[Vision2020] FW: Yusuf Islam threatens attack

[Carl Westberg]

Even though Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman"  album is one of my 10 
desert island CDs, this is still pretty funny.                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                 Carl Westberg Jr.




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>When Really Bad Pop Stars Go Really Bad
>* The Cat Stevens threat looms.
>
>By Andy Borowitz, Andy Borowitz is author of "The Borowitz Report: The Big
>Book of Shockers," to be published in October by Simon & Schuster.
>
>Hours after being refused entry into the U.S., 1970s recording star Cat
>Stevens lashed out at the government Wednesday, vowing to resume his
>recording career "immediately" as the ultimate act of revenge.
>
>Appearing on the Arabic-language satellite TV channel Al Jazeera, a visibly
>angry Stevens — now known by the name Yusuf Islam — threatened to attack 
>the
>United States with the full force of his insipid folk-rock music.
>
>Brandishing an acoustic guitar, the erstwhile pop star warned that "no one
>in America would be safe from my insidious melodies" before launching into 
>a
>spirited rendition of his 1971 hit "Peace Train."
>
>A spokesman for the CIA said experts needed more time to study the chilling
>video but that it appeared to be authentic: "We do not believe that anyone
>but the real Cat Stevens remembers the lyrics to 'Peace Train.' "
>
>On the campaign trail, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry
>blasted President Bush for the Cat Stevens incident, saying Bush's reckless
>actions had resuscitated an irritating singer's long-dormant recording
>career.
>
>"When George Bush took office, Cat Stevens was not a threat," Kerry told a
>rally in Akron, Ohio. "Through a successful policy of containment, his 
>music
>had mainly been limited to classic rock stations. But now, thanks to George
>Bush's misguided decision to provoke Cat Stevens, we may be subjected to
>renditions of 'Morning Has Broken' and 'Moonshadow' and 'Wild World' for
>years to come."
>
>Aides to Kerry passed out lyrics of songs by Stevens, including this one
>from 1970: "I wish I knew, I wish I knew; what makes me, me, and what makes
>you, you. It's just another point of view, ooo. A state of mind I'm going
>through."
>
>For his part, Bush defended the decision, telling a Denver audience, "Cat
>Stevens is the first front in the war on terror, with Seals and Croft a
>close second."
>
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