denied access before. He was over in the States earlier this year promoting his DVD. Flew all over the States for interviews and stuff, if I recall correctly.

Maybe he was being followed by a moon shadow.

[DeeGeMe]

Well I feel so much better that this dangerous terrorist is off the streets, don't y'all? Meanwhile, two Americans have been beheaded in the past three days in Iraq and it looks like the British hostage will be next. I heard one of the CNN correspondents in Baghdad say today that he won't leave his hotel for any reason because he knows he'd be instantly kidnapped. Yes, great things are happening in Iraq and they are really embracing democracy, aren't they?

[gldstwmn]

I hope it's a mistake too. Somehow, I don't think it is.

[strandinthewind]

No - cnn.com is running an article where Ridge (I think) says they have some "information," which he will not disclose, on Islam (formerly Cat) and that the information is credible. He asks us to trust him on that even though the reason Islam was not detected before getting on the plane was that Islam's name was misspelled

[shackin'up]

the guy who wrote "Father and Son" will be a hero forever. If he was looking for spiritualism I think he overlooked his own poetry and songwriting skills, as well as his performance-skills. The man had "reflection and depth" written all over his work. Another victim of religion. Barf. I just hope the guy stays cool and I hope he's not driven into the arms of dogma's. I hate to see great spirits who get captured and get imprisoned by themselves.

[amber]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

the guy who wrote "Father and Son" will be a hero forever. If he was looking for spiritualism I think he overlooked his own poetry and songwriting skills, as well as his performance-skills. The man had "reflection and depth" written all over his work. Another victim of religion. Barf. I just hope the guy stays cool and I hope he's not driven into the arms of dogma's. I hate to see great spirits who get captured and get imprisoned by themselves.

Well said as usual, B-day boy....
AMber

[irishgrl]

I remember feeling the loss when he converted...but this struck me as just plain wrong:

he shelved his singing and songwriting career and became a Muslim

As I recall, he promoted his former hit PEACE TRAIN last year from his latest Majikat album??? Maybe his musical career isnt shelved after all? He certainly still benefits from it, because there are a lot of people (including me) who remember what an AWESOME talent he was....

Still think Hard Headed Woman was awesome, and Sad Lisa..........

[gldstwmn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/3686992.stm

Yusuf Islam, the British singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, is taking legal action after he was refused entry into the US.
Mr Islam said the decision to deny him entry on grounds of national security was "very serious and wholly unfounded" and he wants an explanation.

His Washington-bound flight was diverted to Maine on Tuesday and he was told to leave the country by the FBI.

He said a legal process had been put in place to find out what had happened.

In a statement Mr Islam said: "Never would I believe that such a thing could happen in the 'land of the free' - unfortunately, it did.

"I was not given (and have still not been given) any explanation as to what it is I am accused of, or why I am now deemed an apparent security threat.

"I was simply told that the order had come from 'on high'.

"We have now initiated a legal process to try to find out exactly what is going on, and to take all necessary steps to undo the very serious, and wholly unfounded, injustice which I have suffered.

"I am a man of peace and denounce all forms of terrorism and injustice; it is simply outrageous for the US authorities to suggest otherwise."

Action was taken against the musician, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam in the 1970s, after US officials realised he was on a security "watch list".

As singer Cat Stevens he had a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including Moon Shadow, Wild World and Morning Has Broken.

He abandoned his music career in the late 1970s.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Spelling Mistake To Blame for Cat Stevens Terror Scare

Hmmm...just like when Ted Kennedy couldn't fly?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Hmmm...just like when Ted Kennedy couldn't fly?

AND - it took the Teddy boy actually going to Ridge to get it fixed!!!!

Plus, we are supposed to feel safe with people who make spelling mistakes on NATIONAL SECURITY LISTS